Here are 100+ Day of the Dead craft ideas for you to try. I’ve gathered these from my own projects, as well as from around the web, and from friends of mine!
I love this tradition so much – it’s all about celebrating the cycle of life! I’ll be adding to this list, check back often!
About Dia de Los Muertos – Day of the Dead
Before we start making crafts, let’s learn about the tradition. Here are some articles I wrote to help you!
History Behind Dia De Los Muertos
Elements of a Dia de Muertos Ofrenda
Three Facts About Sugar Skulls
25 of the BEST Day Of The Dead crafts for kids
Thank you for checking out these links. Throughout the years, we’ve really pushed the educational aspect of the holiday. We don’t want people to think it is only about cute sugar skulls and such. We really want to make sure people understand the history, the culture, the customs, the food – and the cute skeletons!
A Dia de Los Muertos short story
Feel like reading a bit of fiction? check out my short story with a Dia de Los Muertos theme!
100+ Day of the Dead craft ideas:
Free Printables for Dia de Los Muertos crafts:
Free Day of the Dead Coloring Pages
FREE PRINTABLE: Sugar Skull Paper Banner
Ofrenda Prayer Candles + Free Sugar Skull Printable
History of La Catrina + Free Muertos Printable
The Meaning of Marigolds for Dia de Los Muertos + Free Printable
Day of the Dead craft ideas: Candles
DIY Day of the Dead Prayer Candles – Whipped Clay!
Painted Wood Candlesticks
Day of the Dead craft ideas: Food
Day of the Dead craft ideas: Sugar Skulls
How to decorate plastic sugar skulls
25 ideas for sugar skull crafts
How to Make and Decorate Sugar Skulls
How to Make a COCO-inspired Cake w/ VeroSweetHobby
Skull-shaped Sugar Cubes with Mark Montano
Day of the Dead craft ideas: Ofrendas, small shrines
How to make a wood shrine base
Day of the Dead craft ideas: Marigolds
How to make a sugar skull marigold centerpiece
The Meaning of Marigolds for Dia de Los Muertos + Free Printable
Glittered Tissue Flower Tutorial
Day of the Dead Craft Ideas: Face paint y mas
10 Sugar Skull facepaint tutorials
How to “Sugar Skull” Your Online Portrait
Coco-inspired Sugar Skull Earrings
Jewelry to Make for Dia de Los Muertos
Crafty Chica’s Glitter Tattoos
Jeshua and Maya’s Face Paint tutorial
Face Paint for Kids by Pearmama
Face paint, champurrado, altar by MuyBuenoCookbook
Dia de Los Muertos Ribbon Bracelet Tutorial
Sugar Skull Stretchy Bracelet with Tarina Tarantino
Sugar Sequin Hair Clip with @StudioLongoria
Wacky Rhinestone Day of the Dead Earrings!
Dia de los Muertos Charm Bracelet
Dia de Los Muertos craft ideas: Decorations
Ghost Painting – but make it Dia de Muertos
Day of the Dead Craft: Reverse Glass Painting 101
Easy Ways to decorate for Dia de Los Muertos
How to paint a muertos mural on your front porch
Dia de los Muertos Bottle People
Sugar Skull Pinatas (round two)
Dia de Los Muertos paper craft ideas
How to Make a Libro de las Calaveras for Day of the Dead
La Catrina Glittery Greeting Card
Sugar Skull Stencil with Gel Medium – paper arts and cardmaking
Here are some articles to help you learn more about Dia de Los Muertos:
5 Ways Latin Americans celebrate
Dia de los Muertos is a long-standing tradition in our family. Granted – not the family I grew up with, I didn’t really learn about this wonderful Mexican holiday until after Patrick and I married. That was years ago, and every year since, we’ve honored our loved ones during this time of the year.
I was an ambassador for Disney Pixar COCO movie! I went on the press junket and wrote a few stories!
10 Facts About Day of the Dead & How Disney Pixar’s Coco Incorporated Them
5 Exciting Things to Know About Disney Pixar’s Coco Movie
I hope you loved these Day of the Dead craft ideas! Let me know if you make any of them!
I love all of you and your hubby’s Day of the Dead art. You have introduced me to a style that I have fallen in love with!! Thank you and keep it coming!!!
Tanya
Thanks for sharing such great projects!
Cat
I love you projects! Where can we purchase the supplies for Tarina Tarintinos stretchy dia de la Muerte bracelets?
Hi! You can find them at most craft or bead stores! Thank you!
You do really good work! I try but my skill level is not advancing. I’m In San Antonio and I’m looking for lessons either online or in person.Can you help?
Thanks,Charlie
It it considered cultural appropriation/offensive if I wear catrina face paint on Halloween ? It would be inspired by the character La Muerte on the movie The Book of Life. I have learnt and read about dia de los muertos and would like to celebrate it, but there are no processions near me. I am Brazilian living in the US,and that’s why I ask if it would be offensive to wear that as a costume for Halloween. In Brazil we also celebrate the day of the dead, but its more sad than festive.
They are two very separate holidays, but since La Muerte is a character from a movie, you are going as the character! But at the same time, you can tell people how Dia de los Muertos begins at midnight on Nov 1st! And wear the facepaint again for the muertos festivities!