Cinco de Mayo Crafts and Decorations

Invite guests to your Cinco de Mayo bash with these festive cards. Glue crepe-paper fringe to blank notecards for invitations; use rubber stamps to state the occasion.

Welcome guests to the fiesta table with papel picado place mats this Cinco de Mayo. You can find these cut-paper flags (sold in rows attached to string for hanging) at crafts stores. Snip them off their string for place mats, or cut them into strips for napkin wraps. Colored flags can bleed when wet, so arrange them over a paper tablecloth to avoid stains.

This assortment of brightly hued blooms is the ideal centerpiece for your Mexican-style fiesta.

Celebrate the holiday with these traditional tissue paper decorations made by using craft punches. You can also use the colorful banner as a table runner or place mats for your Cinco de Mayo get-together.

What's a fiesta without a pinata? Liven up your Cinco de Mayo party with a papier-mache pinata for all ages.

Try using wheat-paste powder, available at hardware and art-supply stores, instead of ordinary flour -- the resulting paste will be less prone to cracking.

Wow guests with these beautiful straw flowers for your fiesta. Inspired by vintage crafts of the sixties, these brightly colored prints make a great centerpiece.

Set your Mexican-themed table with these festive napkin rings made from a disposable aluminum tray. Inspired by traditional Mexican punched-tin work, these napkin rings use a similar technique.

Decorate your Cinco de Mayo party with these festive tissue-paper streamers, bowl bands, and flags.

Brighten up your fiesta with ribbon lanterns. For each, you'll need one paper box lantern and four lengths of ribbon, each measuring nine times the height of the lantern.

Illuminate your Cinco de Mayo gathering with string light decorations made by using a clam shell-shaped template.

With a few snips and folds, and a little imagination, you can turn humble paper bags into party-perfect decorations. They'll look just right at an outdoor fiesta.