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DIY Sugar Skull Planters

Sugar skull designs inspired by Día de los Muertos!
2023-11-01 18:00:00 2023-11-01 19:00:00 America/New_York DIY Sugar Skull Planters Join us for a Día de los Muertos inspired craft where you will paint planters to look like the famous sugar skulls, with your own creative spin of course! 🌺💀🌹 For teens, adults, and seniors James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library - Beth Patridge Meeting Room

Wednesday, November 01
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-11-01 18:00:00 2023-11-01 19:00:00 America/New_York DIY Sugar Skull Planters Join us for a Día de los Muertos inspired craft where you will paint planters to look like the famous sugar skulls, with your own creative spin of course! 🌺💀🌹 For teens, adults, and seniors James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library - Beth Patridge Meeting Room

James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library

Beth Patridge Meeting Room

Join us for a Día de los Muertos inspired craft where you will paint planters to look like the famous sugar skulls, with your own creative spin of course! 🌺💀🌹 For teens, adults, and seniors

A little history: Día de los Muertos is celebrated from October 31 to November 2 every year. The holiday marks a period of celebration and remembrance. During those three days, one symbol is present nearly everywhere you look: a sugar skull! 

Sugar skulls (calaveras de azúcar) are made from a white sugar mixture that’s shaped with a skull mold. The skulls are intricately decorated with colorful designs and adornments, and the name of a loved one recently departed is often written on the forehead. They’re left on altars to ancestors as a reminder that someone is thinking of them. Friends and family also gift sugar skulls to their loved ones during the Day of the Dead as a way to show they care.

What will your skull planter creation look like? What significant colors will your choose? Will you stick to more of a classic style of sugar skull painting or put your own creative spin on things? We look forward to seeing your creations! All supplies will be provided by the library.

✨ FOR TEENS, ADULTS, AND SENIORS ✨

👈 Register to claim a spot! 

AGE GROUP: | Teens | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Special Event | Maker | Holiday |

TAGS: | Día de los Muertos | Day of the dead |

James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library
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Phone: 703.746.1705
Fax: 703.746.1785
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Public Transit:

  • Metrorail: Yellow and Blue lines at Braddock Road (1.3 miles) and King Street Stations (1.5 miles)
  • Metrobus: 10A, 10B
  • DASH Bus: 33

For reasonable disability accommodation, contact jgregorio@alexlibraryva.org or call 703.746.1701 or TTY 703.746.1790.

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