Cinco De Mayo Color by Number

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Color by number: Star piñata

Color each square by its number. Squares with no number stay white.

11
22
2222
333333
24444442
122333333221
24444442
333333
222222
2222
1111

To color on screen, choose a color in the key, then tap the squares.

Star piñata, 12 by 12, 4 colors.

Answer key: prints on page 2.

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Print gives a blank worksheet, and the colored answer key on page 2 when that box is ticked. Colors you fill in on screen stay on screen. By keyboard: the arrow keys move around the grid, Enter colors a square, a digit colors it by that number and Backspace clears it.

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How it works

This Cinco de Mayo color by number set has a star piñata, a papel picado banner, a sombrero, a guitarrón, maracas, the flag of Mexico, a dahlia and a Talavera tile from Puebla, where the battle of 1862 was fought.

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Cinco de Mayo coloring by numbers, with Puebla in it

The Talavera tile is Puebla's own pottery, drawn in blue around a yellow and orange flower: 68 blue squares on the easy grid. The Flag of Mexico is green, white and red, with a 2 by 2 brown block where the eagle of the coat of arms goes. The dahlia is Mexico's national flower.

Short sheets and long ones

The easy Star piñata is the shortest sheet, 62 squares in red, yellow, green and purple. The easy Papel picado banner is the longest: all 144 squares get a color, because blue sky shows through the cut paper. Choose Detailed 24 by 24 under Size for four flags and 576 squares.

  • Yellow is the main crayon on the Sombrero: 74 of its 92 easy squares.
  • The detailed Talavera tile mirrors left to right and top to bottom.

Questions and answers

What does Cinco de Mayo celebrate?

Mexico's victory over a French army at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. It is not Mexico's Independence Day, which is September 16. The city of Puebla marks the day with festivals and reenactments of the battle.

Is the eagle on the Flag of Mexico sheet?

Only as a few brown squares. The real flag has the national coat of arms, an eagle on a cactus, in the center of the white stripe. A 12 by 12 grid has room for a 2 by 2 emblem, so the drawing is simplified.

Are the Cinco de Mayo printable color by number sheets free?

Yes. Print gives one Letter or A4 page with the picture's name, the crayon key and the grid, and the colored answer key follows as page 2 unless you uncheck Answer key on page 2.

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Fiesta 3

  • Papel picado banner Three paper flags, red, purple and green, hanging from a black string against a blue sky that shows through the holes cut in them. On the detailed grid there are four flags, pink, orange, purple and green, each with a cut-out flower, against a light blue sky. Papel picado is a Mexican craft of designs cut into sheets of tissue paper. Easy: 5 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 576 squares to color.
  • Sombrero A yellow sombrero seen from the side, with a red band around the crown and a red and green trim on the brim. On the detailed grid it has orange shading and green marks on the band. A sombrero has a high crown and an extra-wide brim that turns up at the edge. Easy: 3 colors, 92 squares to color. Detailed: 4 colors, 298 squares to color.
  • Star piñata A star piñata: a ball striped green and purple with yellow cones pointing up, out to each side and down, each tipped in red. On the detailed grid it hangs against a blue sky, the ball has green, pink, purple and light blue stripes, the cones have orange bands and paper streamers hang from the points. Easy: 4 colors, 62 squares to color. Detailed: 8 colors, 576 squares to color.
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  • Guitarrón A guitarrón standing upright: a wide brown body with a black sound hole, a yellow bridge, a short black neck and a yellow headstock. On the detailed grid it has an orange edge, gray strings and yellow tuning pegs. The guitarrón is the very large six-string bass guitar of a mariachi group. Easy: 3 colors, 98 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 366 squares to color.
  • Pair of maracas Two maracas side by side, one red and one green, each with a yellow band and a brown handle. On the detailed grid each has two yellow bands with blue marks between them and an orange collar on the handle. A maraca is a rattle shaken by its handle and usually played as one of a pair. Easy: 4 colors, 64 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 232 squares to color.

Mexico and Puebla 3

  • Dahlia A round purple dahlia seen from above: pointed petals, an orange ring and a yellow center, with a green leaf in each lower corner. On the detailed grid it stands on a green stem, the petals have pink edges, the center has orange dots and the leaves have light green edges. Mexico named the dahlia its national flower in 1963. Easy: 4 colors, 118 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 392 squares to color.
  • Flag of Mexico The flag of Mexico against a blue sky, simplified: a green band, a white band left as paper and a red band, with a small brown block for the emblem. On the detailed grid the sky is light blue and the emblem is a small brown eagle with a yellow beak above green. The real flag has three upright bands, green, white and red, and the national coat of arms, an eagle on a cactus, in the center of the white stripe. Easy: 4 colors, 116 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 490 squares to color.
  • Talavera tile A square tile with a blue border, blue corner marks and a flower in the middle with blue petals, a yellow ring and an orange center. On the detailed grid the flower has light blue and yellow rings, green dots run to four small corner flowers and the pattern mirrors left to right and top to bottom. Talavera is a pottery tradition of Puebla and Tlaxcala, and much of it was decorated only in blue. Easy: 3 colors, 80 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 332 squares to color.

How this list was compiled: Our own pixel pictures, drawn square by square for this site on 12 by 12 and 24 by 24 grids in October 2026. Nothing is traced, scanned or copied from clip art, no picture shows a brand or a logo, and none shows a character from a film, show, book or game. The flag of Mexico is simplified: its coat of arms is a few squares. The facts about the day, the flag, papel picado, the sombrero, the guitarrón, maracas, the dahlia and Talavera pottery were checked against Wikipedia in October 2026 (text under CC BY-SA 4.0, read for the facts and not copied), and the color and square counts were counted from the finished grids. Licence: own work

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