Classroom & Party Supplies
All New Items! While we all love to celebrate Day of the Dead with authentic folk art, support the vanishing Mexican artists and keep alive the tradition of hand made crafts ... sometimes folks like school teachers and party planners just need big, colorful, festive graphics for their projects. When I found these items that are designed in Pennsylvania, I decided to add them to our offerings. I think the designer must have spent several years participating in cemetery fiestas in Oaxaca and Michoacan in order to capture the festive nature of the holiday - use of cempasuchil wild marigolds, Posada-esque looking dancing skeletons, accuracy in cemetery "musicos" outfits, sugar skull decoration and the omni-present Catrina. Note some items come bilingual! ~AV
The craft supply section of this page will be added to in the coming year. We are finding that many of our customers are very talented crafters! So, after you're done with your sugar skull decorating, we'll have some new projects for you to try!
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Cardboard Masks for Day of the Dead Four colorful printed cardboard masks with elastic bands.Use for art projects, ofrendas or parties!
A1196 $8 pack of 4 |
Door Decoration - Dancing skeletons with Dia de los Muertos greet your guests or students, inside or out. 30" x 5' long
A1197 $8 each |
Maraca Mariachi jointed cardboard wall decorations for your bulletin board or attach to thin dowels for ofrendas or big cakes! Printed on one side.
A1198 $5 pair |
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Calavera String - decorative 3-dimensional, machine die-cut tissue paper garland. 11 1/2" x 12 feet long.
A1199 $8 strand |
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Bilingual Day of the Dead Sign - 1 cardboard sign with cempasuchil, candle and joyous sugar skull on both sides. Spanish on the front, English on the back. 18"
A1200 $6 each |
3 Bulletin Board Signs for Day of the Dead. Musicians (musicos) ready to give serenades in the cemetery, La Catrina in her fancy hat and an ofrenda with cempasuchil (marigolds) veladoras (votive candles) and calavera de azucar (sugar skull) 18"
- printed on both sides
A1201 $8.50 set of 3 |
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Sugar Skull Votive Candle Cup that you can decorate yourself! This fun project for adults or children looks great with glitter glue pens, puff paint pens, colored markers and acrylic paint. An ofrenda necessity! 3" x 3"
A1203 $5.75 each
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Vertical Sugar Skulls on a String
9 two-sided images on 6-ft string
A1202
$4.50 ea
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Photo/Balloon Holder. This hand painted resin sugar skull will hold postcards, photos or balloon bouquets on your altar. 3" x 3" and an additional 4" for wire. Made in Asia
A1204 $7 each (Out)
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| Sugar Skull Garland Swag printed on 2-sided cardboard. 9" x 4 1/2 feet long. Just great to hang over your ofrenda if you're in cold climate where you can't find fresh marigolds! A1205 $ 7 each |
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Day of the Dead Stickers - 4 sheets of smiling skulls, marigolds, dancing and guitar playing skeletons for invitations, homework or menus. 40 stickers.
A1206 $4 pack |
Day of the Dead Clings - Never heard of clings? (me neither) They're stickers that cling to windows and mirrors without sticky adhesives. Typical Day of the Dead designs. 12" x 17"
A1207 $5 per pack |
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Skull Whirls Party Decorations - Printed paper skeletons are 2 sided and hang by 40" long mylar whirls. Set of 5.
A1208 $7.50 pack |
Altar Cutout
Classic ofrenda shows candles, sugar skulls, drink, fruit & flowers on papel picado back. 22 inch 2-sided cardboard ofrenda. A1210 $4 each
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Skull Candy Box (candy not included) These lightweight, inexpensive molded plastic skull boxes measure 4"long and 2" high. Enough for a business card and one of our chocolates from a sugar skull chocolate mold? Offering on your ofrenda? Definitely decorateable! Pack of four.
A1209 $4 pack |
Craft supplies
Part of the fun of Day of the Dead is to make your own folk art! We have heard our customers say they want more authentic type art project materials, so here's a start and more to come! Be sure to send us photos of your final projects... kids and adults.
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New Resin Winged Skull
Winged skulls for you to paint! Crafters will enjoy decorating these skulls for jewelry, ofrendas or add a magnet. Specially designed by local artist. Made from lightweight proprietary resin.
4.5" wide x
1.5" high
A2007 $9.50 Set of two
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Balsa Foam for woodcuts without the knife. Use chopstick or dull pencil to make design. Then roll with black paint. Pack contains 2 slabs. 6" x 8" slabs can be cut into small blocks with kitchen knife. You can use balsa foam to make Chinese "chops" or Renaissance wood block images too! It's lots of fun!
A1218 $12 pack |
Blank Papier Mache Heads made by Mexican artists for you to finish. Make a sugar skull without the sugar! Use paints, glitter pens, feathers & beads to create your skull to honor your loved one! Don't forget to put the name on the forehead! (Large Quantity discounts available for classroom use)
N2069 $11 each |
Sample woodcut - skeleton mermaid made from balsa foam with a chopstick. Roller it with a brier with black acrylic paint and press balsa foam woodcut block onto Kraft paper. Press with fingers and lift off to dry. Sure beats the old fashion potato woodcut! |
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Resin Skull Blanks - Set of four 1 7/8" tall skulls, indented with whimsical designs to use in your craft projects. Drill for a bead or epoxy a magnet behind for a refrigerator magnet. Use acrylic paints and spray with Deft polyurethane when dry. Set of four designs. Made in the USA.
A1213 $8 set |
Samples of resin skulls. Two coats of paint and sprayed with glossy Deft. Artist says she wiped off the skulls with warm water before she started.
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Skull Mask Beads are ceramic from Peru. Each one is hand painted. Has a hole at the top for wire hook or string. These are larger than the Mini skull beads to the right. Approx 1.25" high and .5" deep.
A1039 $2 each |
Mini Skull Beads - ceramic from Peru. Nice to use in necklaces or bracelets. Hole runs from ear to ear. Size .5"x.5"x.5"
A1108 $1.75 each |
Alebrijes - wood carved animals for you to paint in the traditional style of Oaxaca! A1042 $15
Coming back in March 2010!
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