This piñata turned out almost exactly according to plan. The wings are formed out of shirt hangars and covered with crepe paper. The wing membranes are made from sheets of crepe paper.  The flame is colored tissue paper (red, orange, yellow, and white) layered together and then simply stuffed into the mouth. The eyes are painted ping pong balls.  The hands are four-fingered claws twisted from shirt hangers, then wrapped in crepe paper and tipped with card stock talons.

This piñata was made of many different parts assembled together -- the head, belly, tail, haunches, arms, and feet were all separate balloon pieces that were covered in papier mache and then taped and papier mached together.  This was my most ambitious piñata up to that point, and I was happy with the way it turned out.  The piñata stick was decorated to look like a sword.