It’s almost time for Cinco de Mayo — one of my favorite holidays! I love the food, the music, and all the bright beautiful colors! We made fun pinata suncatchers today to make our kitchen look a little more festive. I drew an outline of a donkey onto some construction paper, and Emily cut out the shape leaving the outlined frame.
Lay down a sheet of clear contact paper, sticky side up, and place the outline on top. Then let the kiddos go to town placing bits of tissue paper confetti on top!!
We make lots and lots of tissue paper flowers in this household, and we always end up with a bunch of tissue paper confetti. This was a fun way to use up some of it!
Place another sheet of contact paper, sticky side down on top, trim the edges, and display in a sunny window!
So colorful!!
Now, is it too soon to start sipping my margarita?
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May 4th, 2010 on 4:28 pm
This is awesome even though I'll go for Corona. What a colorful craft!
May 4th, 2010 on 4:30 pm
I LOVE IT! We are big fans of suncatchers.
I'll take a margarita and a Corona!
I love the food too. We made black bean salsa and Mexican brownies today – my all time fave brownie recipe – they are SO GOOD!!!!!
May 4th, 2010 on 4:41 pm
I love it! And I'll take any drink you have!
May 4th, 2010 on 7:43 pm
Man, I waited a couple of hours and Mark still hasn't commented, he's dropping the ball here.
Super duper cute.
May 4th, 2010 on 8:21 pm
Dear Valerie,
Imagine my surprise when you told me that you made sun catchers in the shape of an ass!
Now, I see that you made donkeys.
Love,
Mark
May 4th, 2010 on 8:30 pm
MARK….. TOO FUNNY!!
I laughed so hard!!! ;D
I really love these suncatchers… might have to have my kiddoes make something like it here too! ;D
May 4th, 2010 on 8:40 pm
This is so, SO cute. I love it! Thanks so much, I'll be linking.
May 4th, 2010 on 8:49 pm
Wow, these ARE very colorful!
May 4th, 2010 on 9:19 pm
Those turned out so cute.
May 4th, 2010 on 10:09 pm
ooo super cute! I need to buy some different colored tissue paper! Any suggestions on the best place to get it?
May 4th, 2010 on 10:30 pm
@ Raising a Happy Child — Oh, I do love Corona's too! Mark knows someone who calls them "a waste of a lime", but for Cinco de Mayo, I have to disagree.
@ Christy — Salud! Mexican brownies sound FANTASTIC!!!
May 4th, 2010 on 10:31 pm
@ Ticia — Yeah, what's taking him so-
@ Mark — hahahahahahahahhahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
May 4th, 2010 on 10:32 pm
@ Rachel — Thanks so much for the link!
We love your blog!!
May 4th, 2010 on 10:34 pm
@ Lindsay — Right after a holiday, I can usually scoop some up in that holiday's colors (ie. after Valentine's Day red, pink, and white tissue paper is really cheap). I also found big packs of tissue paper (all different colors) at the dollar store!
May 5th, 2010 on 12:19 am
Dang it!!!!!!! I really wished I would have bought contact paper a while ago because I want to do this tomorrow. Great idea as always!
May 5th, 2010 on 2:05 am
I love seeing your doughters working togheter.
Can I ask you where doyou hang your suncatcher? Do you stick them to the window? It would be nice to make some with my little boy, but I don't know where to put them…
May 5th, 2010 on 5:55 am
okay, so where was this idea last week when i volunteered to do a little cinco de mayo lesson with the pea's class? (i'm a former spanish teacher, but middle school, so we aren't big on the crafties!) anyway, we are doing a flag mosaic! i'll put up some piccies!
May 5th, 2010 on 6:35 am
Mark – SO FUNNY!!!!!!!!!
Valerie – here is the Mexican brownies recipe: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Mexican-Brownies-101249
Mark should bake them for you – they are SO good. If there are nut allergies, you can leave the almonds off, but they do cut the richness a little bit. They are great either way.
May 5th, 2010 on 7:30 am
Such wonderful and vibrant creations.
May 5th, 2010 on 8:01 am
This is great! I've not done suncatchers in a shape like this. Thanks!
May 5th, 2010 on 3:36 pm
That is a great craft….love it!
May 6th, 2010 on 1:39 am
They are beautiful. Tell the girls they did a great job.
May 6th, 2010 on 5:59 am
I love how you always save scraps like the cut-offs of tissue paper! And make something new
May 11th, 2010 on 9:30 pm
Sorry I'm slow to tell you that I linked on my weekly roundup.
My sister-in-law posted a picture on facebook of my hubs snuggling with Radar. I commented that "it's true! You really CAN kiss your own ass!" I'm pretty sure that Hubs's biggest motivation in getting the little guy was for the jokes…
May 11th, 2010 on 9:34 pm
@ Lenetta — That is soooo funny! I think Mark and your hubby would get along swimmingly.