or if you are not going to eat them
and pour soap mixture.
you can use dimensional glue. We
• This is a fabulous thing to do Information
were not making ours to eat so we
at children’s parties. Pre-make the http://mexicanfood.about.com/od/
also used glitter glue.
skulls a day before and let the kids go history/a/dayofthedead.htm
. Let them dry and display as
wild with their decorating skills! My
you wish. We have a little altar on
daughters loved helping to decorate
which we put ours.
these!
Notes and Tips:
Resources:
• We used the “Fiesta” mould
Moulds
which yields  mini skulls.
http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/
• You could also make white
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chocolate skulls in these moulds and
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give them out at Halloween wrapped
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in coloured foil.
mexicandayofthedeaduk.html
• If you want coloured sugar
skulls, you could add food colouring
Meringue Powder
to the water (very important!) before
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you add it to the sugar and meringue
cakescookiesandcraftsshop.co.uk/
mix.
acatalog/Meringue-Powder-g.
• If you want something more
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permanent try plaster of paris or
little skull soaps made using melt
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