A change in Halloween Celebrations at Chans 2019

This Halloween at Chans, the school took a different take on celebrating Halloween. The students, instead of being afraid of the ghouls and ghosts, they embraced the dead by creating their own sugar skulls. The students were inspired by the wonderful movie Coco and renowned children's book artist Barbara Reid. They used the layering technique provided by Barbara Reid and the sugar skulls from Coco to change up the celebration of Halloween.

Fifth grade joyfully created a memorium with their skulls. They made their skulls with Barbara Reid's technique of laying plasticine. Using just their hands and a toothpick, they spread the plasticine colouring and designing their own sugar skull. After they finished, they placed their skulls into picture frames as a way to remember the dead, like they did in the movie Coco.

Sixth grade had a similar project of creating their own sugar skulls, but they layered rubber eva instead of using plasticine. They chose from an assortment of sparkly rubber eva to contrast the white skulls they used as their base. Their finished pieces were hung on a large black poster with different coloured photos from the movie Coco.

The collaborated Halloween memorial hangs in the entrance of Chans for all the students, teachers, and parents to appreciate. It's their new take on celebrating Halloween, by welcoming the ghosts and ghouls into Chans Bembrive to join the students!