Inspired by the exasperation that is long term recovery, I was joking with one of my neighbors, Becky S, about needing a piñata, not for celebrating, but to vent some of the frustration that a long term recovery from disaster can bottle up. Basically, you shouldn't hit people, but you can hit a dolled-up cardboard box which is a proxy for the thing that is driving you crazy.
Decide which thing you want to transform into a festive piñata. It could be an effigy or a symbolic representation.
Some suggested examples:
Blueprints caught up in permitting red tape.
Flaming electrical tower ("alleged" origin of the Eaton Fire).
Bedbug for the displaced people having to move from hotel to hotel at their insurance adjusters whim.
A to-do list
Lead contaminated belongings
An insurance adjuster
Make a custom piñata for yourself or someone else.
acquire cardboard boxes or cereal boxes, scissors, painters tape, hot glue or stick glue, crepe paper rolls in various colors.
hack up the box and assemble in roughly the shape you want using the painters tape. To allow for more effective breaking apart, slice slits into the cardboard to create stress points. Note: it doesn't have to be perfect, as you are going to destroy it soon.
Cut a little door on the side to put stuff inside.
pull a length of crepe paper and wrap it around your fingers so it is a loop. Cut feathery bits into the loop from one edge to the middle. Repeat with different colors if you want.
hot or stick glue the crepe to the box starting at the bottom and layer to the top. Remember to not glue up the little door.
Add extras like legs or eyes, or printouts.
Fill it with whatever you want (or nothing), but remember to not put anything glass or breakable in.
Get a stick or a broom handle and take the piñata outside and hang it from a tree or pole.
Smack the shit out of it until you feel better.
Repeat as necessary.
Sculpt using paper mache
Tissue paper or crepe paper
buy a commercial pinata and repurpose