There might not be a sweeter craft this Cinco de Mayo than this darling Cinco de Mayo Handprint Cactus Craft. They have sombreros! And mustaches! Flowers, too! So cute and colorful and the perfect craft for any Cinco de Mayo fiesta.

Of course, to make our handprint cactus craft even easier we’ve included a Free Printable Cactus Template. It includes templates for the sombrero, mustache, flower, and the cactus stalk. All that’s left is the handprint for the base and arms of the cactus.

Handprint Cactus Cinco de Mayo Craft

To make our Cinco de Mayo handprint cactus craft you will first need to print our cactus template.

You will also need cardstock in green and other assorted colors, markers in the same, small-medium googly eyes, scissors, and a glue stick.

Handprint Cactus Craft Supplies Needed

Cactus Template
Cardstock – green, black, yellow, orange, purple, other assorted colors
Markers – green, red, black, other assorted colors
Googly eyes, small-medium
Scissors
Glue stick

Cinco de Mayo Cactus Step by Step Directions

Begin by printing the cactus template and cut out the pieces.

Trace the cactus stalk on green cardstock. The handprint will need to be traced on the same green cardstock. Try to make the pinky finger and thumb more extended from the 3 middle fingers, which need to be closer together.

Cut out both the stalk and handprint.

Glue stalk to middle 3 fingers of handprint.

Glue the stalk to the front center of the handprint. If all goes well, the thumb and pinky will be the arms on the cactus and the other 3 fingers should be mostly hidden by the stalk.

Use a green marker to draw lines and thorns on cactus.

Now, use a green marker to draw a few lines on the cactus and then draw small v shapes along the lines to mimic thorns.

Trace and cut out sombrero, mustache, and flower.

Next, trace the sombrero and flowers on your color cardstock of choice and cut out. Trace the mustache on black cardstock and cut it out.

Decorate the sombrero however you’d like with markers. Use the markers to color in the center of the flowers, too.

Add googly eyes and glue and glue on mustache and/or sombrero.

Then, add googly eyes and make your cactus however you’d like.

Make female cactuses, too, with flowers and googly eyes with eyelashes.

We also made female cactuses using googly eyes with eyelashes and the flowers. For the cactuses without a mustache, we drew on simple mouths with markers, too.

These handprint cactuses are ready for their Cinco de Mayo fiesta! And we are, too!

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More Cinco de Mayo Crafts for Kids

Looking for more fun Cinco de Mayo crafts for kids? Check out our Cinco de Mayo Cardboard Guitar Craft, Cardboard Roll Cactus Craft, Cinco de Mayo Paper Fan Craft, and our Paper Bag Mariachi Craft to name just a few of our fun Cinco de Mayo crafts at Our Kid Things!

Cinco de Mayo Handprint Cactus Craft

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Active Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

There might not be a cuter craft this Cinco de Mayo than this darling handprint cactus craft

Materials

Cactus Template
Cardstock - green, black, yellow, orange, purple, other assorted colors
Markers - green, red, black, other assorted colors
Googly eyes, small-medium
Scissors
Glue stick

Instructions

Begin by printing the cactus template and cut out the pieces.
Trace the cactus stalk on green cardstock. The handprint will need to be traced on the same green cardstock. Try to make the pinky finger and thumb more extended from the 3 middle fingers, which need to be closer together.
Cut out both the stalk and handprint.
Glue the stalk to the front center of the handprint. If all goes well, the thumb and pinky will be the arms on the cactus and the other 3 fingers should be mostly hidden by the stalk.
Now, use a green marker to draw a few lines on the cactus and then draw small v shapes along the lines to mimic thorns.
Next, trace the sombrero and flowers on your color cardstock of choice and cut out.
Trace the mustache on black cardstock and cut it out.
Decorate the sombrero however you’d like with markers. Use the markers to color in the center of the flowers, too.
Then, add googly eyes.
Finally, make your Cinco de Mayo cactus.
We also made female cactuses using googly eyes with eyelashes and the flowers.
For the cactuses without a mustache, we drew on simple mouths with markers, too.