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A Fiesta Party / Cinco De Mayo 

 

 

 

 

 

Party Ideas by Party Consultant Michelle Hylton         Updated: 02/07/2010

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General Information

Fiestas can be used for many celebrations.  It's most popular use is for Cinco De Mayo.

Some other popular uses are : 

Birthdays

Family Reunions

Wedding Shower ( Honeymoon's in Mexico)

Corporate Kick-Offs

Neighborhood Parties

Social Organization's Gatherings

Class Reunions 

Fund-Raisers/Auctions

The key to having a great Fiesta is decor, food and music!  So, here are some ideas to help you! 

 

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INVITATION IDEAS

Themed Invites

Maracas Invites

Make Your Own 

 

 

Cabano Rio Invitation

Cabana Rio Invitation

 

Print Your Own Fiesta Invitations

 

or

Try creating a cactus, chili pepper or Margarita glass stencil. Trace stencil onto  heavier weight colored paper or foam craft.  Use permanent marker to write party details. 

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Click to enlarge photo.

Craft a Tissue Flower. Tie a small invite tag to it. 

 

                                                    

DECORATING IDEAS

Table Decor

Room Decor

More Ideas

Fiesta Pepper Party Goods - PartyShelf.com

New Fiesta Pepper

Paper Goods

 

Use one of our colorful table patterns for your fiesta. Use our Chili Pepper Bracelets as napkin ring holders.

 

Add any of these as a table centerpiece:

Use a child size sombrero to serve chips in, just line with alternating red and green napkins.  

 

Use terra cotta pots to serve chips, line with a Fiesta or Mexican Flag bandana or plastic pot liner.  

 

Serve up snacks and food in any one of our Fiesta trays or bowls.
 

Serve up some margaritas, tequila, sangria in LED, Glow or fun themed drink ware.

The Fiesta Decorating Kit
makes decorating your party room or classroom easy!  Hang Fiesta Lights , Southwestern Lights , or Chili Pepper lights in the party room, across a doorway or over a bar area. 

 

For your entryway or main party room, hang  Fiesta Tinsel Garland  or Fiesta Lanterns Garland.  

 

Sombrero Balloon

Sombrero Fiesta Balloon

    Fiesta Metallic Balloon

    Fiesta! 12" Balloons

    Dora Balloon
   
Go Diego Balloon

Add colorful balloons to your party room. Use  hand painted maracas as balloon weights or use a sombrero balloon weight.

Create a Southwestern outdoor look using Desert scene setters.

Create an indoor scene with our stucco, mariachi band, fiesta door windows and signs.

 

For a tropical look,  add one of these:

5' Inflatable Palm Tree

Palm Tree Decoration

Raffia Table Skirt

 

Hang some  "17"" Tissue Chili Pepper" around the room.

 

Let guest know where the parties at with a Fiesta Photo Yard Sign.

 

Hang pictures of Mexico. Ask you local travel agent for some free brochures on Mexico, cut out pictures and hang around the room. 

 

As the host or hostess don't forget your Mexican Poncho.

Mexican Poncho

 

New Items

LED Cactus Margarita

 

Fiesta Confetti - PartyShelf.com
Fiesta Confetti

 

Fiesta String Decor - PartyShelf.com
Fiesta String Decor

 

 

                                                 

GAME IDEAS

Hot Pepper Race

Tossing Games

Kids Games

You will need two oven mitts and 2 peppers (use green or red peppers). Set up a starting line and a turnaround line.  Divide guest into two teams.  Each team member must wear the oven mitt  and carry (open handed, no gripping with the thumb) the hot pepper to the turnaround line, turn around, and head back to the starting line. If it falls off they have to start over. Once back they pass it onto the next player.  The first team to have all team members carry the pepper successfully up and back wins!

 

Give the winners a Hot Chili Pepper Flashing Necklace!  

Chip Toss

You'll need a sombrero and some tortilla chips.  Each guest gets one tortilla to toss into the sombrero.  Set up a line to toss from and a point to set the sombrero on.   You could have playoff rounds to get one winner or have enough prizes for all the winners.  

 

Cactus Cooler/game

 

 

Jumping Bean - Like Freeze Dancing, play Mexican/Latino music and tell the kids to jump like jumping beans. Stop the music, the kids must freeze. If they move or fall, they are out. Keep going until there's a winner or they get tired of jumping.

Guess How Many Jumping Beans? - Use jelly beans and put in a decorative jar. Have a small paper for guest to write down their guess.  Winner gets jar of jumping beans. 

Pass the Hat or Pass the Pepper - Play like "Hot Potato".

Pin the Flower on the Cactus. Draw out a large cactus on green poster boards or use a cactus wall decor (Sorry, not available in our store).  Make an outline for a flower on the tip of one branch.  Cut out colorful paper flowers with the same design.  Number them or write each child's name on a flower. Play the game like Pin the tail on the donkey. Use our piñata mask if you want to blindfold the player.  

Use some of my Dora the Explorer  or Diego party ideas for entertaining the kids.  

Limbo Contest  How Many Peppers?

Adult Challenge

Fiesta Limbo Game
Fiesta Limbo Game

Put red or yellow chili peppers in a jar and let adults guess how many are in the jar? Winner wins the jar and another fun fiesta prize!  

Give each brave guest a small bowl of hot chili peppers. The first to finish their bowl wins!  You would think to have large glasses of water for contestants, but it's better to have milk, rice or bread which which absorb the capsaicin. Learn more about peppers under Food Ideas.

