Cascarones
At the Krempl household, we try to keep the Easter Egg thing and the Resurrection as separate events. We usually do the Egg Hunt (or as my son called it this week, the Egg Scavenger Hunt)on the Saturday before Palm Sunday.
One of the things that we did in San Antonio when we lived there was to break cascarones. Cascarones are colored eggs with confetti inside. Usually you hold it above another person's head and break it, and the confetti falls on their head and shoulders. And then someone has to clean up that mess (the mom).
We have our own version that we did last year and I think it goes along nicely with the whole Spring season. AND you can just break them over some dirt in your yard for future spring display of color.:-) Here's how we did it.
You will need
12 eggs
a box with Easter Egg dyes (the cheap ones)
wildflower seeds
tissue paper (to match the egg colors or not) cut to about 1 1/2 inch squares (1 per egg)
school glue
I usually make scrambled eggs a couple of times and that gets me these empty eggs. I just try to break them closer to the top (the pointy end) so that there is about a dime sized hole. Carefully rinse out and let dry.
Dissolve the egg dyes according to the directions.
Place the eggs in the dye. The inside will fill up with dye, but that's OK. When they are the color you want, dump them out carefully and put on the egg dryer thingie that came with the egg dyes.
When the eggs are completely dry inside and out (maybe even the next day) take the funnel and put about 2 teaspoons of seed inside (or however much you want).
Put some glue on a plate or a piece of paper or something so you can dab it with your finger. Holding the egg carefully, smear some glue around the hole and gently put the tissue over the hole. Let dry.
That's it! They don't have to be perfect and they are fun. Plus you don't have to eat all those hard boiled eggs.
I store these until the time to use them in the egg carton. They are fragile!
We will put these out with the candy eggs this Saturday.
More to come!
One of the things that we did in San Antonio when we lived there was to break cascarones. Cascarones are colored eggs with confetti inside. Usually you hold it above another person's head and break it, and the confetti falls on their head and shoulders. And then someone has to clean up that mess (the mom).
We have our own version that we did last year and I think it goes along nicely with the whole Spring season. AND you can just break them over some dirt in your yard for future spring display of color.:-) Here's how we did it.
You will need
12 eggs
a box with Easter Egg dyes (the cheap ones)
wildflower seeds
tissue paper (to match the egg colors or not) cut to about 1 1/2 inch squares (1 per egg)
school glue
I usually make scrambled eggs a couple of times and that gets me these empty eggs. I just try to break them closer to the top (the pointy end) so that there is about a dime sized hole. Carefully rinse out and let dry.
Dissolve the egg dyes according to the directions.
Place the eggs in the dye. The inside will fill up with dye, but that's OK. When they are the color you want, dump them out carefully and put on the egg dryer thingie that came with the egg dyes.
When the eggs are completely dry inside and out (maybe even the next day) take the funnel and put about 2 teaspoons of seed inside (or however much you want).
Put some glue on a plate or a piece of paper or something so you can dab it with your finger. Holding the egg carefully, smear some glue around the hole and gently put the tissue over the hole. Let dry.
That's it! They don't have to be perfect and they are fun. Plus you don't have to eat all those hard boiled eggs.
I store these until the time to use them in the egg carton. They are fragile!
We will put these out with the candy eggs this Saturday.
More to come!
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