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Cultural Crafts

Learn a tradition by making its art. Each día de los muertos kit pairs a hands-on sand painting project with the story behind it, so you understand what you are creating and why it matters.

Finished calavera sand painting of a black skull with blue flower eyes on a red, pink and orange sand background

We teach through making

Our family has helped people make art since 1996. We have learned that a tradition sticks when you hold it in your hands. Our cultural kits start with research and plain-language background, then guide you step by step, so the art you make carries its meaning with it.

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Woman leaning over a table painting a calavera with sand, with cups of blue sand and marigolds beside her

Create

No art experience needed. Each calavera starts as an outline, and you choose every color and detail, so your piece is one of a kind.

A painted calavera Catrina figure in a feathered, flower-covered hat with a black lace veil

Celebrate

Día de los Muertos is a joyful, colorful celebration of life. Painting a calavera is a hands-on way to take part and learn what its symbols mean.

Día de los Muertos ofrenda with sugar skulls, marigolds, candles and a framed calavera sand painting

Remember

Paint side by side and share stories about the people you love and miss. Your finished calavera can take a place on your ofrenda.

Create together

A celebration of remembering

Día de los Muertos is the Mexican tradition of remembering and celebrating loved ones, held November 1 and 2. Families build ofrendas, share stories and fill the day with color. The calavera is one of its best-known art forms, and painting one is a simple way to begin learning about it.

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Small-batch craft kits, made by hand in our studio

Safe art sand, produced in North America

Bilingual instructions, English and Spanish

Día de los Muertos Calavera sand painting kit box on a wooden table beside a serape and three finished calavera sand paintings

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Día de los Muertos Calavera Sand Painting Kit

Paint four colorful calaveras with sand and learn the tradition behind them. A joyful way to remember and celebrate the people we love.

$39.95 Free shipping

  • Four adhesive calavera boards
  • 12 colors of sand
  • Step-by-step instructions in English and Spanish
  • An introduction to Día de los Muertos and a guide to creating an ofrenda
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Hands-on art kits that teach a cultural tradition through making. Each kit includes background on the tradition along with the project.

Adults and teens 14 and up, families, teachers and group leaders who want to learn a tradition through hands-on art.

No. Each calavera starts as an outline, and the instructions walk you through each step.

Yes. The step-by-step instructions are in English and Spanish.

Yes. A kit makes four calaveras, so it suits a small group. For larger groups, contact us and we will help you plan.

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We are developing new cultural kits, each built the same way: research first, story included, hands on the art. Sign up to hear when the next one arrives.

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