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I’ve been wanting to make my own Papel Picado templates for a while (ever since I learned that day!) and finally I am able to share some today. I was working on them these days and had some sample tryouts cut out of bond paper when the kids saw them they immediately wanted to play with the scissors and cut their own, so I let them. The result was great! Adrian was able to actually make some cute ones so I realized how I can have easy templates that even kids can cut and hard ones that more…

Today I am very excited to be part of a Blog Hop with the Latinas for Latino Literature celebrating “El Día de los Niños / El Día de los Libros” (Children’s Day / Book Day) with many latino authors and illustrators. 20 days of celebration, from April 10th to April 30th, 20 authors or illustrators in 20 blogs! One of the very firsts books I got for Adri was the Gracias – Thanks book by Pat Mora and illustrated by John Parra and we love it so much, sometimes we read it and then play “I spy”…

DIY Blobby Craft! | This easy yarn craft is inspired by Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation! Keep kids busy this summer, either at home or on the road, with a fangtastic activity pack full of crafts and surprises! Find the tutorial on the Mami Talks blog. | More staycation ideas? Take the kids to see Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation on July 13! #HotelT3 #kidsmovie #familymovie #movienight #kidscraft #activities @darielacruz #AD

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School starts next week for Adrian, yay! Finally! I am super excited to see what’s next for him, even though it’s only first grade, here is where it all starts right? And that’s where this new show Matemonstrous from Discovery Familia comes about (I briefly talked about it Matemonstrous last week here!). A group of very special creatures on a mission: to get kids interested in math at an early age. Discovery Familia is a channel that strongly believes in the importance of start creating an…

As I mentioned las Friday, I am loving the Dia de los Muertos, even though we don’t have a altar at home yet, I will bring the tradition slowly to our family. At the Nestlé #ViveCultura event we made some papel picado and I was surprised at how easy it is to do! Today I wanted to bring you some tips on how to make papel picado that the master Marcelino Sifuentes gave us. I made 2 and one of them is with the template that posted here below that you can download and make your own! What you…

From my sister’s living room 🙂 Un detallito del día de los muertos de la sala de mi hermana 🙂

I had fun making this easy Halloween headband for Maya. A Jack-O’-Lantern headband! See the full tutorial with step-by-step images at Spoonful! Adrian requested his to be blue and green, I need to make it asap before Halloween is over! — Me divertí mucho haciendo este cintillo de Halloween para Mayita. Vean el paso a paso de cómo hacerlo en Spoonful, es facilito, sin cocer ni nada. Adri quiere uno azul y verde, lo tengo que hacer YA antes de que pase Halloween!

Day of the Dead Catrina Decorations. Grab some ideas of what is out there for you house day of the dead decor or for your day of the dead altar.