Here you’ll find festive ideas for easy to make Cinco de May party favors for your Cinco de Mayo fiesta.
Mini Piñata Cinco de Mayo Party Favors
Party supply stores and on-line party supply web sites like Oriental Trading Company sell large piñatas, often with donkey, bull, cactus or sombrero designs, to decorate for and celebrate Cinco De Mayo. But who says you have to buy a large piñata, have it hanging in your dining room or from a tree with your guests blindfolded and swinging bats? These mini piñatas make cheap Cinco de Mayo party favors that are very festive and the good news is that you may only have to buy the candy, as many of the other supplies are recyclables.
Supplies you’ll need for the Mini Cinco de Mayo piñatas:
Cardboard toilet tissue tubes or cut paper towel tubes
Green, red and white tissue paper
Glue
Candy
Green, red and white are the festive colors of the Cinco de Mayo celebration and lucky you, green, red and white are the most likely color of saved or leftover tissue paper from Christmas gift celebrations. If you’re not stocked up, you can still find these colors at dollar stores or party supply stores.
To create the piñata look, simply tear off small pieces of tissue paper and create thick lines of each color. Once dry, fill the tubes with candy. Oriental Trading Company has special Cinco de Mayo candy available. Fiesta butter mints with a red chili design on the wrapper are only $6.49 for 120 pieces of candy. To finish and close the end simply stuff large wads of the tissue paper in each end. This is an easy and cheap Cinco de Mayo party favor that the kids can help make.
Personalized Margarita Glass Cinco de Mayo Party Favors
Whether you’re actually serving margaritas or not, a personalized Margarita glass is a fun way to serve up your Cinco De Mayo party drinks and your guests can take them home as a fun party favor that is a reusable memento of your Cinco De Mayo celebration.
Supplies you’ll need for your personalized Margarita glass Cinco De Mayo Party Favors:
Plastic or glass Margarita glass for each guest
Permanent markers or glass writing markers
You can find plastic Margarita glasses in bulk at party supply stores or often you can find glass ones at dollar stores. Michael’s Crafts and other crafts stores have special markers to write on glass and they are really handy again when you are personalizing Christmas ornaments or other holiday gifts. Choose red, green and gold metallic for Cinco de Mayo and again they will be great choices for Christmas decorating and gifts. If you’re using plastic Margarita glasses then Sharpie permanent markers in black, green and red will do.
Decorate each Margarita glass with Cinco de Mayo and the year and any special information about the hostess or setting. Write each guest’s name on the glasses and add simple cactus, red chili pepper, sombrero or a red and green confetti look to each glass.
Tip for Personalizing Party Favors:
Whenever I am personalizing birthday party favors for my children’s birthday party guests, I use this little trick. In order to not waste any goodies, I write the names on the favors for only the guest I am 100% sure are coming. Then I keep extras along with the permanent markers in the back and simply add them after greeting other guests. This way I am never left with personalized party favors that can’t be reused.
History of Cinco de Mayo Party Favors Card
Want to send your guest home with an easy to make memento of your Cinco de Mayo party? Why not make a decorative card with the history of Cinco de Mayo on one side and a “Thanks for celebrating Cinco de Mayo with us!” message on the back.
Supplies you’ll need for the History of Cinco De Mayo party favor card:
Index cards or card stock
Printed history of Cinco de Mayo
Markers
Glue
For these make your own party favors simply go to Party411.com and print out the short history of Cinco de Mayo. It fits nicely on an index size card. You can either print multiples on card stock and cut the card stock or print multiples on plain paper and cut and glue to index cards. Decorate the border using markers with simple cactus, sombreros, maracas or red chili peppers using lots of green and red color. On the back of the card include your “Thanks for coming to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with us!” message and include the date and your name.
This keepsake is perfect for those who like to scrap book or create bulletin boards.
Getting ready for the party should be half the fun so gather your family or a friend around and enjoy creating these homemade Cinco de Mayo party favors.
Sources:
www.party411.com/holidays-cincodemayo00.html
www.orientaltradingcompany.com
