Fruit: in homage to mother nature and the wealth it gives us, representing the element of the earth.The deceased person’s favorite food and drink.The altar of the dead in a traditional home must bear the following: If you have small children they sell candles that are led lights which are safer to leave on.Buy ceramic skulls, I got them at Dollar Tree and the children painted them to decorate the altar.Use the marigold flowers to form the arch that goes above the altar.The first tip is to use a black tablecloth so that the colored papel picado stands out more.Click here for papel picado of the day of the dead. You can stick it on each of the levels of the altar, it gives it a lot of life and color and after this you can add the things that the altar carries, here I share a list of simple elements to have a beautiful and dead altar at home. The simplest way is with Mexican papel picado.
#Simple dia de los muertos altar how to#
How to decorate an altar for Día de los Muertos Place the tablecloth on the table, fold around the middle and place the following boxes on top and cover them with the tablecloth and so on progressively until the entire altar is covered. We use black because the shredded paper, Mexican Papel Picado, looks much better over dark colors, we think it gives it more color but you can use any color. Like my husband’s parents, their paternal grandparents.Īfter placing the boxes, we covered everything with a black tablecloth. In our case, the most important thing is that the children get involved in the tradition and have the opportunity to talk with them about our family who has died already and they did not have the chance to meet. The original altars have 7 levels for which you would need a firm base of wooden drawers on each level. Remember that each level decreases in size. We went to Costco and came back with a bunch of boxes that worked perfectly. Take the measurements of the width and length of your table and accordingly look for boxes that you can use for the levels.
How to make the levels of the ofrenda for Dia de los Muertos
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