What is the Day of the Dead?
Though many people refer to Día de los Muertos as Mexico’s Halloween, it’s a common misconception. While Halloween focuses on the scary and eerie aspects of death, Día de los Muertos is all about laughing in the face of death. It’s about celebrating loved ones, not mourning them. That means no tears, just music, food, and a whole lot of cocktails— for three full days!
If you’re throwing your own Día de los Muertos party, it’s important to keep things as traditional as possible. Serve guests tamales or homemade pan de Muerto, and stock the bar with tequila, mezcal, or Mexican beer. For dessert, you can’t go wrong with champurrado. When you start decorating, hang papel picado banners and complete your centerpieces with marigolds and candles—two traditional symbols believed to “guide the dead back to the living and towards your celebration.” You also can’t forget sugar skulls, probably the most iconic symbol of the holiday.
Day of the Dead party invitations
Planning a Day of the Dead party? Whether you’re looking for Día de los Muertos wedding invitations or general Día de los Muertos online invitations, we have a wide selection of designs to suit your soirée. Make sugar skulls the focus of not only your decor, but also send one of our sugar skull Día de los Muertos invitations to set the tone for the party.
Online Día de los Muertos invitations
Once you’ve found the perfect Día de los Muertos invitation template, use our tools to personalize your design. From your Día de los Muertos invitation wording and fonts to envelope liners and backdrops, you can customize every detail. After you send your invitation, leave the tracking to us. All of our designs come with built-in RSVP tracking so can see when your invitation is delivered and opened. That means no more worrying about whether or not your card arrived on time. Have a last minute update? You can easily message before the Día de los Muertos festivities begin. When the event is over, text your friends and show off your sugar skull face paint -- and start planning the rest of the season’s parties with the help of our winter entertaining invitations.
Día de los Muertos wedding invitations
Día de los Muertos is a celebration of love just as much as loss—making it a meaningful and memorable time to tie the knot and host a lively fiesta with family and friends. Our vibrant and festive Day of the Dead invitation templates are fully customizable to fit any kind of event, weddings included. Want to take it a step further? Use our Personalized Design Services to incorporate custom monograms, illustrations, or motifs into your invitation and thank you note designs. (And don’t forget to add marigolds to your bouquet!)