![]() Then the papel picado, cut tissue paper, is set over the cloth. The ofrenda is set on a table, covered with a fine tablecloth, preferably white. What are the most important elements of an Ofrenda? We must remember they are going to have very important “visitors”. Before setting an altar, they thoroughly clean their house. O frendas are set up to remember and honor the memory of their ancestors. The vast majority of Mexicans are Christian Catholics, so they only worship God. Some people mistakenly think that Mexicans that set up Day of the Dead ofrendas for their defunct relatives are actually worshiping them. They are also called altares or altars, but they are not for worship. The word ofrenda means offering in Spanish. Support local journalism like this story by subscribing today.Ofrendas are an essential part of the Day of the Dead celebrations. You can connect with Arizona Republic Culture and Outdoors Reporter Shanti Lerner through email at or you can also follow her on Twitter. Want to draw a sugar skull instead? Visit for a full tutorial on how to draw a sugar skull from scratch. Here are more sources of instructions on how to make sugar skulls:ĭay of the Dead shopping guide: Food, crafts, face-painting supplies in Phoenix How to draw a sugar skull When the skull is completely dry, it's ready to decorate with royal icing and any embellishments you like. Once your sugar skull is dry, put a thin later of royal icing on the flat parts of the skull, press the front and back halves together and let the whole skull dry for one hour. ![]() ![]() Halfway through the drying process turn each piece over so the back can dry. Let the skulls dry on the parchment and cardboard for at least 12 hours.If this happens, restart by taking the sugar out of the mold and adding more dry granulated sugar. If the sugar sticks to the mold, your mixture is too wet.Place filled molds on top of parchment paper and cardboard and carefully lift the molds off.Make sure the sugar mixture is flat and you eliminate any excess sugar that is overfilling the mold. Fill both the front and back of the skull molds. Fill your skull mold firmly with the mixture and press down.Mix together sugar, meringue powder and water until the mixture is wet and compact.Here are directions from on how to make sugar skulls: Sugar skull molds (available at grocery and big-box retailers, online vendors and craft stores).Meringue powder (available at grocery, big-box stores like Target or Walmart, online vendors and craft stores like Michaels).Powdered sugar (to make the royal icing to adhere and decorate the skull).You'll need about two cups of sugar to make a large skull and about one cup to make a medium skull. That website says there is one crucial measurement for mixing sugar skull ingredients: For every cup of sugar, use one teaspoon of meringue powder and one teaspoon of water. You can find detailed instructions on many websites, including. notes that sugar skulls are commonly decorated with sequins, colored foils, feathers, beads and glitter. They are more for decoration on ofrendas."Īnd not everything on a sugar skull is edible. Sugar skulls are only air dried and meringue comes from egg whites. Those combined are really hard to digest. "There’s nothing inside them that would actually hurt you," Delgado said. "But it would give you a stomach ache if you ate them. While sugar skulls with their colorful designs may seem enticing to eat, Delgado said they are more folk art than a sweet treat. More: Why my Día de Los Muertos altars look the same - and different - this year Can you eat sugar skulls? ![]() “It's a great community activity, family and friends getting together to dedicate (sugar skulls) to what they are seeking to remember and honor," she said. “It's the act of creating something dedicated to the memory of a person or even a pet, someone or something that you love and miss, that helps you revive their spirit,'' said Michele Delgado, a computer science teacher at Carl Hayden Community High School in Phoenix and sugar skull maker. "When you lose people that you love, those moments that you have with them are when they were alive, so it’s important to enjoy those."ĭelgado, who teaches her students how to make sugar skulls to honor their heroes, family members, public figures and events, says making sugar skulls is a great way to bring people together. Watch Video: Day of the Dead: What those Dia de los Muertos calaca masks mean ![]()
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