As my schools change from year to year, so do the demographics. I LOVE getting to know children from different cultures and embracing their festivals and celebrations!
Dia de los Muertos in a popular celebration from Mexico, celebrating the loves of loved ones who've passed away.
Inspired by Mexican folk art and ofrendas (offerings to the dead), my students made wonderful skeletons...learning about anatomy of the human body, while being challenged (or angrily struggling) with ONLY tearing the paper for bones, not cutting it.
After the basic structure was completed, we added details to the skeletons to create a personality.
Not too be left out, my kinders and first graders did a marvelous job with a slightly simpler version:
and the finale, Sugar Skulls using metallic crayons on black paper!
Stunning Skeletons!
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