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How to Dress Like a Cavorting Calavera for Day of the Dead : Sugar Skull Makeup Tutorial

Cavort : to prance or caper about, to behave in a high spirited festive manner,

In Mexico "Dia de Los Muertos" (Day of the Dead) is celebrated very joyfully -- and colorfully. A special altar, called an ofrenda, is made just for these days of the dead (1 and 2 November). It has at least three tiers, and is covered with pictures of Saints, pictures of and personal items belonging to dead loved ones, skulls, pictures of cavorting skeletons (calaveras), marigolds, water, salt, bread, and a candle for each of their dead (plus one extra so no one is left out). 

Chicanos will make a special bread just for this day, Pan de Muerto, which is sometimes baked with a toy skeleton inside. The one who finds the skeleton will have "good luck." This bread is eaten during picnics at the graves along with tamales, cookies, and chocolate. They also make brightly-colored skulls out of sugar to place on the family altars and give to children. Below are recipes for these sugar skulls.

 

Sugar Skulls

2 cups powdered sugar
1 egg white
1 TBSP. corn syrup
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/3 cup cornstarch
colored icing
1 fine paintbrush


Sift powdered sugar. Mix the egg white, corn syrup, and vanilla in a very clean bowl, then add the powdered sugar with a wooden spoon. When almost incorporated, start kneading with the tip of your fingers until you can form a small ball. Dust with cornstarch on board. Keep on kneading until smooth, then form into skull shapes. Let dry completely, then paint with colored icing, including the names of the people you are giving them to. 

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Reasons to Party - Month of November

List of Special Days 
Now everyday is a reason to party

Month Long Observances

Aviation Month


Child Safety and Protection Month


Good Nutrition Month


International Drum Month


Latin American Month


National Adoption Month


National Epilepsy Month

National Model Railroad Month


Peanut Butter Lover's Month

Week Long Observances

2nd Week - National Children's Book Week


3rd Week - American Education Week

Daily Observances

November 1st


All Saint's Day

Day of the Dead


Electric Light Bulb Patented
By Thomas Edison in 1879.


National Author's Day


National Family Literacy Day


November 2nd


Cookie Monster's Birthday
Sesame Street Character.


Daniel Boone's Birthday
Born in 1734 in Pennsylvania.


U.S.A. Election Day
The first Tuesday after the first Monday.


National Deviled Egg Day


November 3rd


Sandwich Day
Birthday of John Montague, the creator of the sandwich.


November 4th


First Wagon Train Reached California


National Candy Day


November 5th


Guy Fawkes Day
Also called Bonfire Night.


National Donut Day


November 6th


Basketball Day


November 7th


Daylight Savings Time Ends
First Sunday in November.


Hug-a-Bear Day


Magazine Day


November 8th


X-Ray Day
The day the X-ray was discovered in 1895.


November 9th


Parade Day


November 10th


Sesame Street Debuted
In 1969.


U.S. Marine Corps Established
Established by Congress in 1775.


November 11th


Remembrance Day
In Canada.


Veteran's Day


November 12th


Elizabeth Cady Stanton Day


First Balloon Crosses the Pacific
In 1981, Ron Clark, Rocky Aoki, and Larry Newman ballooned from Nagashima, Japan 
to Covelo, California in the Double Eagle V.


November 13th


Fantasia Released
By Walt Disney in 1940.


Mom's and Dad's Day


November 14th


National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day


Prince Charles' Birthday
Born in 1948.


November 15th


America Recycles Day


Pack Your Mom Lunch Day


November 16th


Button Day


November 17th


Homemade Bread Day


National Young Reader's Day


Take A Hike Day


November 18th


Mickey Mouse's Birthday
Created in 1928.


William Tell Day
William Tell shoots an apple off his son's head in 1315.


November 19th


Gettysburg Address Delivered
Made in 1863 by President Lincoln.


November 20th


Mexican Revolution Day


November 21st


World Hello Day


November 22nd


Stop the Violence Day


November 23rd


National Cashew Day


November 24th


Zachary Taylor's Birthday
The 12th President of the U.S.A. Born in 1784.


November 25th


John F. Kennedy Jr.'s Birthday
Born in 1960.


Thanksgiving Day in the U.S.
Celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November.


Woody Woodpecker's Birthday
This Walter Lantz cartoon character debuted in 1940.


November 26th


Charles Schulz's Birthday
Born in 1922.


National Cake Day


November 27th


Pins and Needles Day


November 28th


Mark Twain's Birthday
Born in 1835 - his real name is Samuel Clemens.


November 29th


King Tut's Tomb Opened
In 1922.


November 30th


Stay At Home Because You're Well Day

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Favorite Most Outrageous Halloween Hairstyles

It’s basically a hair fantasy come to life! Why make a statement with just a costume or clothing when you can live larger than life with outrageous hair – we’re telling you, it’s all about the hair! If you’re interested in replicating a “Hair Wars” inspired ‘do, you’ll need to stock up on some supplies – bobby pins, lots and lots of heavy-duty hairspray, and fake hair extensions that you can twist, braid, curl and sculpt up into anything you please. Transform your locks into a Halloween costume worthy look by using spray-in color (rinses out), glitter mousse, and all types of props!

