The Day of the Dead is almost here and one of its most beloved symbols is the sugar skull. These colorful designs are represented in everything from candy and jewelry to tattoos and face paint. The ...

If you can find small molds shaped like skulls, this crafty project comes together quickly. Otherwise, mold the sugar into skull shapes with your fingers. You can make sugar skulls with edible ...

While Americans are celebrating Halloween by trick-or-treating or attending parties, many Mexican families begin building an altar, which is called an ofrenda (offering), to honor the dead for Dia de ...

Making sugar skulls for Dia de los Muertos is quick and easy, according to art teacher, Carla Avila-Gray. She teaches fifth grade at Round Rock Elementary and has a simple process that she says even a ...

Decorating the sugar skulls is one of the kids’ favorite activities in the household of Mexican cookbook author Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack. Her kids like to draw on them with royal icing, adding their ...

On Halloween, trick or treaters wander the Earth in celebration of the one day of the year when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is the thinnest — according to legend. However, ...