Papel picado and cempasúchil flowers

Paper cempasúchil

Today we worked on decorating our skulls and set them in an "altar". Our "sugar glue" worked out quite well, I thought, and most of the cracked skulls got mended handsomely. Give them time to dry and they may stay whole for a long time. I saw lots of wonderful work.

Enjoy the picture below and watch the video on how to make "papel picado", one of our two projects for our next class.

Our other project will consist on making paper flowers similar to the cempasúchil, or flor de muertos ("flower of the dead"), depicted to the left. These flowers are named like that in Mexico because they are traditionally used during All Saints' Day, the day most families in the Hispanic world visit their cemeteries with flower arrengements.

Our skulls on display.

VIDEO: Happythought- How to make papel picado calaveras: Sugar skull decorations to make for Día de los Muertos!

Martes, 8 de octubre: Las flores son bonitas, grandes y rojas.

calaveritas de azúcar

Today we continued working on our gender and number agreement (noun-adjectives) and started working on our first project for our Day of the Dead display: flores de papel (paper flowers).

Next day in class (and if the kitchen is available) we will start building our calaveras de azúcar (sugar skulls) with sugar and egg whites (or for a vegan alternative: sugar and corn starch) so they have time to dry out and be decorated by November. We will also continue working on our paper flowers and papel picado projects.

I really hope our "ofrenda" will look both colorful and beautiful as we set it up on October 29 or November 5 for everyone to admire during lunch time.

Please for next class, watch the three videos below.

Los números



Día de los muertos.





 ¡Gracias y hasta el martes! (Thanks and see you on Tuesday!)