Making Cascarones

I've started two after school clubs for the spring session at my school. The first is called Spanish Crafts and the second is called Cooking in the Spanish Kitchen. Both classes are pretty small, 5 and 6 students respectively. The small class size is actually really nice and it makes it much more relaxing at the end of the day. In celebration of holy week, my Spanish crafts class made cascarones, confetti-filled eggs, yesterday. Then in true traditional fashion, we smashed the eggs on each other's heads outside. Lots of fun!

 The supplies... empty, washed eggshells cracked from the top, not the side; glue; markers; and tissue paper that is cut into confetti and also glued on top to cover the holes.

 Step 1... decorate! We used markers but you could use paint, glue/glitter, etc. You can do a random design, draw a face, make the egg an M&M, basically anything you want!

 Then, fill the egg with confetti. You could also do small toys or candy inside, but I feel like that would be more painful during the smashing process.

Finally, cover the egg with tissue paper, let it dry, and smash it on someone's head! Lots of fun! We used chicken eggshells and preserved duck eggshells... in the future I would stay away from preserved duck eggshells because those seemed to be harder to crack and actually hurt a little bit. Found that out that out the hard way. Whoops.