Papel Picado Coloring Pages and Printable Templates
Choose from 18 printable Mexican cut-paper designs. These templates feature traditional folk patterns, sugar skulls, and floral motifs ready to be colored, cut out, and strung into festive banners for your next cultural celebration.
Papel Picado Coloring Pages
Traditional Mexican folk art templates featuring floral patterns and classic banner flags.
Day of the Dead Papel Picado Cutouts
Calaveras, marigolds, and mariachis designed specifically for honoring ancestors and decorating altars.
Festive Banners and Garlands to Cut Out
Geometric shapes, doves, and cacti that you can easily cut out and string together for parties.
More pages to explore
Related coloring pages on Color Confetti.
All 3 more: Skull (26), Cinco De Mayo (55) and Hispanic Heritage Month (15).
Ready to print for home, preschool and classroom.
How to use these cut-paper templates
These sheets double as coloring activities and craft templates. After coloring the perforated patterns, carefully cut along the outer edges of the flags. For an authentic look, use small scissors or a craft knife to remove the negative space inside the designs. You can then fold the top tab over a piece of string or yarn and glue it down to create your own festive banners for the classroom or home.
Traditional motifs in Mexican folk art
Authentic Mexican folk art uses specific symbols to represent different elements of nature and life. Our designs include common themes found in traditional tissue paper crafts.
- Sugar skulls and dancing skeletons for honoring departed loved ones.
- Doves and sacred hearts representing peace and love.
- Prickly pear cacti and marigolds connecting to the natural environment.
Decorating for cultural celebrations
Stringing up colorful flags instantly transforms a room. These printable templates are a practical way to decorate a classroom for Hispanic Heritage Month or prepare for a Cinco de Mayo fiesta.
Because you control the color palette, you can use bright neon markers for a modern look or stick to traditional vibrant hues like magenta, turquoise, and yellow. Adults and older children might enjoy the intricate details of the Day of the Dead cutouts, while younger kids can easily color the simpler geometric garlands.