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 “Hair Wars” is an annual event on tour that is unlike anything you’ve ever seen before – if your hair isn’t standing on end in excitement, it surely will be by the show! Started in 1991 by David Humphries, this competition of hairstyles is a showcase for stylists and their salons to bring their outrageous coif creations to life. Here, the stylists are truly accomplished artists using hair as a medium to create unusual, elaborate and sure-to-be-talked about masterpieces. 

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In 2010, “Hair Wars” celebrated its 25th anniversary with yet another touring show – since its initial inception in Detroit decades ago, each show has gotten bigger, better and wilder! A typical show might last over four hours and feature 250 hair model that strut their stuff across the runway. While they might wear elaborate costume outfits, each model is dressed in a way that helps show off the hair. From interlocked Olympic rings seemingly suspended above a model’s head to plumed Las Vegas showgirl headdresses made entirely of hair, spectators have to be wondering how its all done.

Other memorable hair styles have included spider web headpiece, a football touchdown goal and helicopter hairstyle with an actual rotating propeller. Each of the styles is planned months in advance and a stylist might actually start making some of the pin in pieces weeks before the event. Prior the show, the hair artists work feverishly backstage to pin, glue and weld (just kidding) these unusual hair extensions onto the head to complement the model’s natural hair. 

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OCTOBER

Month Long Observances :

Adopt-a-Shelter-Animal Month

Computer Learning Month

Family History Month

National Apple Month

National Clock Month

National Dessert Month

Energy Awareness Month

National Pizza Month

National Popcorn Popping Month

National Roller Skating Month

Polish American History Month

National Stamp Collecting Month

Week Long Observances

1st Week - American Craft Week
Celebrated October 1 - 10th in 2010.

1st Week - Fire Prevention Week

2nd Week - Teen Read Week

Daily Observances

 

October 1st

Homemade Cookies Day

World Vegetarian Day

October 2nd

Name Your Car Day

Peanuts Comic Strip First Published In 1950.

World Card Making Day The first Saturday in October.

October 3rd

Captain Kangaroo Day The show first aired on this day in 1955.

October 4th

Child Health Day First Monday in October.

National Golf Day

Sputnik I Launched The first space vehicle - launched in 1957.

October 5th

Ray Kroc's Birthday Founder of McDonalds. Born in 1902.

World Teacher Day

October 6th

Thomas Edison Shows 1st Motion Picture In 1889.

October 7th

American Bandstand Premiered In 1957.

October 8th

J. Frank Duryea's Birthday Born in 1869. His brother, Charles, and him built and operated the first automobile in the US. He also won America's first automobile race.

October 9th

First Two-Way Telephone Conversation In 1876.

Leif Ericson Day

Moldy Cheese Day

The Count's Birthday Sesame Street Character.

October 10th

Henry Cavendish's Birthday Born in England in 1731.

October 11th

Columbus Day Second Monday in October.

Eleanor Roosevelt's Birthday Born in born 1884.

First Steam-Powered Ferryboat Begins Operation Name the "Juliana", began operation in 1811.

Indigenous People's Day Second Monday in October.

Thanksgiving Day in Canada Second Monday in October.

October 12th

Día de la Raza Celebrate in Mexico.

Farmer's Day

October 13th

First Aerial Photo in US
Taken from a balloon in Boston in 1860.

Margaret Thatcher's Birthday
Born in 1925.

October 14th

Grover's Birthday
Sesame Street Character.

October 15th
National Grouch Day

National Poetry Day

October 16th

Boss's Day

Dictionary Day

Sweetest Day
Third Saturday in October.

World Food Day

October 17th

Black Poetry Day
Honoring the birthday of Jupiter Hammon. He was the first American black to publish his poetry.

October 18th

Alaska Day
The anniversary of the transfer of the territory and the raising of the US. flag at Sitka on this day in 1867.

Little Orphan Annie's Birthday
Comic strip character, in 1922.

Puerto Rico Became U.S. Colony
In 1898.

October 19th

Star Spangled Banner First Sung
In 1814.

Thomas Edison Demonstrated Electric Light
Successfully in 1879.

October 20th

Mickey Mantle's Birthday
Born on this day in 1931 in Spavinaw, Oklahoma.

Monster Mash Day
On this day in 1962 the Monster mash, by Bobby "Boris" Picket and the Crypt Kickers, reached number 1 in the music charts and stayed there for 2 weeks!.

October 21st

Guggenheim Museum Opens
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of modern and contemporary art opened in New York City on October 21, 1959.

October 22nd

National Nut Day

National Stuttering Awareness Day

October 23rd

Edison Pele's Birthday
Brazilian soccer player, born in 1940.

October 24th

Betty Lou's Birthday
Sesame Street Character.

Mother-in-Law's Day
Fourth Sunday in October.

National Bologna Day

United Nations Day

October 25th

National Denim Day

Pablo Picasso's Birthday
Born in Spain in 1881.

October 26th

Hillary Rodham Clinton's Birthday
Born in 1947.

International Red Cross Organized
In Geneva, Switzerland in 1863.

October 27th

Theodore Roosevelt's Birthday
Born in 1858.

October 28th

Plush Animal Lover's Day

Statue of Liberty's Birthday

October 29th

National Organization of Women Founded
In 1966.

October 30th
John Adams' Birthday in 1735.

October 31st
Halloween!!!!!

Juliette Gordon Low's Birthday
Born in 1860, she was the woman who the started Girl Scouting in the United States in 1912.