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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kid sad over smashed pinata that grandma had him make with her to match the theme of the party.  I expected this would go badly and it did.[/quote]
😂 This is the most judgmental description of a grandparent/grandchild activity that I have ever seen (most people would have written that kid was sad over smashed piñata that was made with grandma). 🤣🤣[/quote]

OK, you plan an entire party that was ruined because grandma didn't listen to you when you said that your kindly, sweet little boy would cry when forced to ruin something he spent hours making in the shape of a character he loved.  I also had to keep the battered pinata around for a while until it could be thrown out without more sadness.

Grandma often was more concerned with what she wants to do than how others feel about it.  The little guests were pretty vicious and greedy about it as well.  The meanest kid scooped up about half the candy while my kid hung back crying.

Also you just haven't lived if my sad pinata story is the judgiest grandparent/grandchild story you've ever read.  If grandma had made a ball or a star instead of an animal, it would have not been a problem at all.  Making a character pinata gave the whole thing an unnecessary "clubbing a baby harp seal" vibe.  But no.  She had to make one to match the party theme.  Because that was more important than my kid's potential sadness.  I was a tougher kid.  I would have told her I would not make a character.

Also I'm partly at fault because I did not want to keep a 2x2 ft paper mache pinata forever.  [b]So I required it to be used for the intended purpose.[/b][/quote]

You weren't partially at fault -- you were completely at fault. It doesn't sound like your son was unhappy to do this project with grandma. It sounds like he enjoyed it and didn't want to see it ruined. So you should have bought another pinata and saved the one he made, at least for as long as you save any of his art work.[/quote]

Not the point of pinatas.  Grandma could have prevented all of this by being more considerate and listening. Grandma knows my house is too small to store a pinata the sistuffed.carnival stuffie.[/quote]

Also...Grandma came up with this bad idea on her own.  I did not ask her to plan any of the party.  She arrived at our house with this plan, I advised her that it was likely to be a problem, we had days to enjoy the pinata's looks before the party, and I took pictures of it to preserve so that its looks could be enjoyed permanently.  Hopefully, PP, you would expect a large pinata to be used for its intended purpose.  It's not a charming behavior to inflict your craft projects on people who would rather not have them.  But that's a whole nother DCUM thread.[/quote]

PP I’m sorry for your kid and it wasn’t a great plan by your mom but you really could have said no. I would not have agreed to this even if my mom ambushed me.

That said I really hated the one time we did a piñata, just a regular store bought one. It was absolutely chaos and one kid was shoving others and being a little crazy. Never again.

The only other one I regret was a party that involved a two complicated activity that most guests didn’t end up enjoying. It wasn’t terrible though.

Most parties we have attended have been mostly good with one or two unpleasant moments (like one where the mom dropped the cupcakes…) [/quote]

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