Easy DIY Sombrero Napkin Rings & Serape Invitations + Loteria Sangria / Wine Glass Charms & Place Cards Crafts (for Cinco de Mayo Fiesta Tablescape)

¡Fiesta! Forever… or for at least one fantastic evening with easy décor crafts for your Cinco de Mayo tablescape. Toast the party with sangria filled glasses fitted with DIY wine glass charms featuring traditional Mexican Loteria images. Then, use those same images to make place-cards for the table. Dress colorful cloth napkins with handmade sombrero napkin rings, and craft matching serape invitations that shout, “Grab your sombreros for a Cinco de Mayo that’s nacho average fiesta!”

357Leigh

One inexpensive Mexican Loteria game will provide you with loads of craft material for the future. I’ve previously made beads with them (see how to do this here in my Halloween Necklace Craft)… glued them into collages and assemblages (see how to do this here in my Valentine Gift Assemblage Art Tutorial)… and I have some easy crafts up my sleeve to demonstrate in the future.

130Leigh

All you need to begin is a single game card sheet, scissors, a hole-punch, and Plaid Mod Podge Dimensional Magic. Cut the game card into single images as pictured.

134Leigh

Punch holes into a top corner of each piece.

137Leigh

Drizzle the Magic stuff over one side of all the pieces, then let it dry overnight. (Set it on some form of plastic to keep it from adhering to your surface.)

140Leigh

Flip them over and drizzle the other side, then dry overnight.

180Leigh

If needed, trim off any dripped over edges, and attach small metal rings to the holes.

314Leigh

Instead of using a jumbo jump ring to attach the charms to the glasses, I simply tied them on with jute bows. You can also skip the first metal ring, and just tie these if you’d like less dangling.

030Leigh

Here they are featured on a clear glass vessel topped with a paper umbrella.

106Leigh

The same charm and umbrella look different when placed on a purple goblet (from my upcoming San Antonio styled Fiesta tablescape).

219fLeigh

The charm is an easy addition for a charming lunch of my Gluten & Dairy Free Chicken Spinach Quesadilla Recipe.

298Leigh

Matching Loteria place-cards for the table are really quick and easy to make.

141Leigh

Use the actual game cards or make a color copy of a set of them to cut out. I chose the latter so that I can remake them whenever I like… without buying a new game.

143Leigh

Cut paper cardstock strips to use as easel supports, and fold in half to make a V.

146Leigh

Then cut two slits to either side of the Spanish words. Slip a V strip into the slots you cut.

316Leigh

Then simply write your guests names on them with a marker. These would also make great food labeling cards for a buffet.

327Leigh

The Loteria cards add extra pops of color to the tablescape… and you can never have too much color at a fiesta!

294Leigh

The sombrero napkin rings are some of the cutest in my collection, yet were some of the quickest to make. Craft them yourself with braided raffia ribbon and tiny doll straw hats.

154Leigh

Transform the hats into sombreros with strips of fabric and dollhouse chili peppers. (I never use chilis in my recipes, but they do make delightful décor.) Use hot glue to attach a few peppers, and then wrap a fabric strip as a band.

158Leigh

Cut a six inch length of raffia ribbon for each ring. Slightly overlap the edges then hot glue them.

160Leigh

Glue the sombrero over the seam covering it completely.

063Leigh

Fill the rings with colorful fabric napkins.

044Leigh

I think they look really adorable on the tablescape… if I do say so myself!

274Leigh

Here the card and napkin ring add color to a lunch of Tex-Mex Nachos made with my Nacho Average Fiesta Dip Recipe.

223Leigh

They bring additional ambiance to another meal with my Gluten & Dairy Free Chicken Spinach Quesadilla Recipe.

164Leigh

Make fiesta invitations to match your napkin rings easily by following the earlier steps to turn a straw doll hat into a sombrero. Cut a 5.5 x 8.5 inch piece of textured cardstock and a 4.5 x 7.5 size of serape scrapbook paper. Print or write invitation instructions on vellum, then cut it to a size smaller than the scrapbook paper (like 4 x 7).

004Leigh

Hot glue the layers at the center of the top, and then glue the sombrero over it. I made some of these for a bridal shower years ago, and they mailed just fine. I got such a glowing response from the project that I decided to show you how to craft them yourself.

321Leigh

Next, bring more light and color to the celebración with my Easy DIY Upcycled Can Tea-light Luminarias (+ Free Printable Template) & Tissue Paper Flowers Crafts (for Cinco de Mayo Fiesta Décor).

041Leigh

¡Viva la fiesta!

Faithfully Yours,

Leigh

 

4 thoughts on “Easy DIY Sombrero Napkin Rings & Serape Invitations + Loteria Sangria / Wine Glass Charms & Place Cards Crafts (for Cinco de Mayo Fiesta Tablescape)”

  1. I precisely had to appreciate you again. I do not know what I would have worked on without the entire recommendations revealed by you over such a situation. It had become a difficult case for me personally, nevertheless being able to view the specialised strategy you handled the issue took me to jump for gladness. I’m grateful for this support and in addition hope that you really know what an amazing job you happen to be doing training people using your websites. I know that you have never encountered any of us.

    View Comment
  2. Can I just say what a relief to discover someone that truly understands what they’re talking about on the web. You definitely know how to bring a problem to light and make it important. More people really need to look at this and understand this side of the story. It’s surprising you aren’t more popular given that you most certainly have the gift.

    View Comment

Comments are closed.