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Collected Item: “Coronavirus Piñata”

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Coronavirus Piñata

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Photograph & Video

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

For my son’s drive-by birthday, we wanted something fun for people to do as they drove by, but without exiting their cars. We decided it would be fun to have people try to “beat the virus,” so I made a Coronavirus piñata. After the birthday parade, the birthday boy and his big sister finished it off. To keep any guests from thinking it was a traditional piñata, with candies and prizes inside, I made sure everyone knew that the piñata was where I put some of his birthday presents (in this case, legos).

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#pinata #quarantinebirthday #coronaviruspinata

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Kathryn Jue

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2020-05-26
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