Some celebrations for Cinco de Mayo are all about the five. Food comes in fives, fives decorate the area. Now here are five great party games to help make your next Cinco de Mayo celebration a success.
1. Forget Pin the Tail on the Donkey. Honor the man who led the Mexicans in the famous victory that sparked the Cinco de Mayo holiday. Pin the metal on Benito Juarez. You can add to the fun by making one person at the party the hero, but don’t tell anyone who. Guests can ask each other questions to try and determine who they should pin the metal on in order to win a price.
2. Take musical chairs to a whole new level. Clear one room completely of furniture and place one chair around the room for each of your party guests (all the way against the wall). Place sombreros in the center of the floor and let your guests dance around to the tune of the traditional Mexican Hat Dance. When the music stops, everyone must find a seat. After one trial run, start removing a few chairs each round. The last guest standing gets his (or her) choice of sombrero.
3. Watch what you say. When each guest arrives, pin a festive pin on his or her collar. The object of the game is to NOT say Cinco or five during the course of the night. If someone gets caught saying one of those words, she (or he) must surrender the pin to the person that catches her. At the end of the night, the person with the most pins is declared the winner. You can offer them a prize or just let him keep the spoils of his endeavors.
4. Piñatas may seem like kids stuff, but it all depends on what you stuff that piñata with. Get some small and inexpensive prizes to fill your piñata and let your adult guests take turns swinging away. You might handicap the men (or everyone if you think it might be wise) by blindfolding them AND tying their dominant hand behind their backs. It’s also fun to have someone that can control the height of the piñata (by moving it up and down with a pulley system). Be sure that there is plenty of room for guests to swing the stick and not hit anyone else.
5. Build a better taco. Pair up your guests and let one guest stand behind the other. Blindfold the guest that is in the back so that he can’t peak. Now the guest in front needs to put his hands behind his back and the guest behind needs to weave his hands through the first guest so that his arms become the arms of the guest in front. At the word go, guests must build and eat one taco. The winning team gets a great prize.
The key to having a great Cinco de Mayo celebration is to offer lots of variety, great food and to have fun yourself.