What can I put in a piniata....

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...that is not crappy sweets or plastic tat?

DD would really like a pinata for 4th birthday party, but I'm at a complete loss at what to fill it with that won't just be a total waste?

don't 4 year olds love sweeties and plastic tat though ?

I know.....but it just feels wrong....

I was hoping there might be a middle ground, but there really isn't is there?

Hmm, non plastic tat that we looked at for party bags included:

balloons, pencils/rubbers/small stationery items, packets of seeds, small board books (talking very small!), stickers, wooden dice, packets of raisins, magnets, bath toys

Any of those do?

Ah yes, I could do some of those!

I put chocolate coins in ours as it was a pirate party. Can you link it to your child's likes?

I forgot to put ANYTHING in ds's pinata ..I presumed it was already filled as I had paid £10 for a bit of cardboard .

They spent ages bashing the shit out of it only to find it empty

Just fill it with sweets..don't try to be healthy, it's a party.

oh my goodness ggirl
Were they disappointed?

I agree, go with sweets
Give up at this point, sweets are the only way

Put some custard in it. Would be vay funny.

they were a bit .. but I luckily had a bag of sweets to through in the air for them to scramble for
and it was going home time so phew!

oh ggirl am I glad I saw that, I also assumed they were filled! might have had an embarrassing situation on my hands shortly!!

arf at custard

that would be hilarious

or bugs

am chicking here at all the horrific things youcould put in a pinata

flys

snort -chuckling

worms

quelle suprise
Can you imagine their faces!

butterlies for a little girl

flying stag beetles for a boy

my ds would shit himself

Ambrosia rice pudding.

niiice

Goober, you seem of the school of slime
Too many childhood quiz games , when you would sit in a glass tube and if you could the question wrong, then you would get slimed, methinks

Lol, just looked back to see my thread suddenly have tons of replies. Slime, worms, custard, rice pudding, bugs, even empty () would all appeal to my sense of humour. Cold rice pudding is actually my DD's favourite, so you could be onto something there....

I have decided to put sweets and stickers in it, I'm clearly being much to precious.....

That's what is great about MN
Had my 5 yo DS's party this afternoon and am so so so glad it is over
I made the pinata which was great fun and quite therapeutic and I missed the smashing but I believe it was quite reminiscent of 'Lord of the Flies'