http://piratess.life-and-things.com/ A blog by piratess en http://piratess.life-and-things.com/2009/03/29/cascarones.html  Cascarones by Carmen Lomas Garza Our exhibit En mi Familia -In my family, features the paintings, ideas, as well as experiences of Carmen Lomas Garza. Growing up in South Texas, her family at all times got combined on behalf of Easter to manufacture Cascarones (confetti eggs). As on behalf of numerous families, it is a time on behalf of celebration as well as festive fun. This family tradition inspired her to paint Cascarones (1989). When I was little, my  whole family would get combined to manufacture cascarones. We would dye eggshells, paint them with bright colors as well as then fill them with confetti. My creations didn’t last very long because right when I finished, I turned around as well as cracked them over my uncle’s head!  Want to join in on the fun? Here’s how to manufacture your own:   Materials: Dozen eggs, bowl, egg dying kit or paint & brushes, confetti, glue, tissue paper Tap the end of an egg gently on bowl as well as peel out a 1/2 ” hole. Let the egg contents flow unoccupied into the bowl. Rinse out the egg with water and let it dry out upside down. Be very careful, the egg is fragile!  Once it is dry, you can either utilize an egg dying kit to color the eggs, or you can paint on your posses designs. Carefully fill the egg with confetti as well as put a thin strip of glue around the edge of the opening. Cut a piece of colored tissue paper that is a little bigger than the size of the hole in the egg, as well as press it over the opening.   Now you have beautiful cascarones to conceal in the yard as well as hunt for, or crack over your friend’s heads. (Never crack an egg ON someone’s head, that shall hurt!) Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:24:40 -0400 piratess