If you are one of the people who loves to make crafts, and you are also a fan of the Day of the Dead, you will love these craft ideas with easy-to-find materials. If you feel that crafts are not your thing, don’t worry, these ideas are very easy and quick to do, here are some crafts to do at home and decorate.
The easiest and most beautiful crafts to make
Decorating your home is not complicated, and the first thing to do is to take into account the following:
The materials are very common so you can get them at a stationery store, but most of these ideas are made with recycled materials so you probably already have them at home.
Homemade confetti
Decorating the Day of the Dead offering with papel picado is one of the traditions of this festival and is very simple to do, you only need paper and scissors. There are different tutorials and patterns to cut on the internet or you can simply let your imagination fly and make the design that you have in mind and that you like the most.
paper skulls
On a piece of cardboard or recycled sheets that you have at home, start by drawing the skull, color it and decorate it with the colors and designs that you like the most. Cut out the silhouette and voila, you can use them to decorate the altar or any part of your house during this time.
stone skulls
With stones from your garden, river stones from a pot, you can create small decorations. Wash the stones and dry them well before painting, give them color with the help of markers according to the design you like the most, once you finish seal the design with a layer of transparent enamel. Now just place them where you like best.
Chandeliers with recycled bottles
You probably have plastic or glass bottles at home that could use a second life. Whether to decorate your offering or if one day you need to use candles. All you need is to paint the bottles with white, silver or gold markers, design a skull on the surface and now place a candle in the mouth of the bottle. You can draw whatever you like the most so you can use this idea for any time of the year.
Catrina masks
Cut out the silhouette of a skull on paper or cardboard plates, use markers, crayons and colors to decorate the mask, cut out the eye holes and glue a wooden stick to the bottom to hold it. If you want it to look more alive you can decorate it with diamonds, sequins and you can even use seeds that you have in the kitchen.