There aren't a lot of sure things when it comes to planning your child's birthday party, but a pinata is one of them: competitive whacking and candy. Make your own with this fun, only slightly messy ...

We visit a piñata making event to explore this cultural tradition. Piñata making is part of the annual celebration for Hispanic Heritage Month. We go to an event at Delta College where people ...

ACOLMAN, Mexico (AP) — María de Lourdes Ortiz Zacarías swiftly cuts hundreds of strips of newsprint and colored crepe paper needed to make a piñata, soothed by Norteño music on the radio while ...

In this Jan. 20, 2015 photo, Cecilia Albarran Gonzalez, 54, smoothes layers of papier-mache onto the back of a horse piñata, in her home in the Iztapalapa neighborhood of Mexico City. Albarran and her ...

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – For most New Mexicans, piñatas are those colorful donkeys or other figures stuffed with candy that children at birthday parties break with a stick. But contemporary artist Justin ...

A new exhibition at midtown’s Prism Art Gallery highlights the many inspirations and symbolism embodied by piñatas. The show ...