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Cinco de Mayo is coming up in less than a week! It’s a special holiday for me personally, because one of my kiddos is a “Cinco de Mayo baby”! After a rough 25 hours, she was finally born in the evening on Cinco de Mayo. 🩷😅🥰
Will you be celebrating? Here are some fun craft ideas and printables for you to use if so!
Cinco de Mayo Day 2024 Activity Pack
Did you know that you can grab my activity pack for Cinco de Mayo 2024 here (it has all of the printables that are mentioned below)!
You can also purchase the printables below individually! However, you’ll save 75% by grabbing the activity pack above. 🥰
#1. Silly Taco “Happy Cinco de Mayo” Craft
Print out this PDF for your students to color and create their own cute, silly taco!
#2. Cinco de Mayo Watercolor Art Project (FREEBIE)
Grab this template here and help your child follow the directions to create some pretty watercolor artwork to celebrate Cinco de Mayo! Your student will trace the lines with a black crayon before painting each section with watercolor paint.
#3. Make Some Cinco de Mayo Paper Maracas!
Print out this PDF onto cardstock and follow the instructions to put it together. This is a super fun craft, especially for younger students!
#4. Make Some Papel Picado Decorations!
Here are 5 different designs for you to print out for your students! I recommend printing them out on cardstock, if they are planning to paint them. You could always just let them use markers, crayon, or colored pencils instead too.
After they are dry, cut out and hang up for a pretty Cinco de Mayo decoration!
#5. Cinco de Mayo Notebook for Kids
Print out this notebook and use it to discuss Cinco de Mayo more. This mini notebook is 8 pages long and each page includes a writing prompt with space to write their answer.
This PDF also gives you the option to pick whether you want regular or handwriting lines!
#6. Cinco de Mayo Roll-A-Color Sheets
Want a fun way to color? Print out this PDF, grab some dice, and follow the instructions to play! Your student will roll the dice and color a section of their coloring page according to the color they rolled.
This PDF includes 10 different designs to choose from AND the option to pick your own colors, if desired.
#7. Cinco de Mayo Paper Crown
If you’d like a simple coloring project and a fun way to celebrate the day, grab this paper crown for your kids to assemble! There is the option to add letter tassels to spell their name on their hat too!
#8. Make a Pinata Sequence Writing Exercise
Print out this PDF and follow the instructions to assemble this flipbook! There are two different sizes available. The large flipbook includes the option to draw an illustration to go along with their answer to the question on each page.
#9. What is Cinco de Mayo? – Educational Video
Here is an 8-minute video for kids about Cinco de Mayo!
#10. Cinco de Mayo – Homeschool Pop
Here is a slightly shorter video from Homeschool Pop about Cinco de Mayo, if your kids enjoy the videos from Homeschool Pop!
#11. Learn the Mexican Hat Dance (Jarabe Tapatío)
Here is a short tutorial for your kids to learn this dance!
#12. Cinco de Mayo by Emma Carlson Berne – Read Aloud
Read or listen to this read aloud about Cinco de Mayo from Emma Carlson Berne
#13. Marco’s Cinco de Mayo by Lisa Bullard – Read Aloud
Here is another read aloud for today!
Hope you all enjoy using some or all of these resources during Cinco de Mayo this year!
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