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Day of the Dead (DÃa de los Muertos) is a holiday celebrated in Mexico in which family and friends pray for and remember friends and family members who have passed away. It occurs every November 2nd in connection with All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day celebrations.1. Starting with black construction paper, show the students how to draw in pencil a large skeleton head, which looks a lot like an upside down pear. Circles are added for the eyes, a triangle for the nose, and rectangle with lines for the mouth. A skinny neck and shoulders are added.
2. After the pencil drawing is complete, the students are to take white glue and trace all the lines. Let dry for at least 24 hours.
3. Oil pastels are used to color in all the shapes made with glue.
2. After the pencil drawing is complete, the students are to take white glue and trace all the lines. Let dry for at least 24 hours.
3. Oil pastels are used to color in all the shapes made with glue.
2 comments:
I want to thank your for this lesson. I am a third-grade classroom teacher for a dual-language immersion program. The students (half of which are from Mexico) loved this project. It was a lot of fun with great results. I just started blogging and posted a few pictures of the results.
Darcy
http://darcyness.blogspot.com/
so nice to see this project. i live in New Mexico, and during this time the school walls are lined with art in honor of Dia de los Muertos. it is amazing to see the colors bold and striking lining the hallways! :) kim
ps - have been following your blog for awhile and you have given me many ideas on art projects to do with my son (he has down syndrome) and some of the projects from school are very generic (understandable, art supplies, and large class numbers, etc). anyway, your blog has provided us with inspiration, and hopefully as my son's fine motor skills improve, we can try some of the projects!
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