Let’s celebrate the Cinco de Mayo holiday with our coloring pages! Let’s immerse in the victory and show your gratitude toward the soldiers.
Welcome to VerbNow’s collection of Happy Cinco de Mayo coloring pages. With the bold and clear design, kids can enjoy fun while coloring. Let’s take this opportunity to teach kids about this meaningful holiday.
1. Discover the collection of free printable Cinco de Mayo coloring pages
Cinco de Mayo is a popular Mexican holiday celebrated on May 5. The holiday commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over the French army at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.
Kids can entertain and study at the same time with our free Cinco de Mayo coloring pages. Let’s have a look at these designs and have kids chosen what they want.
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2. Interesting information about Cinco de Mayo holiday
After choosing your favorite Cinco de Mayo coloring pages, read this information. It can broaden the kid’s knowledge and help them know more about history.
2.1. Do you know why and how did we have Cinco de Mayo holiday?
In the mid-19th century, Mexico fell into an economic crisis due to a long civil war. Therefore, Mexican President Benito Juárez decided to stop paying foreign debts for 2 years.
This decision caused the creditor countries France, England and Spain to decide to start a war. They sent troops to Mexico to collect debts from this country.
After negotiating with Mexico, England and Spain withdrew their troops and did not invade again. However, under the direction of Emperor Napoleon III, France decided to invade Mexico.
However, this intention failed on May 5, 1862 in the city of Puebla. 4,000 Mexican troops defeated the French army to escape the occupation.
2.2. Discover the meaning of the Cinco de Mayo with Mexican people
Although it was a small and symbolic victory, it was still of great significance. It helped to raise the national spirit of the Mexican people.
Cinco de Mayo is a holiday to remind people of the strength of determination and unity. It also praises the resistance of the Mexican people against foreign invaders.
2.3. Cinco de Mayo holiday is more popular in the US than in the Mexico
It’s interesting that this holiday is Mexican, but more popular in the United States. I guess some guys coloring the Cinco de Mayo coloring pages are in the United States too.
In Mexico, it’s not celebrated in many places, it’s celebrated mainly in the city of Puebla. In the Unite States, it has become an occasion for Mexican-Americans.
Especially in the 20th century, it is to celebrate their ethnic culture. Then it has gradually spread into a Mexican cultural festival – with food, mariachi music, folk dancing, traditional costumes.
2.4. What do people do to celebrate Cinco de Mayo holiday?
On Cinco de Mayo, people do many fun things to celebrate.
- Parades: People wear traditional Mexican clothes and walk in parades. There is also music from mariachi bands. Also special dances like baile folklórico, which is a colorful and exciting Mexican dance.
- Street festivals: In many places, there are fun activities on the streets. You might see booths selling Mexican food, people doing art shows, or games for kids and families.
- Mexican food: This holiday is a great time to enjoy Mexican food! Some popular dishes are tacos, enchiladas, guacamole, and tamales. Grown-ups may also enjoy drinks like margaritas or Mexican beer.
- Learning about culture: Schools, libraries, and museums might have events. One the events, can learn about Mexican history, music, and traditions.
- Fun costumes: People sometimes dress up in traditional clothes. A sombrero is a big Mexican hat that many wear for fun. You can even find Sombrero Cinco de Mayo coloring pages to decorate your own!
3. How to color Cinco de Mayo coloring pages printable PDF
It’s time to back to the coloring session after reading information. In this section, VerbNow will suggest you on how to color the Cinco de Mayo coloring pages beautifully.
3.1. Gather Your Coloring Supplies
Obviously, you need to collect all the needed coloring supplies before starting. Let’s choose your favorite coloring tools such as crayons, colored pencils or markers.
- Crayons: It can create vibrant and bold effect. It has a waxy effect, so kids can make the page dirty while they color.
- Colored pencils: They bring a lighter effect on your picture. Because of fine tips, they are good for detailed coloring pictures. However, it may take time to fill in large part, so be patient.
- Markers: They are the best to make a vibrant and bold artwork. However, too small kid can get dirty while using them. Another thing is that the color can bleed through the paper.
Besides coloring tools, you can prepare some decorative things. For example, glitter glue, colored paper, or festive stickers may be good choices.
3.2. Color the symbols of Cinco de Mayo
Obviously, in the free Cinco de Mayo coloring pages, you find a lot of symbols. So let’s study how to study each symbol to make up your final artwork.
Mexican Flag Colors
First of all, let’s review about the colors on the flag of Mexico. There are 3 colors on it which are green, white, red with its own meaning.
- Green: The green hue on Mexican flag represents hope.
- White: The white color in the middle in the flag represents unity and purity.
- Red: The red color at the bottom is the symbol of the blood of Mexican heroes
You can be creative with everything but not the flag. So making sure that, you color the Mexican flag with the right colors.
