I've always loved Dia de los Muertos and the art and history around it. Last year we did a small alter in our community room and some of my classes contributed some work. This year we planned a much bigger alter and display, working with the Spanish classes and our community liaison. My eighth graders made sugar skulls. I did this last year so I already had the mold and recipe. They turned out pretty cool. We didn't use frosting to decorate, just glitter glue and sequins and feathers.
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| decorated sugar skulls |
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| the only time I allow glitter in my classroom |
For seventh grade, I tried something new. We made air-dried calaveras figures. They turned out awesome! We painted them with tempera and used markers as well. I will definitely be doing this again!
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| My favorite |
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| The gang! |
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| More feathers! |
Sixth graders did scratchboard sugar skulls. We talked about symmetry and the use of the skull in art for Dia de los Muertos. A lot of my students are familiar with this holiday and have family that celebrate it and it was cool to hear them talk about it to the rest of the class.
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