How to Make Fun Easter Traditions with Cascarones
Many families have passed down Easter traditions with cascarones for years, especially in Latino cultures. It is a Mexican tradition. I didn’t know about these fun little confetti-filled eggs until our son was in Pre-K, about 30 years ago.
Jacob attended a little charter school that saw the importance of sharing other cultures’ traditions. At one point, they had a Spring festival for the kids. Jacob kept talking about “cascarones,” but I didn’t have a clue what he was talking about until that night.
He was so excited to show us these fun little eggs because all of the students made them to help raise money for their class. We bought several of these confetti eggs and had a lot of fun showering each other! This was the beginning of our family traditions with cascarones.
Our Family’s Easter Tradition with Cascarones
Once Jacob got out of Pre-K and moved on, we pretty much forgot about cascarones. As far as we knew, you could only purchase them in the South Texas area, and we never thought about making them.
When the kids became young adults, one of us found them in a store and got a dozen. We found out that 12 eggs was not enough, so the next year we got more. It tends to grow each year!
The Year We Almost Didn’t Have Cascarones
I will say that Jay was not a big fan of the mess all over the yard. Some of the confetti actually made it’s way into the house as well. That part was not fun.
The Easter after we lost Jacob, we all doused each other with cascarones in honor of him, because he had always had such fun with them. Later, we went to the cemetery and showered a confetti egg over his gravesite. We knew that he was not there, but sometimes traditions can help you go through the grief process.
The next year, we decided not to get any. Jay thought the mess was just too much, and I just went along with him. As Easter came, it was really bothering me. On our way home from church that Easter Sunday, I told Jay that I really wanted to get some. I explained that it was a tradition that started with Jacob so many years ago, and he loved it. Besides that, all of the kids and adults loved it too.
On our way home, we stopped at every store – no cascarones were left! The disappointment was real! As we got home and got Easter lunch ready, Jay disappeared. The next thing I knew, he was texting me to eat without him.
Without me knowing, he had put a post out on Facebook, asking if anyone had any cascarones they would be willing to share. Really? Who would give their family fun up for someone else?
Good friends would do that! Friends who lived about 20 minutes away saw his post and reached out to him. They willingly gave us some of their cascarones. He snuck away and got them!
The Easter traditions with cascarones continued! Now it meant even more to me. He went through a lot of trouble to get them, because he knew how badly I wanted them.
How to Make Your Own Cascarones
Not only are the cascarones fun to play with, they are also a fun family activity to make. These confetti filled eggs are really easy to make. Remember, the Pre-K students made them for their school festival. If you want to make your own cascarones, follow these steps:
- Chip the wider end of the eggs off, making small holes on the very top of each egg – about 1/2 an inch.
- Empty the eggs into a container. You can use the eggs for cooking later.
- Rinse the empty shells well, and put them upside down to drain and dry completely.
- Dye the eggs according to the package directions or with food coloring, and let them dry. (Vibrant colors are great!)
- Fill the empty egg shells with paper confetti. (You can make your own paper confetti using a hole punch, but it will take a while.)
- Put a small amount of glue around the hole on the eggs.
- Cut small squares out of a piece of tissue paper ahead of time. Secure the small tissue paper squares to the glue on the top of the eggs.
- After the glue dries, they are ready to go.
Tips for Using Cascarones
Everyone is a good sport about them! If you look closely at the second picture, you can kind of see that my dad has a confetti egg hidden behind his back as he was sneaking up on the girls.
- Hide them like Easter eggs; even the adults have fun with this one.
- Add them alongside of regular Easter eggs to the kids’ Easter baskets.
- Use them for party favors for birthday parties and other festive times of the year.
- Make sure the confetti-filled eggs are outside before anyone gets a crazy idea. (This is experience speaking!)
- Smash the egg in your hand OVER the people’s heads instead of ON the people’s heads.
- Don’t worry about the mess! The rain will wash it all away, and the eggshells are probably good for the yard.
Supplies for the Fun!
If you have never tried this, at least try it one time. It is so much fun! It can be a festive addition to your Easter celebrations. These little confetti eggs may become your new tradition as well.
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Who knew that so many years ago, a Pre-K school festival would influence our family’s tradition of cascarones? They have brought us much fun and fond memories over the years!
Do you have Easter traditions with cascarones in your family? I love to hear about other family traditions. Please share yours in the comments.
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“There is an occasion for everything, and a time for every activity under heaven: 2 a time to give birth and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot; 3 a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to tear down and a time to build; 4 a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance;” Ecclesiastes 3:1-4
making family traditions is wonderful – Happy Easter!
Happy Easter to you too!🐑
I have never heard of these before but they sound like so much fun!
They are so much fun! You will love them!
Oh, how fun! 🙂
They are a blast! It’s really fun to watch the little ones confetti the great-grandparents!