This weekend it is
time to break out your maracas and celebrate Cinco de Mayo in style! So you now what that means, this morning I shared my favorite Cinco de Mayo tips with Page Crawford on WNCN Today, including easy ways to
decorate, and a fun way to upcycle your leftover Easter Eggs:
·
DIY
Maracas
o
Upcycled Easter
Eggs. What is the first
thing that comes to mind when you think Cinco do Mayo? Plastic Easter Eggs of course! Well, maybe not, but it should be. Since Easter has just passed, you likely have
a few plastic Easter eggs laying around the house so let’s put them to good
use. Simply fill a plastic egg with
small rocks or jelly beans, place it between two plastic spoons and wrap
colorful tape (or really any tape at all) around the egg and spoons to create
your own maracas.
·
Food
and Drink
o
Salsa Bar.
You can’t very well have a Cinco de Mayo party without good chips and
salsa. So why not create a salsa bar? All you need to do is put your salsa base,
guacamole, corn & black beans and your other favorite fixings out so that
your guests can mix together their favorite salsa. You can add an additional festive flare to
your salsa bar by placing all of the ingredients in margarita
glasses, or serving the mixed salsa in margarita
glasses. TIP: Don’t
forget to pull out your solid green St. Patrick’s
Day serving pieces –
they will be perfect for Cinco de Mayo!
o
Dress up Your Drink…Literally.
Trade in your boring old koozies for these awesome Fiesta
Serapes from CelebrateExpress.com
and don’t
forget to add a stick on mustache. I
mean really, have you seen a cooler Cinco de Mayo beer? Since your mustache sticker will sit high on
the bottleneck, you can easily put them on your bottles before putting them in the
cooler and add the Fiesta
Serapes when served.
·
Decoration
or Entertainment
o
Piñatas. A piñata
is not just for the kids anymore! Pick
up a small donkey
piñata from CelebrateExpress.com
to use as a centerpiece on your buffet table or fill it with candy and toys and
let your grownup guests relive their youth.
Just make sure you hang the poor donkey
out of harms way. TIP: If you can find plastic
airplane bottle of alcohol they make the perfect grownup piñata surprise.
For all of my tips pick up your own copy of my Tips for the Clueless Chick books and following the Clueless Chick
on Facebook and Twitter.
Tune in next week for
Teacher Appreciation Day ideas!
Until next time,
aka Chick #1
p.s. Thanks again to CelebrateExpress.com for the awesome props!
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