Fiesta Party always conjures up images of dancing, laughter, festivities, games, Mexican food, bright colors and basically lots of fun.
This party theme can equally be applied to a Cinco de Mayo party and what is great is that it is suited for all ages from tots to adults so get your maracas out and get ready to party!
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Fiesta Party Invitations
Make your own Fiesta invitations by drawing round a template of a sombrero, chili or Mexican flag. Ask the kids to come dressed up in bright colors and to bring their sombreros, maracas (if they have any!) and to put on their dancing shoes.
Or if you're short on time take a look at the fiesta party invitations below :
Taco crisps and dried snacks served in terracotta bowls, wicker baskets or upside down Spanish hats buycostumes.com
Set up a Taco Bar. The older kids love this as they can make their own tacos with their favorite toppings. Try cheese, salad, salsa, tomatoes, chili beef, chicken, re fried bean, sour cream and chives.
Cactus cake. For a quick and easy recipe, use a packet cake mix and make two cakes - one in a 9 x 13-inch oblong tin and another 7 inch round. Slice the oblong cake in half along its length and place one piece above the other to serve as the cactus trunk. Cut out a circle in the center of the round cake using a large cookie cutter - discard this piece or freeze for later. Using the larger circle, cut it in half and position the two halves against the cactus trunk to look like arms. Cover with green icing and sprinkle lightly with desiccated coconut to give the impression of thorns.
Maraca's painting: Get two empty plain white paper cups and half fill one with dried beans. Tape the two pots together around the open ends so you have a sort of rattle. If you have any wooden BBQ skewers, insert one into the end of one of the pots. The let the kids go to town with paints and marker pens in decorating their very own maracas which they can take home at the end of the party.
Mexican Flowers: Mexicans love flowers and what a better way to start the party than by making fiesta flower garlands to hang round the room. In advance cut out circles or squares of colored tissue paper. Give each child 2-3 pieces of paper that they place one on top of the other. Carefully pinch the layers in one go in the center and secure with a twist tie. Then open out the different layers to reveal a beautiful multicolored flower.
Jumping Beans
This is a good fiesta party game for the younger kids and gets them to use up a lot of energy. Explain that a Mexican jumping bean has a type of caterpillar pupa inside and that when it gets warm, the caterpillar starts to twitch and fidget which makes the beans jump. Put on some Mexican music and get the kids to jump about like the beans but when the music stops, everyone has to stand very still. Any 'bean' caught twitching is out and can then be your helper in spotting the next twitching bean.
Pass the Sombrero
A bit like 'pass the parcel' but instead the kids have to pass a sombrero. Sit the kids in a circle, put on some Mexican music and get the kids to pass round the sombrero. Each time it is passed to them, they have to place it on their head for a second. When the music stops, the kid wearing the sombrero is out of the game or he has to do a dance in the middle of the circle.
Limbo - Limbo
The older kids especially love this game. All you need is a stick and two poles to balance it on, or you could get two people to hold it. Start with the stick about eye height and each child takes it in turn to cross under the stick without knocking it down or touching it. They have to do this facing forwards so it will involve bending their body backwards a little. Each round, you place the stick a little lower so it becomes harder and harder. My 13 year-old daughter has no problems at this game as she can bend her body in all sorts of unimaginable ways! Have some music going at the same time and the kids clapping so you get the rhythm going.Tip: For smaller kids, they could just crawl under the stick.
Mexican Kick ball
This is a traditional game played in Mexican villages and is a great fiesta party outdoor game for teams and large groups of kids. The aim of the game is for each team member to kick a ball (no hands!) around an obstacle course and the first team whereby all its members fully complete the course is the winner. Set the obstacle course to reflect the age of the kids. It could involve going round logs, tables and chairs, up a slide, around a tree, through a tunnel, kicking over a low net, through a paddling pool and so on. Tip: Give each team a colored badge or sash to wear in red, green or white.
Spanish word game
Give each child a list of Spanish words - they should all have the same. The aim of the game is for the kids to guess the meaning of each word and whoever guesses the most correctly is the winner. Tip: Try not to make the words to difficult and pick ones that have some sort of link to English words.
Let's Dance
No Fiesta party is complete without a bit of dancing so why not teach everyone the Macarena dance or the Mexican hat dance.
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