Welcome to One Pretty Thing's Dia de los Muertos Roundup! If you have a project you'd like to add, just let me know!

*The Crafty Chica teaches us how to make painted light-up skulls,

*Plaster of Paris skull ornaments,

*And white chocolate sugar skulls.

*Download these Calavera charts for use in embroidery projects.

*Create a fabric skeleton pin with directions from Carmi's Art/ Life World.

*Download the templette for this Mantel de Muertos and decorate a table or altar.

*Rodrigvitz Style shows us how to make sugar skulls in this two part tutorial.

*Create oil pastel skeletons with Art Projects for Kids.

*Craft easy paper flowers,

*And a Dia de los Muertos pin with azcentral.com.

*Snippets has published a special Day of the Dead issue. Check out their Day of the Dead altar how-to,

*And their eco-skeleton project.

Get inspired with these fun food presentations found on Flickr:

*Skully pannacotta,

*Picado Pumpkin Pie,

*And sugar Skull cupcakes,

*Whip up a Calavera sandwich with directions from Croq Zine.

*The Crafty Chica shows us how to make sugar skulls,

*A Dia de los Muertos cigar box shrine,

*A colorful Dia de los Muertos charm bracelet,

*And an elegant silver version.

*She also shares the how-to for this Dia de los Muertos story box,

*Bleach pen skull banners,

*Day of the Dead felt banner,

*And funky fantasy skulls.

*Martha shows us how to make a fiesta flower arrangement,

*Tissue paper Papel Picado decorations,

*Festive place mats,

*And sugar skulls.

*The AntiCraft shares the how-tos for stuffed pasta skulls,

*A knit skull bag,

*Repurposed alter figurines,

*And polymer clay Calacas de Arcilla.

*The AntiCraft also tells us how to make Huesos Deliciosos,

*A suitcase alter,

*Magdalenas de Muerto,

*And Las Calacas Danzantes.

*Create an embellished Day of the Dead collage with CraftStylish.

*Make clay sugar skulls that last from year to year with Cut Out & Keep.

*The L.A. Times has a great article on Day of the Dead feasts-complete with recipes.

*Grab this skull cross stitch pattern at Skull-A-Day.

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Ready to join in on the fun?

*Rodrigvitz Style is holding a Dia de Bloglandia party.

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Learn more about fun and colorful holiday:

Day of the Dead Food

Day of the Dead history

Dia de los Muertos

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And for teachers, download the Day of the Dead information package featuring coloring pages, word search, projects and more!