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DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS
  • Past events
    • 2022
      • 2022 Pictures and video
      • Brutus Calavera Coloring Contest
      • Open Call for Artists
    • 2021
      • 2021 flyer
      • 2021 Celebration
    • 2019
      • 2019 Event information
      • OCT 18th – Panel
      • OCT. 19th – Celebration
      • PARKING
      • EVENT INFO
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
  • Teaching Resources
    • Webpages
      • Day of the Dead page by Google Arts & Culture
    • Movies
      • Coco trailer Edpuzzle video
      • El libro de la vida Comprehension Slides
    • Videos and short movies
      • Day of the Dead: A celebration of life (video)
      • Día de los muertos animated short
        • Comprehension slides and activities on animated short Día de los muertos
        • Compilation of activities on animated short Día de los metros
      • Danza de los muertos animated short movie
        • Compilation of activities on animated short Danza de los muertos
        • Kahoot! on animated short Danza de los muertos
      • Día de muertos animated short
        • Comprehension slides and activities on animated short Día de muertos
      • Dante’s Lunch animated short
        • Comprehension slides and activities on animated short Dante’s Lunch
    • Songs and music videos
      • La Llorona music video (Angela Aguilar)
        • La Llorona music video song sheet
      • Calaverita music video (La Santa Cecilia)
        • Calaverita music video comprehension slides
        • Calaverita music video vocab, song sheet, and activities
      • Día de los muertos music video (for kids)
        • “Día de los muertos” lyrics and coloring activity
      • Las calaveras music video (for kids)
      • Cumbia de muertos song (Ozomatli)
    • Infographs
      • Altar #1
      • Altar #2
      • Altar #3
    • Crafts, coloring, and printables
      • Calavera #1
      • Calavera #2
      • Calavera #3
      • Calavera #4
      • Articulated Calavera
      • Papel picado #1
      • Papel picado #2
      • Compilation of coloring activities #1
      • Compilation of coloring activities #2
      • Stone sugar skulls
      • Shoebox altar
    • Writing activities (in English)
      • Expository writing: compare and contrast
      • Descriptive writing: a letter home
      • Creative writing #1: calaveras literarias
      • Creative writing #2: 5 senses poetry
      • Creative writing #3: calaveras and conjuring with words
    • Cooking activities
      • Sugar skulls
      • Pan de muerto
    • Glossary
  • Resources
    • Día de los Muertos Traditions of the Americas
    • José Guadalupe Posada Broadsides
  • Sponsors

Crafts, coloring, and printables

  • Calavera #1
  • Calavera #2
  • Calavera #3 (color-coded in Spanish)
  • Calavera #4 (with background information and instructions to make a large calavera; in English)
  • Articulated calavera (in English)
  • Papel picado #1
  • Papel picado #2 (with background information; in English)
  • Compilation #1 of coloring activities (in Spanish)
  • Compilation #2 of coloring activities (in Spanish)
  • Stone sugar skulls (step by step rock painting, images only)
  • DYI shoebox altar (in English)

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