Crafts don't have to cost a lot. Visit the dollar store to pick up plastic skulls to transform. I picked up several of these and used them for all kinds of decorations and gifts. - Plastic skulls ...

The cavernous space of the ICA Watershed became bursting with life Saturday as volunteers prepared for festivities celebrating Day of the Dead ... hand-painted skulls, and monarch butterflies ...

In addition to favorite dishes and memorabilia, ofrendas are also decorated with calaveras – known as sugar skulls in ... gifts of either candy or money. Day of the Dead is a nationwide holiday ...

While both may be considered “spooky,” Halloween revolves around darkness, death, ghosts, witches, candy ... of the Day of the Dead. People dress up in ornate costumes with skull faces ...

One of the most iconic Day of the Dead symbols, La Calavera Catrina, an elegant skull, was created by satirical cartoonist José Guadalupe Posada in 1910. The illustration depicted a skeleton ...

Unlike Halloween, Día de Muertos isn’t about frights and candy. Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead), which occurs at the beginning ... massive floats adorned with skulls and flowers, and ...

Locally, you’re likely to see brightly colored skull candy, painted skull faces and pan de muerto (a traditional Day of the Dead bread). If you’re looking to get around the city and suburbs this year ...

The Day of the Dead ... is the sugar skull, which is a representation of the Calavera, or skull. These ornamental sweets serve as both treats and an offering to the dead when they are placed ...

The people of La Huasteca Potosina indulge in day-long parties, while Aguascalientes' festival of skulls have near week ... While Halloween and Day of the Dead occur nearly in tandem and share similar ...

While kids take to the streets Tuesday night in hopes of filling bags and plastic pumpkins with Halloween candy and ... The sugar skulls associated with the Day of the Dead celebrations represent ...