Yesterday, the young adults of La Puente celebrated Dia de los Muertos with art activities such as chocolate skull painting, articulated skeleton decorating, and creating thematic frames (for which we took fun photos). The staff provided pan dulce, pan de muerto, tamales, mango horchata, and florentinas. The program ran 2 hours, and attracted 35 young adults. Two of these YAs won manga titles in our costume contest.
For Halloween Day, we read about Dia de los Muertos, then the teens assisted story time participants in frosting chocolate skulls of their own.
Teen Suggestions for Future Programs:
"Next year -- pumpkin decorating contest!" - Viridiana D., 8th grade
"Try to make the haunted house scarier." - Daniel D., 6th grade
"Hope we would bake a cake and decorate it..." - Paula V., 6th grade
"Do this again next year." - Maritza G., 12th grade
