El dia de los Muertos/Day of the dead

Felipe Linares (Mexico, b. 1936) La Calavera Don Quijote, 1980. Papier-mâché X94.12.2.1-16; Gift of Margery Nathanson. Fowler Museum. (Photo by Reed Hutchinson)

Get ready for El dia de los Muertos at this festive afternoon event for kids and families October 28 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fowler Museum.

It's Kids in the Courtyard: Calavera. Have your face painted calavera-style, twist tissue paper into marigolds, and assemble a dancing paper skeleton at this celebration that acknowledges respect for death as part of life and honors ancestors.

You can also bring a photograph of a deceased loved one to add to a communal ofrenda, or altar.