Step 1: Outline your design on the rock in pencil – I usually do this before I start painting
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS SKELETON SKETCH MOD
Mod Podge and a foam brush (Optional sealant).Smooths stones – If you can’t find you can also use a wood slice, which you can find at a craft store.Acrylic paint – my favorite is the Martha Stewart Living acrylic paint.Craft Idea #4 | Painted Rock Sugar Skulls Or you can add a circle card stock cutout to each end, fasten with tape, and stuff the rolls with mini-candies. If you add a hole punch to the top of each roll on both sides, you can string them together to create beautiful Day of the Dead garland.
Now that you have your finished skulls, use them for decoration or gifts. Step 3: With a fine-tip marker, trace over your pencil sketch and add more details as desired. Step 2: Using a pencil, sketch a sugar skull design It’s easiest to use scotch tape to adhere the paper Step 1: Wrap each of toilet paper roll in a colorful piece of origami or constructions paper. Black markers – I used OOLY’s ink works markers.Step 4: Decorate the handle of your spoonįor a unique and festive gift, put a few of your decorated sugar skull spoons into a mason jar, along with small candies and treats Craft Idea #3 | Toilet Paper Roll Sugar Skulls Step 3: Fill in the background of your design Step 2: Using your perfectly permanent double ended markers, draw the details of your design first Step 1: Outline your design onto the wooden spoon very lightly in pencil perfectly permanent double ended markers – I love that these markers can draw on a variety of surfaces, including wood!.Wooden Spoons – you can find these at most craft stores in the wood section.The children were so proud of their work and kept showing each other all of the details and embellishments they added.Ĭraft Idea #2 | Wooden Spoon Sugar Skulls Here are the finished skulls from my son’s classroom. Step 4: Decorate the skull! From gems to colorful markers, decorative papers and any other festive embellishments, sugar skulls can never have too many decorations! I had them draw 6 small ovals with a line through each one at the bottom of the plate Step 2: Cut out a heart-shaped nose and eyes using black construction paper, and then glue them to the plate Step 1: Outline a skull shape on your plate and then cut it out Jumbo Colored Craft Sticks – Only if you want to turn your skull into a mask (Optional).Decorative Paper Hole Punch – I used this one to create decorative flowers (Optional).Card Stock or Construction Paper – both colored or Black Paper work great.Colorful Acrylic Gems and/or Sticker Gems.This activity proved to be a HUGE success. I needed an activity that was not only fun and colorful, but also manageable to do with twenty-five children. The idea for paper plate sugar skulls came about while brainstorming craft ideas to do with my son’s kindergarten class. Craft Idea #1 | Paper Plate Sugar Skull Masks Not only are these sugar skulls an excellent way to experiment with color, but it’s also a great way to introduce kids to the rich culture and traditions of Día de los Muertos. With Día de Los Muertos coming up on November 1st, I thought I would share fun DIY sugar skull craft ideas for the family to work on together. These cranium-shaped objects were originally made with sugar (hence the name), but nowadays sugar skulls are created in all shapes in sizes and dressed with brightly-colored paints, glittery sequins, metallics, or other fun and festive decorative details! Designed with vibrant colors and intricate designs, sugar skulls are one of the most important elements of Mexico’s Day of the Dead (Día de Los Muertos) celebration.
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