Calavera Sugar Skull Paper Puppets: 5 puppet templates to cut out & create! (Happythought craft workbooks)

Welcome to Happythought’s Calavera Sugar Skull Paper Puppet craft book , featuring 5 Sugar skull or Calavera hand puppet templates for you to cut out and create. All you will need is scissors and a glue stick. Choose from colorful templates or use the black and white option to color in your own way.

Learn how to put together a brightly colored calavera puppet for Day of the Dead. These hand puppets are fun to make and the results are really satisfying. Start by choosing a template from the book, or if you prefer you can trace or copy the templates on to a light card stock.

You can finish off your puppet with some paper flowers using the templates included, or a jaunty little top hat.

Contents

INTRODUCTION
WHAT ARE CALAVERAS?
MAKE A CALAVERA PUPPET
CALAVERA TEMPLATES
ACCESSORIES
FLOWERS
MINI TOP HAT
ABOUT US

Calaveras are representations of skulls and skeletons, often made of sugar or clay, and used as decorative and offering items. These calaveras are a central part of the celebrations of the Mexican Day of the Dead, symbolizing the cyclical nature of life and death and honoring deceased loved ones. In Mexican culture, the skull is not seen as a morbid symbol but rather as a representation of both death and rebirth. It is a reminder of the temporary nature of life and the continuation of existence in the afterlife.

Calaveras are central to the Day of the Dead festivities, where families create altars (ofrendas) adorned with calaveras, favorite foods, and photos of deceased relatives to welcome their spirits back for a visit.

We hope you enjoy this book! You can find lots more fun craft ideas, printables and tutorials at happythought.co.uk
At Happythought the emphasis is on producing craft templates that, as well as being great to look at, are easy
to make, with the minimum of fuss and the maximum of fun!