Sunday, November 1, 2009

Dia de los Muertos Masks

Dia de los Muertos is one of my favorite holidays! Living in the Southwest I have noticed that this celebration has becoming increasingly part of popular culture without becoming over commercialized. If you are unfamiliar with Dia de los Muertos I highly recommend reading up on it. It is a meaningful holiday that celebrates life and death. Added bonus the decorations are amazing.

To celebrate this year I made my own Dia de los Muertos skull masks. I picked up the paper mache masks at Michael's right before Halloween. If you are lucky they still may have some!!! Next I painted them using regular craft paint. The traditional skulls are usually colorful and celebratory. We tried a little bit of everything.


Paper mache mask primed in white craft paint



Decorating with swirls and things



Good thing about being a skull: No double chin





Luchador! Courtesy of Casey





Muy traditional





Finished Mask- Like the Platinum Grill? It was unintentional.





What if this is what I look like inside?





This scares me pretty bad





Someone give this guy a sandwich




I know that you are thinking: Finally! A use for all those skull masks I have just laying around the house. You are welcome!!!!