 

Authentic Mexican Chile Peppers at MexGrocer.com

 

 

ACTIVITIES

Salsa Tasting Contest

Spread out different salsas and chips for guest to taste. Or ask guest to bring Homemade Salsa's for a taste testing contest.  

Teach your guest the Mexican Hat Dance or the Macarena staring Mr. Macaroni! 

Sombrero Pinata

Sombrero Piñata

 

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"Ojo de Dios", God's Eye.  To make follow these instructions: Project1 or Project2.

 Amigos Photo-Op Stand-Up

Grab the camera and photograph your guest for this fun party favor!

Mexican Bull Pinata
Bull Pinata

 

                                               

FAVOR

 IDEAS

For kids, take a Mexican style bandana, fill with Mexican candy and favors.  Then pull up bandana around favors, secure with a tiny rubber band. Add curling ribbon. 

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Fiesta Bandanas

Dora Favors

Diego Favors

 

Adult Serape Sombrero

Sombreros

Neon Sombreros

Child Size Sombreros

Child's Serape Sombrero

Genuine Maracas

Light-up Maracas
Solid Neon Maracas

Mini Neon Maracas

Large Neon Maracas

Green Tinsel Maracas

 

Blinking Fiesta Beads

Fiesta Beads

Red, White & Green Twist

Chili Pepper Bracelets

White 33" Beads

33" Red Beads

33" Green Beads

Red & Green Leis

Margarita Medallion

 

Fiesta Confetti Clacker - PartyShelf.com

Fiesta Confetti Clacker

 

Green Glow Bracelets

Red Glow Light Bracelets

Lizard Toy with Clip

3.5" Lizard With Clips

 

3" Painted Lizard toy

3" Painted Lizards

 

Tequila Sunrise Glasses
Tequila Sunrise Glasses

 

Tequilla Glasses - PartyShelf.com
Tequila Glasses

 

Buy Authentic Mexican Food at MexGrocer.com!- Online grocery shopping store for Authentic Mexican food, cooking recipes and culture.

Mini bottles of Jose Cuervo, Mexican Candy

(click Mex-Grocer link below).  

 

                                                    

FIESTA 

SUPPLIES

 

Fiesta Fun

 

Fiesta Pepper

Serape Beverage Napkins Serape

 

Cabana Rio

 

Solid Color Paperware

 

Buy Authentic Mexican Food at MexGrocer.com!- Online grocery shopping store for Authentic Mexican food, cooking recipes and culture.

 

Cinco de Mayo CD

 

All the Best Mariachi CD

Ten Rounds CD -Tracy Byrd - Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo

 

Red Hot Salsa CD

 

Red Hot Salsa Cd

   

Personalized Cinco De Mayo Banner

Personalized Fiesta Banner

 

PARTY 

EXTRAS

Solid Color Partyware - PartyShelf.com
Everyday
Party Cutlery Packs - PartyShelf.com
Cutlery Packs

Corporate/Business Imprinted Party Items - PartyShelf.com

 Imprinted Party Items

 

         

FOOD IDEAS 

Main Dishes - Beef or Chicken Tacos

                     Burritos

                     Fajitas

                     Cheese Quesadillas

                     Eggs & Chorizo  

                     Full Roasted Pig 

                     Empanadas or Pastelillos (Puerto Rican version).

                     The Deluxe Tamale Making Kit

 

Side Dishes  - Guacamole Dip

                     Salsa 

                     Chips

                     Spanish Rice

                     Refried Beans

                  

Adult Drinks - Frozen or "On the Rocks" Margaritas

                     Piña Coladas

           Mexican beer like "Dos Equis" or "Corona".

           Sangria wine.

Kids Drinks  - Kiddie Cocktails

                    Fruit Smoothies

                    Fruit Drinks 

 

Desserts - Authentic Mexican desserts at MexGrocer.com

                Flan Recipes

                Mexican Cookie Recipes

                Tres Leche Cake (Milk Cake - uses three milks)

 

Easy-to-prepare gourmet foods for your Cinco de Mayo Celebration!

Samba Sangria Slush Drink MixCilantro & Olive Salsa

 

 

 

 

Serve up a Tempting Taco cheese ball, flavorful southwest fiesta dip, top off your enchiladas with a RAZZY LIME SALSA and much more!  Don't forget to serve up some delicious beverages like SAMBA SANGRÍA SLUSH™  or POMEGRANATE BLUEBERRY MARGARITA MIX - Click here to view the full line of gourmet foods, place an order and complete your fiesta party!   (TS Consultant - Loreen Venello #0075233)   

 

 

Chili Pepper Candles - PartyShelf.com

 

Choosing Chili Peppers

Cinco De Mayo Menu/Recipes

 

More Fiesta Links:

Spice It Up Gift Basket -Mexican Theme

Spice It Up! Gift Basket

 

 

Chill Out White T-Shirt

Chill Out White T-Shirt

Cinco de Mayo! This festive design features a couple hot peppers sitting in an icy margarita. Featured on t-shirts and more. Click the Cinco de Mayo link above for more designs.


 

Tequila Maracas Women's V-Neck Dark T-Shirt

Tequila Maracas Women's V-Neck Dark T-Shirt

JMGNole SmartAssTees and Gifts. Welcome to the shop, this is a design in progress. If you like the artwork, hang tight, I'll have a description assigned to is ASAP. Probably with beer or boobs.


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Cinco de Mayo Costumes

 

 Buy Authentic Mexican Food at MexGrocer.com!

 

Mexican crafts, pinatas and fiesta party supplies

          

 

 

 

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