Halloween Celebration

How to Decorate a Sugar Skull

Wendy Sloneker, contributor

8 users recommend

Sugar skull—so close!

Wendy Sloneker

A case of the weepies.

Wendy Sloneker

Sugar skull—so close!

Photo: Wendy Sloneker

Add Comment
Print

Sugar skulls are a traditional part of Dia de los Muertos, the ritual celebrated on November 1–2 to honor deceased relatives. Here's how you can decorate your own sugar skull.

Materials

• Sugar skull (make your own from a mold-allowing for drying time-or order them undecorated)
• Traditional version: meringue powder, paste colors or food colors, stirrers, pastry piping bags
• Quick-to-play version: glitter, slick or puffy squeeze-bottle paints
• Optional decorations: sequins (and tweezers to place them), colored foil, feathers, crystals, googly eyes, wire motifs, beads, scissors for foil or decorating motifs
• Paper plates or sheets of waxed paper make for a great workspace for decorating your skulls

Warm Up
Test the paint or piping bag, and warm up your decorating hands with a series of dots, dashes, X's and O's . . . see how it feels before you commit to putting the decorations on your sugar skull. Use the paint or meringue paste as glue as well as color design and decoration.

Add Comment Print

 

Back to List

Spot the Difference Game - Knit Ski Mask Edition

Comments (3)

EchoLin writes: fuuny crafts
Posted: 5:16 am on April 9th

kristasmommy writes: hi i was wondering if you could tell me how to make the sugar skull. I think this is a really cool idea and my daughter would love to help me make this.
Posted: 9:00 pm on October 21st

kittenkat40 writes: Hi I really think your skull is awesome!!!I would like to know how do you make your own skull?I volunteer at a seniors home and every year we paint pumpkins.When I saw your skull I wanted to knw how to make it and how cool it would be as an added treat for the seniors.Anyway I think your skull is great and I vote it #1!!!!I thought it was also cool to hear about the tridition for making sugar skulls,I never heard of it before.So thanks for the SKULL and the info.kittenkat40
Posted: 10:46 am on October 25th

You must be logged in to post comments. Log in.