SUGGESTION: Just take a smooth narrow (light weight) wooden board (be sure it's free from splinters; Plane/sand it, if necessary), place a small-to-med. size "rubber-coated" screw at the very end. It works wonderfully! Just be sure to have a young adult around for supervision.
CONCEPT: The "screw" hooks onto the pinata and allows the small kids to do GREAT damage when they whack it! RIP...GRAB...GRAB!!!
Candies & small toys haven't a problem SPILLING EVERYWHERE!!! :-D
*P.S. I came up with this idea after seeing my little cousins & their small friends become disappointed at NOT being able to pop the pinata after numerous hits & whacks. They literally would tire themselves out with no REWARD!
Time after time an adult would have to leave the adult party to assist the young ones with getting their pinata to spill out the goodies!
That's "why" I came up with the above concept. Now, the little ones hit and RIP the pinatas (all by themselves). Usually after "two" good wacks (depending on the shape & size of the pinata)...GOODIES are all over the place! LOL