Easter Fun!
If you're not from Texas, this is going to sound crazy, but it's a fun Easter tradition. Cascarones! Eggs filled with confetti that you break over the head of your friends and family at Easter. Here's how Wikipedia explains it:
Cascarones or confetti eggs are festive, hollowed-out chicken eggs, filled with confetti or small toys, originating in Mexico. In Spanish, "cascarón" simply means "eggshell," and cascarones are similar to the Easter eggs popular in many other countries.
Decorated, confetti-filled cascarones are either thrown (for instance, during the fiesta of Carnaval or crushed over the recipient's head showering him or her with confetti. This tradition is most often carried out among friends and family. Like many popular traditions in Mexico, cascarones are increasingly popular in the southwestern United States.
So, today, instead of venturing out in the rain to find cascarones, we decided to try making them! It’s fun and easy! Here’s what you need to do:
Step 1: Hollow out some eggs – you need to cut the top off of the egg but if you’re really careful, you can simply crack the egg on your countertop. Don’t waste the eggs… bake a cake, or cookies, or brownies, or something delicious. After all, this is not a 5 minute long process so you have time to throw something in the oven.
Step 2: Wash out your egg shells with HOT water! We all know about eggs and salmonella… do you really want to make people sick? I don’t think so. Wash out the egg container too; it’s going to be helpful later.
Step 3: After your eggs have dried it’s time for your eggs to get dyed. If you’ve already got some Easter Egg Dye lying around, use it. If you don’t here’s a simple recipe: ½ cup of water, 1 tbsp. of vinegar and food coloring. Seriously, it’s that easy. And, if you don’t have white vinegar, any other kind will work – just take into consideration the color of your vinegar when you’re mixing your color. Place your eggs back in the egg container with the broken top down to let the shells dry.
Step 4: Time to add confetti! Fill ‘em up! If you don’t have confetti – or it’s raining outside and you don’t want to go out, tissue paper or the filler stuff you put in bags will work well. Just remember that you’ll have to cut the pieces small enough to emulate actual confetti.
Step 5: Once the eggs are filled it’s time to finish the project up. You’ll need mod podge © or glue for this step. Cut a small square of tissue paper just large enough to cover the hole in your egg with a little left over. Using a brush (or your finger – and if you use your finger, you should really wear gloves… trust us) adhere the tissue paper to the egg. Then, back in the box until the glue dries.
Voila! Cascarones. A fun Easter treat that the entire family can make and share together.
Happy Easter from Really Cute Stuff!