The light pink crepe paper that covers most of the piñata was snipped in the traditional way, but I wanted something different for the middle.  I came up with what I call the "floral technique" of decorating with crepe paper.  This was used for the dark pink area in the middle, which was intended to look like roses, and also for the purple and white flowers surrounding the dark pink area.

A further description of the floral technique and step-by-step instructions for how to do it are available on the Cutting Crepe Paper page.

This piñata is fast and easy to make.  All the flash is in the decorating. Step-by-step instructions for making a piñata like this are on the Make a Heart page.

I had already made a heart-shaped piñata for an earlier birthday, and I wanted this one to look nicer.  I don't remember where I saw the Barbie crepe paper, but they probably have different licensed character crepe papers in the birthday party section of any party store.  The Barbie streamers were just taped onto the botton of the heart before it was decorated.  The "flower garden" in the middle of the heart deserves a bit of explanation, though, because it's a useful decorating technique.