Every year that my boys were in elementary school, we would make sugar skulls for Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) for both of their classes. It’s a pretty simple process to make the skulls ...

With films like The Book of Life and Disney’s Coco, themes around Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) have been brought ... on the top represents the skull. The lines also look like ...

Día de los Muertos ... of the dead who return to visit living family members. People celebrate this day by visiting the graves of family members and also by creating ofrendas (altars) for loved ones ...

Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, is often confused as the Mexican ... Family members clean and decorate the gravesites of loved ones with skulls, garlands, candles and marigold flowers.

Often mischaracterized as “Mexican Halloween,” Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a celebration where families welcome the souls of their relatives who have passed. This special holiday ...

2 The rituals, traditions and imagery of Dia de los Muertos ... Park’s Downtown Día De Los Muertos - Oct. 19 -Nov. 2 . Third Street Promenade's annual Day of the Dead party is back with ...

The multi-sensory Día de los Muertos event can ... as calacas (skeletons), their skull-painted faces grinning; the glow of elaborate altars created to honor the dead; and the earthy scent of ...

26 with 3D printed skull decorating, a community altar and a scavenger hunt. Workshops ongoing at various San Mateo County libraries through Nov. 27, Dia de los Muertos ... Day of the Dead traditions.

This allows the souls of the departed to travel back to the physical plane to visit their loved ones during holidays like Día de Los Muertos ... skulls, and Pan de Muerto (day of the dead ...