The Musicians and Instruments of Mariachi
Mariachi a traditional Mexican music genre which usually occurs in this holiday. The traditional Mariachi instruments are guitars, violins and trumpets. You can color them with brown, red and gold to mimic the natural wood tones.
The people play these instrument has some traditional outfits. The colors usually are black or dark brown with gold accents.
Folklórico Dancers
The holiday doesn’t fulfill with the excitement of folklorico dancers. To color them, let’s pick the bright colors such as red, yellow, pink, orange or blue.
The dancers usually the dress with vibrant colors and features ribbons and ruffles. Let’s mix all the bold colors so that you can express the dynamic energy of the dancers.
Traditional Mexican Food
Mexican food is famous all over the world for its variety of flavors. Let’s bring color to Mexican food and make it delicious.
- Tacos: For the shell, you color with yellow and light brown. Green for lettuce, wine red for beef, yellow for cheese and bright red for tomatoes or salsa.
- Guacamole: For the avocado, you use dark green for avocado skin and brighter on for the inside. Then, you color tomatoes with red, onions with white, and cilantro/jalapeños with dark green.
- Enchiladas: Light brown tortilla; red or green sauce; yellow or white cheese on top.
- Tamales: Pale yellow corn husk; creamy yellow dough; red (meat filling) or green (chile sauce).
- Churros: Golden brown dough; light brown cinnamon sugar; dark brown chocolate dip.
- Mexican Rice: Light orange or reddish-orange; add green (peas), yellow (corn), and orange (carrots).
- Beans (Frijoles): Brown for refried beans; shiny black for black beans; light brown with reddish tones for pinto beans.
Festival Decorations
You also may find some festival decorations in the Cinco de Mayo coloring pages for kids. For example, you can see papel picado, also called cut paper banners. Let’s choose any bright colors you want to bring the festive vibe to the corner.
Some other decorations you can find are piñatas, or string lights. Feel free to use rainbow colors, or any bold, contrasting colors.
4. Some craft ideas to do with the finished Cinco de Mayo coloring sheets
You can do some crafts with the finished Cinco de Mayo coloring page for preschoolers. Let’s use them to make your Cinco de Mayo holiday more fun and exciting.
4.1. Cinco de Mayo Party Hat Craft
One interesting craft idea is to make a party hat craft for the Cinco de Mayo party. You prepare tape or glue, scissors, stapler and ribbon, yarn, or elastic string. For decoration, you can choose pom-póm, mini paper sombreros, or glitters, stickers.
- Step 1: You use the finished coloring sheet to make the hat shape. You can cut the paper into a triangle with a curved base or roll it into cone shape. Before glue it, making sure it fit you or your kid’s head.
- Step 2: Using a punch holer to punch two holes near the bottom edges of the hat. Then you thread a elastic/ribbon/string through to wear. Adjust the string so that you feel comfortable while wearing the hat.
- Step 3: To finish, you decorate them with anything to make it personal. For example, you add some glitters, stickers or pompoms on it.
One tip is you can add a colorful tissue paper fringe around the base of the hat for extra flair. Now, you can wear the hat and enjoy the Cinco de Mayo party.
4.2. Custom Table Placemats
In this holiday, you may have some gatherings with family and have dinner together. So why don’t we make a custom table placemat to surprise your guests?
It is an easy craft with some materials, included laminator or clear contact paper and a cardstock.
- Step 1: You glue the Cinco de Mayo coloring pages into a cardstock. The purpose is to make you placemats more durable and sturdy.
- Step 2: To protect the craft from water, you need to laminate it. You can use a laminator or cover both sides with clear contact paper.
- Step 3: Before place it in the table, let’s trim the edges for a neat look. Now, let’s surprise your family or guests with your unique craft.
4.3. Greeting Cards or Invitations
You want to send the cards to invite someone to your home on holiday? Or just want to send them a greeting card to celebrate the Cinco de Mayo holiday together? Whatever, let’s make a handmade Cinco de Mayo greeting card and invitation.
You only need glue stick, blank cardstock or pre-folded card and markers/pens. It is super easy and inexpensive to make this fun and interesting craft, right?
- Step 1: Let’s cut out your favorite part of the colored sheet. For example, you can cut out a taco, sombrero, flag, traditional clothes.
- Step 2: Then, you use stick to glue the image onto the front of a blank card. Feel free to arrange the cutouts into the order you want.
- Step 3: To finish, you just need decorate it in your personal way. For me, I will add some stickers, and glitters around the edges to make it sparkling.
- Step 4: The card is ready to write any message, such as: “Feliz Cinco de Mayo! Join us for food, fun, and fiesta!”
Conclusion
I hope you love all free Cinco de Mayo coloring pages printable PDF on VerbNow. Let’s enjoy the coloring session while express gratitude and pride in the heroic history of the nation. Don’t forget to visit our website to explore more collections about holiday!
