• Culture

    Día de los Muertos and Sugar Skulls

    When I became the Spanish Club advisor, I wanted to do something different to celebrate Day of the Dead.  My students spent a lot of time learning about Day of the Dead in Spanish 1 and even created digital ofrendas.  But for Spanish Club I wanted something unique from what we did in our classes, something that students could create.  So I decided to try the sugar skull molds from teacher’s discovery.    Before the meeting, I used the molds with candy melts to make fun colored treats for my students.   I also enlisted the help of my Spanish 5 students to create the sugar skulls with me, so they had…