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Easter Craft Projects - Confetti
Eggs "Cascarones"
This delightful Easter egg project was kindly contributed by:
Patricia Anna Fierros-Bye.
Please contact
Patricia with any questions regarding this project.
Supplies:
- Dozens of hollow, clean and dry intact egg
shells
- A recipe/ingredients for liquid egg dye
- Bright colored tissue paper cut into
Quarter-size circles
- white glue
- confetti
To Make:
1. Gather eggs:
Many weeks before Easter begin collecting
the whole shells by this method:
- Hold the egg in palm and with a knife make a
small crack at the top.
- Gently tease this cracked top off and shake
the contents out (to be used for baking).
- Thoroughly rinse the hollow shell and with the
knife gently "pop" the pithy-like air pocket located inside the
shell usually at the opposite end of the hole.
- Turn with hole-side down on a paper towel and
allow to thoroughly dry.
- When dry, place the hollow shells in original
egg container and save until at least two dozen egg shells have been
collected.
- When a desired number of eggs have been
collected it is time to dye them.
2. Dye Process:
Dye them in the same way hard boild eggs are dyed.
- The hollow shells will fill with the colored
water and can be drained when removed from dye bath.
- Drain with hole-side down on paper towels
until thoroughly dry.
- When the shells are completely dry it is time
to fill the eggs with confetti.
3. To Assemble:
- Using a paper funnel or a small spoon, scoop a
generous amount of confetti into each egg.
- Next, seal the eggs using glue and tissue
circles. Using your finger, dipped into a small amount of glue, rub
around the opening edge of the egg and then gently apply a bright
contrasting tissue circle.
- Allow time for glue to dry and store in egg
cartons.
On Easter day hide the eggs as you would plastic
or boiled ones and allow the children to find them. When found, the
child then secretly approaches another person and pops the egg over their head
(by smashing it into their head--never the face) of the unsuspecting
"victim" causing the confetti to be released swirling all over. Cracking
cascarones on the head is not painful and the confetti/egg shells are easily
removed from the hair by shaking head in the wind. It really is fun!
Every year you will find that you will have
to make more and more!
I hope you enjoy!
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