Frida Kahlo Craft - Cinco de Mayo - Womens History Month - Hispanic Heritage

Frida Kahlo Craft - Cinco de Mayo - Womens History Month - Hispanic Heritage

A super fun and easy Frida Kahlo Craft - learn how to make a Frida Kahlo Mini Pinata from Cardbaord Tubes. A great Cinco de Mayo activity or as part of Women's History Month or Hispanic Heritage Month Activities.

Use cardboard tubes and tissue paper to make these wonderful Frida Kahlo mini pinatas or decorations. Students are encourage to get drawing and explore Frida Kahlo’s basic facial features and to then dress her up in tissue paper dress and hair dos.

Students will learn how to make a simple pinata with a cardboard tube, as well as how to make super easy tissue paper flowers. As this craft only uses tissue paper and cardboard tubes, this is also a very environmentally friendly crafts. The pinatas can be filled with treats or DIY confetti or simply be used as decorations.

3 Page Printable Worksheets

· 1 page lesson plan overview

· 2 page step by step photo guide to making your fun craf

Please note: no templates, students will be making these mini pinatas from scratch.

Objectives

· Fine motor skills & scissors skills

· Fun cultural activity

· Creative fun

Materials

· Cardboard tube

· Tissue paper in different colors

· Scissors

· Pens for Frida Kahlo’s facial features

· Glue stick

· Tape & string for hanging

· Optional: treats for filling the pinatas