a website that sells handmade Day of the Dead crafts and promotes the holiday's rituals, sugar skulls — calaveras de azúcar in Spanish — are traditional folk art from southern Mexico.

From colorful sugar skulls to marigold flowers and intricate ... so they taste similar to a morning bun. 6. Alebrijes: Day of the Dead Art Alebrijes (pronounced al-lay-bree-hays) aren’t ...

A Dia de los Muertos altar without sugar skulls is like a Charms Blow Pop without the bubble gum inside. It's a must-have. Sure, you can be lazy and go buy pre-decorated skulls, but if really want ...

for short), are literally skulls made from sugar. They’re found in Mexico and Mexican households for the Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos tradition, which takes place annually on the ...

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 ...

Wednesday is Day of the Dead, or Día de Los Muertos ... But no symbol of the holiday is as instantly recognizable perhaps as the sugar skull. Usually made of sugar or chocolate, the brightly ...

A dancer performs during Sugar Skull City, a three-week Day of the Dead celebration in downtown ... will host festivities with body painter Jose Art in the parking lot behind her salon, 25 N.

LANSING - For people looking for a family-friendly event centered around Day of the Dead, Casa de Rosado Galeria and Cultural Center at 204 E. Mt. Hope Ave. is offering free sugar skull making ...