Pinatas with strings to pull - how do they work?

[bozza]

Well I think I know how they work. The children all pull strings and there is a "magic" one that makes the bottom fall out. But what happens if the first child pulls the magic string? And also how do I know if there are enough for each child to have a turn?

what a poncey pinata.

much better to have a pinata at the end of a long rope which you throw over a horizontal bar, blindfold a kid and give a huge stick to try to whack the pinata. Some adult at the end of the long rope to pull on it to make it harder to get a direct hit.

Don't know about the string ones would be very interested myself. I got the bash it type earlier this year and it was so ............................ annoying in the end only a sledgehammer would open the stupid thing.

3 and 4 year old girls bashing a pinata? Fear I might be there all afternoon... No actually I fear that her older brother and his best friend would take over.

We had a bashing style one for DS and it worked then because you can do things like leave it spinning while they are hitting etc to ensure that they all get a turn or two. Just wondered about the string things.

Think yiuo just all hold a peice of string and pull together, very teamworky.

I'm with kiskidee. give hyped up sugared frenzied party children sticks and a effigy of a donkey. What could go wrong? Go on go on.

IME little girls will happily lose their grace when they know that there are sweeets to be had.

You are tempting me now....

"give hyped up sugared frenzied party children sticks and a effigy of a donkey. What could go wrong?"

Slur, that has to be my quote of the week - thank you!