Every year that my boys were in elementary school, we would make sugar skulls for Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) for both of their classes. It’s a pretty simple process to make the skulls ...

“The notes will go into the sugar skull, adding the white background,” she said. “So it will be an interactive art project.” The memorial placement will culminate with a Day of the Dead ...

or Day of the Dead. The Mexican holiday is traditionally celebrated Nov. 1-2, with people creating ofrendas (altars) decorated with sugar skulls (calaveras), photos, foods that their loved one ...