Mask-Making, Skull-Decorating and More at Day of Dead Fests

The Dia de los Muertos Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 30 and 31 at the Bowers Kidseum, 1802 N. Main St., Santa Ana.

There will be skeleton mask-making and sugar-skull decorating classes, and Aztec dancers will perform. Admission to the Kidseum, which includes a same-day pass to the nearby Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, is $8 for adults and $4 for children. Children under 5 are free. (714) 480-1520.

Day of the Dead sugar skulls will be sold at the Day of the Dead Festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, 2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana. (714) 567-3695.

Sugar skull-making materials and Day of the Bread folk art also are available at the Bowers Museum Gallery Store from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. (714) 567-3643.

For Day of the Dead bread: Grande Tortilleria, 214 N. Grand Ave., Santa Ana. Open 5:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. (714) 547-1851; El Metate, 838 E. 1st St., Santa Ana. Open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. (714) 542-3913; La Poblana Bakery, 4608 Chapman Ave., Orange. Open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. (714) 771-4465.