All Saint’s Day & Day of the Dead Name: Date: 10/12/2011 Period:
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Brief History• On 10/31, spirits of all deceased children
(angelitos) are allowed to reunite with their families for 24 hours.
• On 11/2, the spirits of the adults come down to enjoy the festivities”
Altars • Altars (ofrendas) are made in each home to offer & honor deceased relatives.
• Flowers, food, toys, candy, soda, water, hot cocoa, even cigarettes & shots of ‘mezcal’
• Sugar skulls & little skeletons• Many spend over 2 month's
income to honor their dead relatives.
Sugar Skulls
• Lots of sugar available in Mexico• Sugar skulls represent a departed soul– name written on the forehead – placed on the home ofrenda or gravestone to
honor the return of a spirit.
Your Project:
• Create a “sugar” skull that holds personal meaning to you
• Does not have to be entirely realistic but should be recognized as a skull (does not have to be a human skull!)
• Use other 3-D forms (hair, hat, decoration etc) to incorporate in the skull
• Use of a “motif” & pattern.