Children will enjoy learning about Mexican culture from easy fiesta crafts, party decorations and fiesta theme coloring pages.
Children can celebrate Fiesta, Cinco de Mayo, Dia de los Muertos or any other reason to have a fiesta style party with Fiesta Crafts for Kids.
This lens features easy to do ideas and patterns for children to make all sorts of fiesta crafts: pinatas, maracas, punched paper (papal picado), Mexican blankets and vests.
Cinco de Mayo Fiesta Crafts - Table of Contents
- Fiesta Fun - Simple "Punched Paper" Decorations
- Papel Picado Paper Banners
- My Favorite Fiesta Pages
- Cinco de Mayo Crafts - Fiesta Arts & Crafts Collections
- Easy Maracas - Recycled Paper Tube Crafts
- Fiesta Coloring
- Cinco de Mayo Crafts
- How to Make a Pull String Pinata
- Paper Flowers
- Paper Bag Mexican Costumes - Vests and Serapes
- Fiesta Clip Art for Paper Crafts
- Meet the Author
- Find More Crafts and Clip Art I've Discovered
- Ola! Fiesta Craft Comments Welcome Here!
- Bookmark Fiesta Crafts for Kids
- More Crafts for Kids
- What's New at the Family Paper Crafts Blog
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- Super Crafts Search Engine
Fiesta Fun - Simple "Punched Paper" Decorations
Simple Papel Picado Children's Craft
Use square or rectangular pieces of paper folded into quarter size strips (similar to the way tissue paper is packaged). Don't cut off the corners. Tissue paper is slippery and flimsy. It may help to fold a sheet of regular paper around the tissue and create a sandwich to hold the paper while cutting.
When the cut paper designs are done, attach them to a piece of string or ribbon by gluing or stapling the top edges and letting the rest of the paper hang free like a flag. Attach many end to end and mix up colors and designs.
Papel Picado Paper Banners
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Cinco de Mayo Crafts - Fiesta Arts & Crafts Collections
- Cinco de Mayo Coloring and worksheets
- CINCO DE MAYO WORKSHEETS & COLORING ACTIVITIES
- The Holiday Zone: Cinco de Mayo Arts and Crafts
- Large collection of simple Cinco de Mayo art and craft projects for preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school children.
- Making Friends Paper Dolls
- Printable paper dolls that can wear Fiesta outfits, traditional Mexican clothing (see below)
- Fiesta Friends - Mexican Paper Doll Clothes
- Printable paper doll "Friends" traditional Mexican clothing.
- Cinco de Mayo Crafts for Children
- Foods, decorations, musical instruments, pinatas, shoes, serapes, sombreros plus songs, games and Spanish words.
- Papel Picado Traditional Mexican Folk Art of Paper Cutting
- Papel picado is the traditional Mexican folk art of paper cutting... appropriate as 6th grade social studies activities
- Wearable Sombrero - Kaboose.com
- Fun to wear, easy to make Mexican hat - Sombrero - for kids Fiesta crafts. Make sombreros for Cinco de Mayo!
- Mexican Paper Flowers Craft
- Easy to make paper flowers for fiesta crafts fun.
- Homemade Castanets
- Why buy musical instruments when you can make your own castanets quicker than you can say, 'ole!' A perfect project for Cinco de Mayo, or any day.
Easy Maracas - Recycled Paper Tube Crafts
Recycle toilet paper rolls to make Maracas
Use the cardboard tube cores from toilet paper or paper towels to make Maracas. Staple or tape closed one end, then fill about 1/3 full with dry beans. Tape the remaining end closed, then cover the outside with construction paper or tissue paper and stickers.An even simpler way to make maracas is to use paper plates. Decorate the back sides of the paper plates with markers or crayons. Fold the paper plates in half and staple the open sides together, leaving an opening at the top. Add several large dried beans, then finish stapling closed. If desired, cover the stapled edges and staples with duct tape or masking tape along the joined edges.
Shake to make maraca sounds.
Fiesta Coloring
PLUS! Cinco de Mayo Coloring Pages
- Fiesta Coloring for Cinco de Mayo and Other Mexican Holidays
- Traditional fiesta coloring book pages, coloring posters and coloring crafts for Cinco de Mayo, Dia de la Muertos and other Mexican holiday celebrations.
- Mariachi Band and Dancer
- A fun fiesta coloring page: festive Mexican musicians and dancer in traditional costumes.
