Photos: Kids decorate for Día de los Muertos at Children's Museum Tucson
- Rebecca Sasnett
- Updated
Families participated in the Children's Museum Tucson's bilingual and culturally focused program called Discovery Nights at the Children's Museum Tucson.
Discovery Nights is free and happens every Thursday from 5-7.
Each Discovery Nights program is focused on different cultures and themes.
Children, some dressed up in Halloween costumes, decorated sugar skills, colored Día de los Muertos masks as well as made and colored La Calavera Catrina's for this weeks Discovery Nights.
On Nov. 4th, children will be making lanterns to celebrate Diwali The Festival of Lights.
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Aiden Buck, left, 3, colors his Día de los Muertos mask while his sister Athena Buck, 9, helps him during the Children's Museum Tucson's Discovery Nights at the Children's Museum Tucson, 200 S. 6th Ave, in Tucson, Ariz. on Oct. 28th, 2021.
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Aislinn Franco, 6, colors her sugar skull during the Children's Museum Tucson's Discovery Nights at the Children's Museum Tucson, 200 S. 6th Ave., in Tucson, Ariz. on Oct. 28, 2021.
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Aislinn Franco, 6, colors her sugar skull during the Children's Museum Tucson's Discovery Nights at the Children's Museum Tucson, 200 S. 6th Ave, in Tucson, Ariz. on Oct. 28th, 2021.
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Families participate in decorating sugar skulls and coloring Día de los Muertos masks during the Children's Museum Tucson's Discovery Nights at the Children's Museum Tucson, 200 S. 6th Ave, in Tucson, Ariz. on Oct. 28, 2021.
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Ryder Van Dewerker, 5, holds up his Día de los Muertos mask to his face after coloring it during the Children's Museum Tucson's Discovery Nights at the Children's Museum Tucson, 200 S. 6th Ave, in Tucson, Ariz. on Oct. 28th, 2021.
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Ares Corrales, center, 1, and his sister Jacquelyn Thompson, left, 5, decorate a sugar skull with the help of their father Ignacio Corrales during the Children's Museum Tucson's Discovery Nights at the Children's Museum Tucson, 200 S. 6th Ave., in Tucson, Ariz. on Oct. 28th, 2021.
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Matthew Buck takes a picture of his children Aiden Buck, 3, and Athena Buck, 9, before they begin decorating their sugar skulls during the Children's Museum Tucson's Discovery Nights at the Children's Museum Tucson, 200 S. Sixth Ave. on Oct. 28, 2021.
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Athena Buck, right, 9, points out a sugar skull to her brother Aiden Buck, 3, before they began decorating their sugar skulls during the Children's Museum Tucson's Discovery Nights at the Children's Museum Tucson, 200 S. 6th Ave, in Tucson, Ariz. on Oct. 28th, 2021.
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Rebecca Ruiz, right, reacts to her daughter Luciana Ruiz, 6, holding her finished Día de los Muertos mask up to her face during the Children's Museum Tucson's Discovery Nights at the Children's Museum Tucson, 200 S. 6th Ave, in Tucson, Ariz. on Oct. 28th, 2021.
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Edith Martinez, employee, makes a La Calavera Catrina to show the kids before the Children's Museum Tucson's Discovery Nights at the Children's Museum Tucson, 200 S. 6th Ave, in Tucson, Ariz. on Oct. 28th, 2021.
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