☼ D.I.Y. Day of the dead inspired nichos ☼

>> Hi and welcome to a new D.I.Y. video tutorial this year I decided to celebrate the day of the dead with a project inspired by the mexican culture. El dia de los muertos is celebrated in Mexico with a great festivity which lasts two days during which the departed and the ancestors are celebrated in a joyfull and colorfull way. The way mexicans deal with death is very fascinating and free from the dark connotation of the western culture. So, in honour of el dia de los muertos here is a tutorial to create some tiny "nichos" with pictures taken from la Loteria de los muertos just like these ones. For this project we will need: an hot glue gun, scissors, pictures of the Loteria de los muertos printed on cardstock, glitter glue, cardstock shadow boxes, various decorations, metal charms, styrofoam, twizers, glue, a cutter and spray paint. First of all we need to spray paint the cardstock shadow boxes and remember to use the spray paint only outside. While the paint dries we can start working on the decorations. Let's start with the pictures I printed on cardstock as you can see together with the pictures from the Loteria de los muertos printed in the right dimension to be laid inside the shadow boxes there are also some composable skeletons which I downloaded from the internet and you'll find the link on my blog. Lets' start by cutting them. Once you cut out all the parts we can assemble the skeleton using the glue and the twizers this way. Here is our skeleton ready to be used as decoration! Now let's cut out all the other pictures on the cardstock too. Before we start decorating the boxes we need to have an exact idea of how to match the elements. So let's match the details and once we find a satisfying lay out we can start assembly the nichos. Using the hot glue let's place the metal and resin details. Let's use some dimensional sitckers to adhere the carstock skeleton in oder to add some dimension. To brithen up and enrich the decoration let's use the glitter glue to draw some doodles on the Loteria de los muertos pictures. Lets' repeat the same procedure on all the other nichos. Now let's work on the styrofoam, I used a recycled packaging I had at home and let's use the box as a mask to cut it in the right dimensions. Let's mark the contour with a pen and use the cutter to shape it. Using the hot glue let's adhere it inside the box in order to create a base we will decorate. As last step let's glue on the styrofoam the pictures from the Loteria de los muertos which we decorated with all the details we chose. Here are our nichos inspired by el dia de los muertos finished! A project which will help you celebrate the day of the deaths in the right way and which could turn in a lovely home decor if you like this kind of things. I hope you liked this tutorial, as usual I wish you a lovely day and I'll talk to you in my next video...ciao!