Get ready for Day of the Dead with this fun and easy to use Crafty Chica Face Paint Kit. Inside your kit you’ll have everything you need to turn your face into a cool Calavera for Day of the Dead. This is a great kit to use on kids, if you can get them to sit still. Let’s get started!
I love all things Day of the Dead. This rich vibrant holiday from Mexico has a beautiful meaning and adorably fun symbols. Leave it to the Crafty Chica to take sugar skulls to the next level. These iron on patches from her new line look great on a pair of jeans (just ask my daughter), but they also look good on a faux cactus planter.
I don't know about you, but my favorite part of Halloween is the day after -- November 1. Not only do you have a bucket full of candy, it's Dia de los Muertos. The day of the dead. A celebration of those who have past. It is equal parts colorful and creepy, and I for one can't get enough of it! Thanks to I Love to Create's new Crafty Chica line of Dia de los Muertos goodies, we can all join in the fun!
This necklace is easy to make, inexpensive, and can be worn all autumn long. It's the festive touch your outfit needs!
I've been seeing these skull scarves pop up everywhere and when I finally received one, I didn't want it to look like everyone else's. And that's when my crafty skills came into play.
Here at la casa Murillo, Dia de los Muertos is in high season! While I have a face paint kit out on the market, some people would rather wear a mask - totally understandable! I was at the dollar store recently and came across some scary felt masks shaped as skulls. My first thought was to paint over them, but then I thought - why not flip them around and decorate the back sides of them? It worked! If you can't find these at the dollar store, just pick up some stuff felt at the craft store, draw a template and use it to cut out your masks.
If you are near a Michaels store these days, make sure to look in the apparel section for my new Crafty Chica Dia de los Muertos endcap! I have a lot of fun, new items to embellish your projects, all celebrating Dia de los Muertos.
Today is Dia de los Muertos and while the mainstream world thinks that only involves adorable sugar skulls and clever skull designs, I'm here to share the true foundation of what it's all about - the ofrenda!
November 1st and 2nd are the days when the spirits who have crossed over are able to rejoin their loved ones for one night. November 1st is for the children, and November 2nd is for the adults. In Mexico, many families visit the gravesites and decorate the area with marigold flowers, copal candles, and a hot plate of food (the scents help the spirits find their way here).
Some don't go to the cemetery at all and instead build an ofrenda big or small in their own home. Some use a whole bedroom, while others are content with the top of a dresser, or even their front porch, like Yoli!
Ofrendas aren't always dedicated to specific people. Arizona artist Emily Costello made this installation in honor of abducted children. She has toys, candies and candles of the guardian angels to protect and help guide the children in the afterlife.
Collective ofrenda - This is an altar my craft group made for Frida Kahlo. We added strands of mini lights to make it all glow! We each contributed components that were special to us.
My husband made this one! The theme is Eternal Love and celebrates his grandparents wedding.The dresser is is Grandma Minnies, it's 75 years old. The dress and veil is also hers. He created the body from papier mache. She is looking into the mirror reflecting on her wedding day.
I was at Dollar Tree recently and came across these giant felt
skulls in the Halloween section. Hello, can you say "reverse stencil?"
All you need is the felt skull (if you can't find one, cut your own on a large piece of watercolor paper), a white shirt, Tulip Fabric Spray in black and a piece of cardboard to go inside the shirt while you spray.
Pre-wash the shirt.
Insert the cardboard inside.
Set down the stencil.
Spray on top. Scrunch the arms and spray them too.
Remove stencil, let set for a few hours.
Wash in cold water. Hang dry.
Other ideas!
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Use on a patterned shirt, or spray different colors before you spray
the black. Decorate the skull with other colors of paints! Heck, throw
on some glitter spray too!
Dia de los Muertos is November 1st and 2nd and party planning is already in heavy action! If you're looking for a super cool party favor to hand out to your guests, I have the perfect idea!
Mini-silkscreens!
Think about it, everyone can take home a mini-DIY kit and can celebrate Dia de los Muertos in their own artful way with their own cutemini-screen. To make it even easier for you, I'm including printable graphics that you can download to use (for personal use only).
Cut up the images, make sure to leave a border around the edges for them to add paint.
Print and cut your labels, get the bags and paint ready.
If you want, you can print a sample on a fabric swatch OR you can insert a blank swatch so they can do it themselves later.
Put all the goodies in the bag, you can also add a little paper with directions if you want. Let them know to rinse their screen after each use so they can use it over and over on fabric, paper, lots of other surfaces too!
Put them all together in a bowl! You can have a silkscreen activity at your party, or they can take them to go. IDEA: You can do this same concept for all kinds of events and parties. Maybe burn a silhouette of your party guest, or a name, etc. The screen is big enough that you can cut out multiple designs.
The Crafty Chica endcap program at Michaels is going strong, thank you to all of you out there who have been shopping and proving that there is a market for crafty Dia de los Muertos items! Here is the latest round of craft blogger designs using everything from the totes to the flocked iron-ons to the juicy fabric inks!
Dia de los Muertos (Nov 1 and 2) is a celebration of life. It's 3,000 year-old Mexican holiday where you honor your loved ones and ancestors who have passed away. You remember their lives and celebrate all they brought to the world. It's not meant to be scary, but fun, meaningful and colorful. :-)
Place tape in vertical strips, I narrowed mine in the center to emphasis a smaller waist.
Press the tape so it if firmly on the fabric with no bumps. Spray the black on the fabric.
A lot of paint will collect on the tape, so use a brush and pick it up and use it to paint over the opene spaces to make the black even more opaque. If it's easier, you can even pour some of the paint int a cup and touch up smaller areas that need it.
While the paint dries, go ahead and iron on your Crafty Chica transfer to a piece of fabric. Let it cool and then peel off the plastic.Use pinking shears and cut around the edges of the design to make your applique.
Remove tape then let it dry for at least ten minutes or until paint is completely dry.
Spray on the hot pink paint, let dry then if you want more design/texture add dashes with the fabric marker.
Turn over the applique and apply the Fabric Fusion Peel and Stick Sheets. Press the applique in place. The adhesive is meant to be washed and even dry cleaned, so no sewing is needed!
And here it is!!
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For those who attend - we're going to have a special gift if you
purchase Crafty Chica products, plus
freebies: commemorative Crafty Chica temporary tattoos, buttons and
more! I'll also have a display of finished craft projects showing what
you can do with the products. Oh, and I'll have books too! There is
limited supplies of the goodies, so get there early!
Now wait, what if you don't live near one of the stores that sells the products? You can buy the items online at iLoveToCreate.com (should be posted soon). Now, I'm going to have fun on this road trip. I'm making special pieces
of art and will be leaving them along the way throughout the tour in
random places. I'll be posting the locations on my Instagram and my Facebook page
- so if you live in Phoenix or California, stay tuned, you might score
one of them! If you do, share a photo on my Facebook page!
Lastly, I have to give special thanks toLa Quinta Inn & Suitesfor sponsoring this tour. They are providing us rooms each night, we couldn't have done it without them! And also, gracias to iLovetoCreate and Michaels for making it all happen!
APPEARANCE DATES AND
LOCATIONS
Phoenix
Kick-off party! Thursday, September 13th, 6-8 pm 1925
E Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ
