Mexican Day of the Dead artworks

We are really enjoying our study of Mexico, and we recently learnt about the Day of the Dead, a Mexican celebration of loved ones who have passed on.  Rather than a gloomy affair (or scary, like Halloween), it's a colourful, joyful celebration.  We read about it and looked at some photos of Mexican Day of the Dead celebrations (including parties in the cemetery!) and then tried out some Day of The Dead artworks.  Colourful skulls are a feature symbol of the celebrations, and we created these skull artworks using black oil pastel outlines and water colour paint on watercolour paper.  We were delighted to have Nan joining in with us that day :)

 Lili wanted her skull to be happy...

 Nathan decided to leave some white space in his...

 Amy created two skull artworks...

 

 

Nan thought hers looked a bit like an alien, but I think it's pretty good...

 

I couldn't let them have all the fun! This one's mine...

 

 We also played around with picmonkey to turn portrait photos into Day of the Dead skulls. Here is Amy...

 and Lili...

Later in the week we made some Papel Picado.  This is how it is used in Mexican celebrations...

Here's ours...

Adios!