Free Day of the Dead Fonts on Canva & Google Drive

If you’re planning your lessons for Día de los Muertos, here are some great Day of the Dead font options you can use for creating your Slides and handouts. These include free options on Google Drive as well as free and premium options from Canva so your favorite places to create your lessons are included! I put some custom sample text in each image so you can easily see what it looks like for your large heading vs small text. Let’s check out some beautiful Day of the Dead fonts!

Day of the Dead Fonts

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Day of the Dead Fonts on Google Drive

How to Add Fonts on Your Google Drive

If you find any fonts you like, you need to know how to use them! Here’s the quick step by step:

1. First, click the name of the font from your tool bar. 
2. Select “More Fonts” from the drop down menu.
3. If you know the name of the font you want, click the search bar and type in the name.
4. You can also scroll through the list to find new fonts you want to try!
5. Just click a font to add it to your list of fonts.

When you’re done with a font, you can remove it from your font categories list by selecting the “X” from that same menu. Check out a quick tutorial here!

5 Font Options for Personal Use on Google Drive

1. Chango 
2. Eater
3. Frijole
4. Metal Mania
5. Spicy Rice

These are all fun fonts you can choose for your Day of the Dead lesson! The reason why I like to use special free fonts when creating lessons for holidays and celebrations is to help the lesson stand out and be more engaging for students. Plus, it’s more fun!

5 Font Options for Use on Canva

Just a quick note – this includes a mix of free and premium font options. While I usually only would share free Día de los Muertos font options with you, since Canva has the option for educators to receive a free premium membership I thought it would be okay. I will denote which are free and which are premium at the time of writing this post to help you choose from from the popular fonts!

1. Lucky Bones
2. Rye
3. Sancreek
4. Rumble Brave *premium
5. Cheddar Gothic Serif *premium​

If you prefer to create in Canva for your lessons, these are great, beautiful fonts for your Slides and handouts. Just remember, these are not the best options for your body text! Rather, use them sparingly as your headers or titles to keep things new & fresh, but make sure you’re using font that your students can easily read and decode in the main pieces of your lessons. This is more decorative!

Font Color

Now that you have some great options for Day of the Dead fonts, I would also encourage you to think about font color! I personally love taking inspiration from marigolds for my Day of the Dead slides. Check out this example:

This is from my Day of the Dead mini unit. Click here to check it out!

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More Day of the Dead Resources for Spanish Class

I hope you have so much fun designing your lessons for Day of the Dead with these fonts. If you need help with ideas for lesson planning, make sure you check out more resources here:

• Day of the Dead Unit Plan
• Easy Printable Day of the Dead Skull Crafts for Kids
• Alternate Activities for Day of the Dead
• Day of the Dead Worksheets & Reading Activities
• Day of the Dead Activities for Spanish Class
• Day of the Dead Craftivity Build a Skeleton Craft and Writing Activity
• Day of the Dead Books for Kids