FIESTA WRAPS Mexican Piñata ⭐⭐⭐ Really pretty and really hard to break

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We always have a piñata at our kids’ birthday parties, but my husband usually makes one himself out of a cardboard frame on a hanger and then layers of decorated newsprint. That way, he can make it sturdy or flimsy depending on the age of the birthday kid, and he can decorate it to match their party theme or personal preferences. 

But this year we got this authentic Mexican piñata from Fiesta Wraps. I have to say that the look of it is 5 stars. It's such a pretty piñata and would work just as well as a decoration piece. The colors are vibrant and the tissue paper fluffs up nicely once it's unfolded from its flat pack. Add in the star shape and the glistening streamers and you have yourself one pretty piñata! 

I also thought the closure was kind of ingenious, using Velcro tabs to seal in the goodies. It was easy to fill and hang with the attached line, so A+ for that functionality. 

One mark against it is that it's awkward to fill to capacity. Your main area to fill is actually the star points, because the middle is (a) folded until you seal it and (b) interlaced with the hanging string. You need small candy pieces to really stuff it to full capacity. It suggests 3 pounds of candy, but I think it would be hard to fit all that in. I had small toys, like gacha sized, and not too many fit since they're bigger than candy, and then they kind of got stuck in the strings around the opening once the piñata was burst!

Speaking of bursting, jeepers, was this piñata hard to break through! I still don't know how you're “supposed” to defeat it because we eventually gave up and cheated by directing the birthday boy to poke the stick into the closure section where we knew the Velcro was a weak point. He eventually managed to tear through enough of the tissue paper to finally start a couple things falling…and then the whole piñata fell on the ground, so we ripped it open the rest of the way manually and called it a day. We'd been beating at that thing forever before then, so it earned its ignominious end.

I struggled with what star rating overall to give this because I think this might be a satisfying piñata for a very large birthday party group (everyone could take a turn) or a group of teens and adults with a lot of energy for swinging. I leaned down toward 3 stars simply to warn families with young kids, the most likely market for a piñata, to expect some frustration at the birthday party. For the amount of money, it seems like you'd do better getting a piñata that holds more candy and toys and that can be broken by small children. Or my husband can teach you his secret easy DIY option! Otherwise, prep your kids to expect delayed gratification at the time commitment to break through this beautifully tough star.