Description
Save yourself time and engage your students with this simple art project for Día de los Muertos! This is an easy print and go activity to explore the culture around Day of the Dead! Students are shown 4 steps to create and decorate their own calavera. First, they draw the skull, then add eyes, a nose, and mouth. Finally, they add some decoration. Examples and a template are included!
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This is a great project for Día de los Muertos that doesn’t require expensive materials! All you need is paper, coloring supplies, and scissors! Simple!
Included:
- Step by Step Directions
- Examples of finished calaveras
- Skull template
- “Día de los Muertos” Printable Banner – turn your students’ work into a classroom display!
- Digital version for an individual student for use with Google Slides
- Digital version for a shared class version (each student gets their own Slide) with Google Slides
- Teacher’s Guide & Notes for use
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Christina Zeoli –
Great idea foe bulletin board outside classroom. Love that it comes with a banner.
Kirstin Easterling –
Thanks for a wonderful resource to use with my students!
Backpack Spanish –
My kids had so much fun creating their own calaveras! Thanks so much!
Victoria O. –
I wish there would have been more options.
Elisa M. –
I used this resource to introduce our Dia de los Muertos unit. My 5th graders had a fun time creating their own calaveras.
sfiraben –
Fun idea! Thank you 🙂
Fun and Fantastic in Fifth –
A great resource to keep kids engaged while working remotely.
Sarah M. –
Used for Spanish club to make our own calaveras and then to decorate bulletin boards and the ofrenda. They really enjoyed creating the drawings rather than just coloring them in.
jessica amburgey –
My students loved having this as a fast finisher activity. It was really easy for me to add some great images to our LMS and give students a chance to get artistic on paper!
Kristen S. –
Designing calaveras is one of my favorite things to do with my Spanish students, but we are distance learning. I was so thankful for this so that we could still do art from afar!
Jocelyn T. –
I needed an activity that was arts integrated for the curriculum This was perfect. Thank you.
jocelyn F. –
My students loved this assignment! Great resource!
My Spanish Co –
¡Excelente recurso, gracias!
Srta Burger –
I love this! Such a cute activity to go along with what I do for DDLM.
The Spanish Saylor –
So easy to use! I really like all the different options/examples students are given to pull from while they create their own calavera. Gracias!
Amy K. –
Great activity for Day of the Dead. Initially I was concerned that my non-artistic students would have a hard time doing this, but majority of my students created beautiful calaveras! The step-by-step instructions are really helpful. Love the banner that comes with it as well, so that you can display the students’ work.
Amanda D. –
Excited to see how these turn out when I use it with my students!
Brittnee G. –
So excited to hang these up in the hallway!
That Nuerodivergent Teacher –
A fun activity to do after a quick day of the dead lesson
Bonnie S M. –
This was such a fun activity! My students 6-8 loved it!
Amelia Larsen –
So fun!
Sarah M. –
thanks
Ashley Mikkelsen –
Thanks for taking the time to leave feedback!