Cinco de Mayo Parties with an Educational Learning Twist

Educational Cinco de Mayo History Learning Guide

Create Cinco de Mayo parties with learning trivia games featuring the history and facts!

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History of Cinco de Mayo

Free Cinco de Mayo Game

Cinco de Mayo Party Ideas

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Cinco de Mayo History

* Cinco de Mayo is celebrated because it’s the day Mexico won its independence from France.
May 5th is the perfect day to throw a fiesta but anytime is a fun time to have a Mexican Fiesta Theme Party.
* Music is a big part of Mexican culture. Acoustic guitars are played by many citizens in Mexico. Mariachi bands.
* Boys wear black jeans with cowboy boots and button down shirts topped with a sombrero or cowboy hat.
* Girls can wear a long flowing skirt with sandals and any off the shoulder shirt.
* Traditionally the girls wear a flower in their ear and their hair in a bun.

Free Cinco de Mayo Game

THE SADDEST: The object of the players is to keep from laughing. The players get into a circle facing each other. One of the players says: "Ha!". The following says "Ha-ha!", the third continues "Ha-ha-ha!" and soon. If someone pronounces the wrong number of "ha" or laughs, he/she is out. The players who are out of the game try to make all the rest players (those who are still in the game) laugh. The player who laughs the last is the winner.

Cinco de Mayo Ideas

PASS THE ORANGE: Arrange for teams of about 8 to stand in a line, one behind the other (arranged boy, girl, boy,...). Give each team an orange which the first person should tuck under his chin. This should be passed to the person behind. When the orange gets to the last person, they come to the front of the line and start again. The winning team is the first one which gets their starting person to the front again.

Printable Cinco de Mayo Criss Cross Puzzle

Right click to copy the the printable Cinco de Mayo puzzle below.