How To Throw a Día De Los Muertos Fiesta

Bake plenty of pan de muerto. Channel your inner Martha Stewart, and bake up plenty of fresh pan de muerto to enjoy in the days leading up to the Day of the Dead. The traditional rich bun is decorated with knobby bone-shaped strips of bread and flavored with anise seeds and orange blossom water.

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Made your own calaveras for decoration. Skip the overpriced calaveras at Urban Outfitters, and DIY your own with just five ingredients: sugar, meringue powder water, food coloring and frosting. 

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Make your own stunning papel picado banners. Colorful banners of papel picado are essential for any Mexican-inspired celebration, but they add a special sense of festivity to the ofrendas of Dia de los Muertos. You can even DIY your own banners using templates found online. Print them out in different vibrant hues, and drape them over the altar and around your home for a quick pop of color! 

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Paint yourself into living art. The majestic, bold colors of the Day of the Dead don't have to be restricted to the sugar skulls. Dulce Candy, one of our favorite beauty bloggers, taught us how to get an absolutely breathtaking Dia de los Muertos beauty look — complete with floral headdress! 

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Stir up a spirited cocktail that'll knock your guests dead — figuratively, of course. Many Mexicans decorate their ofrendas with bottles and cups of traditional Mexican drinks, like tequila, mezcal or atole. But, don't forget to have the cocktails cooking for your living friends, too. 

These 13 cocktails will definitely do the trick >>>

Get in the party spirit with calacas. Calacas are the skeleton figures commonly seen during the Day of the Dead. Usually dressed in festive garb, the calacas always look like they're ready to p-a-r-t-y. If you don't own your own set of calacas, you can DIY your own to get your guests in the spirit of the fiesta. 

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