Since it was late October we decided that it would be fun to learn a little about The Day of the Dead, which is celebrated in Mexico, and in many parts of the US. Since the holiday is centered around celebrating and honoring our deceased ancestors, we thought that we could tie in into our own belief of family history.
We talked a little about the Day of the Dead holiday and how wonderful it is to honor your ancestors. Then each shared stories of our family and ancestors.
We all looked at Family Search and discussed the fun things we have found on it.
One of the girls shared how she found that she looked like one of her relatives by using the app.
We looked to see if any of us were related, and how we were related.
Then we decorated our masks.
Here are some quotes that you can hand out that go with the lesson:
I was so excited to see the talents of these girls and
how cute their masks turned out.
Each girl did such an amazing job.
First they colored their mask.
Then they cut out the masks.
Some of the girls wanted to leave the center of the eyes so we just poked small holes with a pin.
We glued the edges with hot glue.
Then we hot glued flowers at the top.
And lastly we hot glued ribbon to the sides so that they could tie the masks on their heads.
The girls did such and amazing job!!!
We finished with some Mexican treats found at one of the local Mexican Markets.
Printable Masks
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