Step up to the plate! With a swing of the bat, this pinata will deliver a truly sweet home run. Fill the ball with candy, peanuts, and baseball cards and pitch it at a sports party, a summer picnic, or a family reunion. Special effect: slick red plastic tape stitches. Before you start creating this design, please see our favorite papier-mache recipe, and instructions for creating the core for your pinata.

Prep Time: About 2 to 3 hours
What you need:
	Pencil Red plastic tape
Seasons: Birthday, Evening, Rainy day, Spring, Summer, Winter, Year round
Materials: balloons, paper, paper mache
Instructions:
1.	Using a pencil, lightly draw a baseball seam pattern on the ball (you may wish to use a real baseball as a model).
2.	Cut the tape into 1/4-inch by 1 1/2-inch strips and attach pairs of strips in a V-shaped pattern, as shown.

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