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What’s Inside: Maze Fun Facts Sudoku Word Search Craft

¿Que es Dia de los Muertos?

Sugar skulls, or “calaveritas de azucar,” are some of the most popular images from the celebration.

They’ve become a part of pop culture in movies such as Coco and The Book of Life. Sugar skulls, as their name suggests, are, in face, made

Mexican Papel Picado “Papel picado”(perforated paper) is a traditional Mexican craft that features colorful paper sheets with intricate cut-out details.

Traditionally it was made by stacking many sheets of paper and using chisels to cut the designs, but it’s quite easy to make using tissue paper and scissors.

WHAT’S NEEDED: • Colored tissue paper (12 x 9 inches, approximately) • Scissors • Marker • Yarn and tape to display “papel picados”

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of sugar. Traditionally, the name of a deceased loved one would be written on the forehead, and the rest of the skull decorated with additional sweets and ribbons. It is meant as a way to honor the person who has passed.

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INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Fold a piece of tissue paper (lengthwise) in half and then in half again. Make sure one side consists only of folds.

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2. Fold the long-folded sheet in half. Mark a dot in the corner that is made up of folds. This is a reminder of where not to cut.

3. Just like cutting a snowflake, cut shapes along all four sides avoiding the area with the dot.

4. To cut a shape from the middle of the rectangle, fold the paper in half again, and cut a shape into the fold.

5. Unfold carefully and tape tissue paper to a long string of yarn.

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The Day of the Dead takes place around the same time as Halloween, Nov. 1 and 2, to be exact. After a week of preparation of baking and decorating, people traditionally spend those two days remembering the lives of their deceased family members through a colorful celebration, not mourning.

Like Halloween, “Dia de los Muertos” is filled with images of skulls (“calaveras”) and skeletons (“calacas”). Unlike Halloween, Day of the Dead images of skeletons and skulls are not scary or threatening. They are vibrant and often silly.

Word Search Solution: Caramel Apple

“Dia de los Muertos,” or the Day of the Dead, is a colorful Mexican celebration that honors loved ones who have died. It’s a fun way for kids to learn about holidays around the world and an important part of Mexican culture.

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Sudoku

Solution on page 50

Dot-to-Dot

Fun Bat Facts Bats are flying _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Bats are _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (active at night).

Bats “see” in the dark using a special skill called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. Bats make noises and wait for the sound waves to bounce back off objects (an echo); if it doesn’t bounce back, then they can safely fly forward. They can tell the distance of various objects by how quickly the sound waves bounce back to them.

Most bats feed on _ _ _ _ _ _ _, while others eat fruit, fish or even blood!

Some bats live by themselves while others live in _ _ _ _ _ with thousands of other bats.

Bats can live for over _ _ years.

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Halloween Word Search

Solution on page 48

Autumn Bat Black Cat Bone Boo Broomstick Buzz Cackle Cobwebs Coffin Cool Costume Party Creepy Frankenstein Eerie Face Paint Fairies Fangs Fear Full Moon Fun Ghost Ghoul Haunted House Horror Film

Howl Jack-O-Lantern Mask Monster Magic Night October Ogre Prank Harvest Scar Skeleton Skull Soul Spider Spirit Spooky Trick or Treat Tutu Ugly Vampire Werewolf Witch Zombie

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S H R A F R A N K E N S T E I N E

Answers: mammals, nocturnal, echolocation, insects, caves, 20

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Find and cross out all the listed words.

The words may go horizontally, vertically, diagonally and backwards. The remaining letters spell a secret word.