How to make your art project interactive and fun

Lately I have been asking myself, What do I want to do to have fun, laugh, smile, be child like, release my inhibitions? I am realising I am becoming an absolute bore so serious all the time. With a need to get things done, move forward, over achieve, and come up with plans and goals. Ironically for me, this is fun fun fun. A brain storming boot camp with a catchy introduction of "trade not aid, learn how to tie knots with the hill tribes of Africa" would be something that would just turn my beating heart into a ray of sunshine and turn those laugh lines into deep valleys. I'd really like to loosen up a bit. So this morning when I clicked on Passion Pages blog "the fun theory" I was over joyed to see the post. The inspiration is definitely one of fun and smiles. However for someone like me, it leads to more contemplative thought, on how I could make my art projects more fun and interactive. Maybe I should interact more and leave the how to's to someone else. ahhhh! Nope that would be no fun. I just can't help myself. Here's to having more fun!

Sparklely Pianta's

LOve these fun and sparklely pinata's from here I saw them on this blog

I have always been a big fan of Pinanta's and paper mache'. As a child Mum designed for my sister and I large easter bonnets/hats from paper mache, adorned with paper flowers and streamers. It is a distinct memory for me, maybe thats why I have a thing about hats and flowers? Over the years I have made a couple of homemade paper mache pinata's. However now adays you can buy them in the stores. Since having children I have bought 2. In 2007 I bought a donkey for Rhody's 3rd birthday and last year 2008 I bought a guitar. Bad move on the guitar. I hung it from it's neck 3 whacks and it was all over.

I discovered there are Pinata guidelines to get the most out of the pinata.

1. Try to buy one that doesn't have too many skinny parts to it the donkey worked well as the base was sturdy.

2. Hang it from a solid part of the pinata

3. The most important tip the youngest person goes first and work your way up through the ages. This way it may stay up for longer and more people will get to have a go.