This year I've been inspired by all the amazing activities I've found on Pinterest to do a round up of some of the best Day of the Dead crafts to recreate some of the most important elements of this unique Mexican celebration. You can find all of these ideas and much more on my Pinterest board for everything related to the Day of the Dead.
Here you can find the all-important sugar skulls (and try out the recipe for real, edible sugar skulls at the end), skeletons, gorgeously colourful papel picado decorations, and altares de muertos that will fit in any space, no matter how small.
This is a fun craft you can do with kids (or without!)
Rock Painting Day of the Dead Skulls from Hodge Podge Craft
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| Image from www.hodgepodgecraft.com |
These candle holders look amazing!
Skull Pumpkin Candle Holders from Growing Up Bilingual
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| Image from www.growingupbilingual.com |
Here is a great video tutorial and template for making the eye-catching and colourful papel picado used to decorate pretty much every Mexican festivity, but especially for the altars for the Day of the Dead.
How to Make Papel Picado from Happy Thought
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| Image from www.happythought.co.uk |
How about a traditional Altar de Muertos that fits inside a shoebox or even a matchbox!
Day of the Dead Mini Altars from Spanglish Baby
These lanterns look amazing and very easy to make with the printable template.
Paper Day of the Dead Luminaries from RedTed Art
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| Image from www.redtedart.com |
Day of the Dead Paper Puppet Skeletons from RedTed Art
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| Image from www.redtedart.com |
Real edible sugar skulls! Scroll down the page for the instructions in English.
Sugar Skulls Recipe from Casa Haus
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| Image from www.casahaus.net |
Have fun making these!
Follow my Day of the Dead & Halloween Pinterest Board for more fantastic ideas for crafts, recipes, costumes and activities.
10 Comments
These are some cute ideas! And they don't seem too difficult either. I love the skeletons! Thanks for sharing! #KCACOLS
ReplyDeleteAh I love sugar skulls. Im a trained face painter and I love painting them! #KCACOLS
ReplyDeleteThese look like lots of fun to make and so easy too. I love the skull rocks. Thanks so much for linking up at #KCACOLS. Hope you come back again next time
ReplyDeleteOH wow these are amazing!! I am not the best at crafts but we always like to decorate biscuits (and then eat them!!) #kcacols
ReplyDeleteI don't 'do' halloween but those pebbles are almost cute and a great idea actually! #kcacols
ReplyDeleteWow these are so brightly decorated and really stunning to look at.
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Some really lovely ideas here! Love the easy printables for around tea light holders. #KCACOLS
ReplyDeleteI love the aesthetics of Day of the Dead, so many beautiful (if somewhat scary) decorations. Thanks for sharing some cool ideas! x #KCACOLS
ReplyDeleteNice Day of the Dead crafts
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