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Day of the Dead Kids Celebration - Saturday
Come have fun with us decorating your own Day of the Dead “Sugar” Skull, play Lotería, and join in our colouring contest by completing a Day of the Dead colouring sheet!
Saturday, November 1, 2025 | 1:45 PM - 3:30 PM
4 yrs +
Free
Come have fun with us decorating your own Day of the Dead “sugar” skull, play Loteria and join in our colouring contest by completing a Day of the Dead colouring sheet!
Sugar Skull Decorating
Sugar skulls represented a departed soul, had the name written on the forehead and was placed on the home ofrenda or gravestone to honor the return of a particular spirit. Sugar skull art reflects the folk art style of big happy smiles, colorful icing and sparkly tin and glittery adornments.
Loteria Game
Lotería is a traditional Mexican board game of chance and is played on a deck of cards. Every image has a name. Each player has one tabla, a board with a randomly grid of pictures with their corresponding name.
To start the game, the caller (cantor, "singer") shuffles the deck. One by one, the caller picks a card from the deck and announces it to the players by its name, sometimes using a verse before reading the card name. Each player locates the matching pictogram of the card just announced on their board and marks it off with a pinto bean on top as a marker (this is the authentic Mexican way!) The winner is the first player that shouts "¡Lotería!" right after completing a tabla.
Silvia Sanchez and Priscila Benavides
SILVIA SANCHEZ
Originally from Mexico, Silvia grew up in a family rooted in Mexican traditions, enjoying big family gatherings and their different festivities, from traditional Mexican cooking, to culture, to art and crafts.
Having her two children born and raised in different countries outside of Mexico, Silvia has always looked to keep her culture alive and to pass on the Mexican traditions to her children by making them part of their upbringing.
Silvia is proud and enthusiastic of promoting and sharing her Mexican heritage with the Beaches community where she lives and calls home. She is excited and looking forward to bring a bit of it to the Beaches Sandbox Day of the Dead festival.
PRISCILA BENAVIDES
Priscila was born in a city in the north of Mexico and moved to Canada 17 years ago. Since she was a child, she really liked Mexican traditions, especially the Day of the Dead, which is becoming more and more recognized around the world.
Living in Mexico, Priscila always liked to take classes about Mexican food, painting, and crafts. In the summers, I had the opportunity to work in summer camps with small children where she was able to teach them a little more about the holidays of her country.
She moved to Canada and her two daughters were born. She always tries to teach them Mexican culture, celebrations, and her language Spanish, which is still spoken at home.
Priscila feels very fortunate to live in The Beaches, where there is a community full of different cultures and traditions and to be able to meet people from all over the world because you never stop learning and appreciating what country you come from. She is very happy to be able to share a little of her beautiful country.
Cancellation Policy
This is a free event. If you have registered but are unable to attend, please let us know and we will open your spot to someone else.
Activities For All!
Beaches Sandbox offers a wide variety of high-quality programming. Our goal is for everyone to be able to participate in these programs, regardless of their financial status. The Beaches Sandbox Financial Assistance Program is put in place to allow those who otherwise could not afford to participate, access to all programs offered at the centre.
