Designed Calm Halloween studio

The Halloween piñata, stuffed with more than candy

Fill it with sticker sheets, temporary tattoos, little slime cups and play sand, plus a few treats. When it breaks, every kid comes away with something to keep.

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An orange jack-o'-lantern piñata cracked open on an autumn lawn, spilling Halloween sticker sheets, tattoo sheets, mini slime cups and candy as small hands in costume sleeves reach in.

The pumpkin piñata

It's not just candy

A classic jack-o'-lantern piñata, stuffed with stickers, tattoos and slime cups. When it cracks open on the lawn, nobody goes home with only a sugar rush.

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A child's hands dropping a mini slime cup into a pumpkin piñata on a kitchen table at dusk, with bowls of sticker sheets, tattoos, slime cups and candy, glowing jack-o'-lanterns on the windowsill and a cat asleep on the bench.

The night before

Filling the piñata is half the fun

Sort everything into bowls and let the kids load it through the top flap. A good mix for a 16-inch piñata: about 20 sticker sheets, a stack of tattoos, a dozen slime cups and a handful of candy.

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A white ghost piñata hanging from an oak branch at a backyard Halloween party in late-afternoon sun, with a child in a witch hat seen from behind taking a swing, string lights, paper lanterns and treat bags.

The ghost piñata

A backyard party with a friendly ghost

Hang a little ghost from a low branch, string some lights and let the kids take turns. Fill it the same way: stickers, tattoos, slime and a few treats.

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A black cat piñata in a purple witch hat hanging from a porch beam at dusk as a toddler's hand pulls one of its ribbons, with sticker sheets, a slime cup and candy tumbling into a woven basket beside glowing jack-o'-lanterns.

For little ones

No bat needed: the pull-string cat

Everyone pulls a ribbon, and one ribbon opens the trapdoor. It's perfect for toddlers and small spaces like a porch, with nobody swinging a stick.

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A navy dinosaur skeleton piñata cracked open on the grass by a sandbox, with dinosaur skeleton figures, purple castle cups of play sand and Halloween tattoos spilling out, and two children in explorer vests seen from behind.

The dino dig

Crack it open and out come the bones

A skeleton triceratops piñata filled with little dinosaur skeletons and cups of play sand. After the piñata, the party turns into a dig.

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