Flair event design + planning: 2016

Dia de los Muertos Mitzvah

What happens when your Bar Mitzvah falls on Halloween? A Dia de los Muertos themed Bar Mitzvah party of course!

Flair Event Design had "mucho" fun designing and planning this Fiesta! While Mom wanted the theme to focus on "Dia de los Muertos" the Bar Mitzvah boy wanted to make sure it was just creepy enough and oh yeah, he wanted a carnival as well. The gals at Flair Event Design, ever up for a challenge made it happen for this super fun family.

As guests entered, they were greeted by a spooky gatekeeper and then made their way through a haunted graveyard.

Next stop, they met a ghoulish witch with a smoking cauldron where they were handed a key. The winning key would open a coffin inside revealing "spooktacular" prizes.

To tie in the Day of The Dead theme, we decked out the venue with lots of colors, stringing papel picado flags and bright paper lanterns throughout. Adult tables were dressed with serape runners, adorned with vibrant marigold centerpieces and sugar skulls. Kids tables featured "diy" paper flowers held by tomato cans and accented with more sugar skulls. During cocktail hour a Mariachi band entertained guests.

As guests entered the main room the first stop was to leave a message for the Bar Mitzvah boy by signing in at the life-sized papeir Mache skeleton, made by famed Mexican artist Augustine Galicia renowned for his Day of the Dead art.

From there they could choose their fun. Where to go first? Have some fun at the Dia de los Muertos themed carnival and play a game of tombstone tipping?

Visit with the face painter and be painted Dia de Los Muertos style? Hit the dance floor or strike a pose in the photo booth? Thirsty from all the partying? Grab yourself a smoking "volcano" drink!

A custom decorated birthday cake capped off the evening for the guest of honor.

As a parting gift, each guest received a sugar skull pop and customs designed mugs, with filled colorful M&M's. Loving stuffed and wrapped by the Mitzvah family