Cascarones or confetti eggs are festive, hollow chicken egg shells, filled with confetti, meant to be thrown or broken over someone's head (usually as a surprise from behind), scattering confetti all over the person. Breaking the eggs over someone's head can be quite painful if done hard enough, however, this is most often done between friends, usually teenagers. Cascarones derived from Mexico and have recently regained popularity in the southwestern United States. They are used for many different occasions but, especially Easter. Having one broken over your head is said to bring good luck. The term eggshell is the term for the outer covering of a hard-shelled egg, and some forms of eggs with soft outer coats. ... Confetti is made up of small pieces of paper or plastic which are usually thrown at celebrations, espescially weddings. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... This article is about the Christian festival. ...
There are at least a couple of ways to create the eggs:
Using a pin, make small holes in both ends of a raw egg. Blow into one of the holes to blow out the contents of the egg. Rinse the eggshell and let it dry thoroughly. Make one hole slightly larger if necessary, and fill the egg shell with confetti, or
Break off the more pointed section of the egg, usually hitting it with a spoon, fork, or knife, and then empty, rinse, and add the confetti.
Afterwards, a small piece of tissue paper is glued over each hole and then the egg is painted and/or decorated with colored tissue paper.
Easter eggs, also known as Spring eggs[1] in the United States, are specially decorated eggs given out to celebrate the Easter holiday or springtime. ...
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Copied mostly from a teachers card in Spencerport NY High School Spanish class. (origionally)
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