- Cinco de Mayo Coloring Poster - Chili Peppers
- Cinco de Mayo chili peppers coloring poster, a free picture to color for 5 de Mayo fiesta.
- Fiesta Coloring Book
- Fiesta coloring pages, printable festival and Cinco de Mayo pictures to color of Mexico sombreros, skeletons, cactus and maracas.
- Fiesta Coloring Sheets-Cactus,Sombrero,Cinco De Mayo Pictures
- Free fiesta coloring pages for Cinco de Mayo, Day of the Dead and Mexican cultural crafts.
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How to Make a Pull String Pinata
Recycle Paper Bag into a Cinco de Mayo Party Game
Make a paper bag pinata for your next fiesta party. It's easy and of course lots of fun to play at your party. This version uses a "pull string" to get the candy and treats from the bag so nobody gets whacked with a stick trying to break open the pinata.
Materials
Brown paper bag
Tissue Paper
Ribbon or String
Craft Glue
Stapler
Small toys, candy and wrapped treats.
Make the Pull String
Carefully cut a section from the bottom of the paper bag, leaving at least 2 inches of the bottom intact. Cut a 48-inch piece of string or sturdy ribbon and place the center inside the hold. Glue on a layer of tissue paper to fit the bottom of the bag, taking care to leave the ends of string free but glued onto the bottom. Glue on several more layers of tissue to the bottom of the bag to create a new bag bottom. This will make a quick-release rippable pinata bottom that you can use for the game instead of breaking open the pinata with a stick.
Fill the Pinata Body
Cut pieces of colorful tissue paper into strips and shapes about 6 inches long. Slightly scrunch these pieces and use as confetti-type filling in a layer at the bottom of the bag. You can also add glitter confetti and ribbons to the mixture.
Add a layer of toys, treats or candy, then another layer of confetti filling.
Alternate confetti and toys layers until the bag is almost full. Don't pack down too much as you fill the pinata. Keep it light and fluffy.
Add a Hanging Cord
Staple a length of string or sturdy ribbon into the top of the bag, then fold over slightly and staple the top of the bag closed. This will be the hanging cord for the pinata.
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Decorate the Pinata
Separate different colored tissue paper pieces into 4 sheet stacks, keeping layers folded the same way as they came in the package, or fold into thirds the long way.
Cut through the folded layers to make strips of tissue paper about 6 inches deep, then cut 4-inch slits about 3 inches apart all along the long edges - you're creating "fringe" from each of the bands of tissue paper. Separate the fringe bands carefully.
When you've finished making the fringe, glue the bands around the bag, starting at the bottom and working upward in layers, leaving the fringe parts free.
Alternate colors and continue working your way around the bag and up to the top. Finish off by stapling a fringe section over the top of the bag, working around the hanging cord. Glue any other paper streamers or decorations you like to the outside of the pinata bag.
When all the glue is dry, hang the pinata from a tree branch or doorway and prepare children for the pinata game.
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Paper Bag Mexican Costumes - Vests and Serapes
Cut down from the top to the square bottom on the front of one bag. Cut out a neck hold to meet this front, then cut off the bag corners to make arm holes. Decorate with tissue paper, markers, sequins or yarn fringe in bright colors. After coloring, fringe the lower edges of the vest.
To make serapes from paper bags, cut off the bottom of the bags, then cut along one of the long folds to make a flat rectangle. Decorate with stripes made from colored tissue paper or markers to make the serape look like a traditional Mexican cotton blanket. Fringe the short ends of the bag by making 3-inch cuts about 1/2 inch apart after coloring, or glue on fabric strips, yarn or commercial fringe.
Fiesta Clip Art for Paper Crafts
Graphics for Cinco de Mayo, Fiesta Celebrations, Day of the Dead
- Cinco de Mayo Flowers Clip Art - Mexican Marigolds with Word Art Banner
- Fiesta marigolds clipart with Cinco de Mayo lettering, colorful Mexican flowers and banner graphic.
- Serape with Chili Peppers Fiesta Banner
- Mexican blanket with chili peppers Fiesta word art graphic.
- Fiesta Clip Art-Chili Peppers
- Free chili peppers clip art, printable chili peppers party graphic for scrapbook, crafts, decorations, invites and blog pages for Cinco de Mayo, fiesta or Dia de los Muertos.
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