The perfect Cinco de Mayo writing and craft activity for grades 2-4!

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in your classroom with this print-and-go writing pack! Your students will share opinions, explain what they know about the holiday, and tell stories, then build a vibrant "FIESTA" bubble letter craft with a piñata, guitar, sombrero, guacamole, and taco. It's a meaningful mix of real writing practice, cultural learning, and creative fun.

Most Cinco de Mayo resources are coloring pages or word puzzles. This one teaches real writing skills wrapped in a cultural celebration. Students learn to share opinions with reasons and concluding statements, explain what Cinco de Mayo is and why people celebrate it, and tell stories with dialogue and clear sequencing. You get to check off your writing standards and your students learn about another culture along the way.

Use it for Cinco de Mayo (May 5), Hispanic Heritage discussions, May writing centers, sub plans, morning work, early finishers, or your spring bulletin board. The finished crafts make a colorful classroom or hallway display!

What's Included

• ✏️ 6 writing pages that match the 3rd grade writing standards:

• 2 opinion pages (share what you think about Cinco de Mayo, with reasons and a concluding statement)

• 2 informative pages (main idea and supporting details about Cinco de Mayo, plus a how-to-make-a-taco sequence)

• 2 narrative pages (write dialogue between two friends planning a fiesta, plus tell a story about a day in Mexico)

• ✏️ "FIESTA" bubble letter craft with a piñata, guitar, sombrero, guacamole, and taco accents, plus writing prompts on each letter, like "Cinco de Mayo is special because…", "My favorite fiesta food is…", "My favorite fiesta activity is…", "Dancing makes me feel…", and "My favorite song to dance to is…"

• ✏️ Editable PowerPoint files. Change the prompts to fit your class.

• ✏️ Print-and-go PDFs. No prep needed.

Why teachers love it

• 🌮 Real writing practice with cultural learning, not just coloring

• 🌮 Lines up with 3rd grade writing standards (W.3.1, W.3.2, W.3.3)

• 🌮 Includes meaningful cultural references like the Battle of Puebla, papel picado, and mariachi music

• 🌮 You can edit the prompts to fit your students

• 🌮 The colorful FIESTA craft makes a vibrant bulletin board