Day of the Dead Sugar Skull Craft and Tradition Story

Day of the Dead Sugar Skull Craft and Tradition

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Supplies

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Step 1. Unroll your seamless paper and cut it to match the size of your foam poster board. Use your glue gun or mounting tape to adhere it to the surface.

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Step 2. Place your stencil center on your poster board. You can either hold it steady or use some washi tape to keep it in place.

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Step 3. I’m using brush pens here but paint works fine too. Decide which colors you want where and start filling in the stencil.

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Step 4. Next I glued on my border.

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Step 5. The final step for your Day of the Dead sugar skull crafts is to add your flowers. You can add just a few accent flowers or fill the whole top of the frame.

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Tap the link below to read the full INSTRUCTIONS.

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