Day of the Dead Art Projects | Dia de los Muertos Reading Passages

This Dia de los Muertos craft and flip book is an engaging and hands-on way to teach about the Day of the Dead holiday. This flip book has four pages that explains elements of the holiday in accessible child-friendly language and the bright and eye-catching craft can also be used with the optional glyph key to share data and make a wonderful bulletin board!

Included with the flipbook craft (see the preview for a closer view):

• Directions for assembling the booklet
• Bonus word search activity
• 4 page booklet pages, with cover

The pages are:

• Loved ones (explanation of the holiday as celebrating with deceased friends and family)
• Ofrenda (the altar with gifts and decorations)
• Symbols (monarch butterflies, skeletons, skulls and cempasuchil)
• Graveside (the gathering of family and friends with picnics, food and stories)

Included with the sugar skull paper craft and glyph (Check out the preview for a closer look):

• Step-by-step directions with photographs - project to your whiteboard or print for small groups
• Suggestions for organizing the activity over three days
• Templates to run or trace around with directions for paper
• Optional glyph key on black and white or with a stone colored background

Suggested Uses:

• Use to share data about students and display on a bulletin board with the included glyph key
• Leave in a maker space center with additional materials such as glitter, pom-poms, rick-rack and let students get creative
• Use to enhance a project on fall celebrations around the world
• Create a Dia De Los Muertos bulletin board - see example in preview

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