There are no set rules to follow in decorating a sugar skull; let your imagination and creativity run free, Rios says. The skulls are painted with royal icing, made from confectioners’ sugar and ...

The sugar skull, or Cavalera, came about after the Spanish conquest of Mexico. They brought the idea of creating decorations from cheaply-available ingredients. There was an abundance of sugar ...

Going back to the altar, skulls are placed as decorations to recognize the person who has passed. His or her name is written on the sugar skull's forehead and, depending on the age of the deceased ...

You can walk into any dollar store and find cheap sugar skull decorations, bathed in every color under the sun. Its accessibility, thanks to capitalism and cultural exploitation, is something I ...

The sugar skulls are often made of cane ... This, in part, came from a Spanish tradition of decorating graves and offering pan de ánimas, which translates as spirit bread. As with many festivals ...

Artist William Estrada leads a free sugar skull decorating workshop Friday from 5 to 7 PM at the Native Soul, where his work will be displayed through 11/14. There’ll be about 200 skulls ...

These distinctive sugar skulls play a prominent role in the celebration. “The skull with all of the decorations; you can almost consider it to be pop culture now,” said Rodriguez, a Mexican ...

RIDGELAND — When Carla Hobson lived in Mexico City, her family would commemorate the Day of the Dead by setting up an altar filled with portraits of loved ones, their favorite foods and ...

All events are free unless otherwise noted. Redwood City Library, Oct. 24-30 The library hosts sugar skull decorating for ages 10 and up Oct. 26, followed by an all-ages sugar skull decorating ...