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Mexican Activities for Kids

Cinco de Mayo (May 5th)
Mexican Independence Day (Sept 16th)
Mexican Revolution (Nov 20)

As many of you know... I'm Canadian, not Mexican.  But I know how tough it can be to find stuff on "non-U.S. holidays" so I thought I'd try to put a few pages together for Cinco de Mayo.  

To be honest, I'm not 100% sure what crafts I've made will be the best for Cinco de Mayo, Mexican Independence Day or the Mexican Revolution (it's hard to truly get the flavour of a holiday from books).  If any viewers have thoughts on "best crafts" to recommend for the day, please let me know know and I'll make note of them on this page.

One of our Mexican viewers wrote to us with some information about Mexican customs and holidays.  Click here to read what Guadalupe had to say.

Mexicans have a celebration called Cinco de Mayo every May 5th (Cinco de Mayo means the fifth of May).   Click here to learn more about the origins of Cinco de Mayo.

Mexican Recipes

(my favorite thing about "Mexico themes" in our household is the food!)

  
Printable Worksheets

Anagram
Word Mining
Word Search  
  

Song 1

Song 2

CRAFTS:

Animals of Mexico

a wide variety of crafts and coloring pages
mexican bean bracelets craft

Bean Bracelets

Age 4+

Bird Rattle
(Parrot or Macaw)

Age 4+
hot pepper craft

Hot Pepper Paper Craft

Age 2+
Ichardo I Alphabuddies craft

Ichardo I Alphabuddy

Age 2+
 

Maracas

Age 5+

(though with some one on one help from an older child or adult, younger children will enjoy the project too)

Ojo de Dios

Age 4+

Papel Cortado

Age 3+
(must be able to use scissors)

Pinata - Super Simple Version

Age 3+

Pinatas

Age 3+

Place Mats

Age 4+

Sombrero

Age 4+

Sun Connect the Dots

Sun Handprint Craft

Tissue Flowers for your Hair

Age 3+

Tissue Flowers and Vase

Age 6+

colorful paper flower making is a Mexican art form. 

 

 

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