It is no big deal to smash a piñata, you just need a stick! But making a stick from a stick requires instruction and jovial banter. Think of what a doyenne of home decoration whose initials are M.S. and whose name rhymes with Mithra Stirrup would do. You need to adorn your stick with bright, festive colours. Wrap it in crepe paper. Give it streamers. Listen for mariachi music in the wind, cue the happy kids in white cotton shirts with brilliant sashes and huarache sandals.
The piñata itself you can construct using the traditional balloon and papier maché method. Be sure to put a few loops of string around the balloon for a hanging device as you are laying on the papier maché. This vessel is in for some pounding, so lay it on thick if the age group of destructeros is over double digits. Be creative with shapes, bright paper, and presentation.
Any situation involving a blindfolded individual wildly swinging a reborn hockey stick at a moving target calls for some ground rules and someone to keep back the crowd eager to pick up the goodies loosed from the piñata. As adult entertainment, nothing goes better with summer libations than a good, competitive spirit blindly smashing away at an elusive target.