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Add colourful fringing to cardboard tubes for the perfect party pleasers. This easy idea by designer Corinne Bradd is also great to steal for party favour inspiration – simply fill the tubes with surprises and send them home with your guests to pop open and enjoy.
Craft stash essentials, toilet roll tubes, tissue paper
• Punch two small holes in one end of a toilet roll, thread through twine and tie into a loop
• Cover the other end of the roll with two squares of tissue paper and glue to the sides
• Fill the tube with sweets before covering the top to seal
• Cut 8cm wide strips of tissue paper and fold in half lengthways
• Fold the strip again and use sharp scissors to cut an even fringe along one raw edge
• Open out and glue all around the tube so the tassels hang below the base
• Repeat using a different colour tissue paper and add to the piñata, overlapping the first layer
• Continue building up fringing to cover the entire surface
• Tie multiple piñatas into a cluster and display
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