I purchased these dessert shop Easter eggs shaped like ice cream cones, cupcakes and petit fours. I loved the unique shapes. However, as you can see, appearances are all that I paid for; I will need to stuff them a bit more than I thought.
I also purchased a pack of Squinkies to stuff into the little people's Easter eggs, just for fun. Extra candy, a few toys, coins and printed scriptures will make up the contents of these eggs for my family's Easter egg hunt this year. Why not swipe of few of the Easter scriptures below and print them out for your little ones?
Build a miniature pond scene at the center of a children's
Easter table.
Every trick and surprise of the table decoration is appreciated by children who possess special aptitude for absorbing every tiny detail; nothing seems to escape their scrutinizing attention.
A comparatively inexpensive idea is to place a table mirror, the larger the better, in the center of the table and fringe it with greens. Watercress makes an attractive border; so does smilax and asparagus or maiden-hair fern. At intervals station miniature artificial trees. In the center place little goslings, setting several among the greens. Fill a toy boat with wee chickens, out of consideration of their non-aquatic abilities. The chickens and goslings may be purchased for mere pocket change at a local toy shop.
More realistic, of course, would be a wide, low dish, filled with water, having fuzzy yellow creatures floating upon the surface. Daffodils, crocuses or jonquils laid at intervals among the green would add a picturesque touch.
Stuff hollowed out eggs with confetti and reseal these with a little white glue and tissue paper. It you are going to dye the eggs first allow the water to drain out of the hollowed egg shells thoroughly before adding the confetti. If you don't have the time to make your own confetti, this may be purchased at craft stores. If you are going to break the eggs outside, you can also fill confetti eggs with bird seed instead.
Cascarones or confetti eggs are festive, hollowed-out chicken eggs filled with confetti or small toys. They are rumored to have originated in China and brought to Europe by Marco Polo.
In Italy they were first used as a courting ritual, filled with perfume
and then capped with wax. Men would throw them at women they found
attractive. The custom then traveled to Spain and was later brought to
Mexico in the mid-1800s by Emperor Maximilian’s wife. It was in Mexico
that the perfumed powder was replaced with confetti.
In Spanish, cáscara means eggshell. Cascarones are similar to the Easter eggs
popular in many other countries. They are mostly used in Mexico during
Carnival, but in US and Mexico border the cultures combined making them a
popular Easter tradition.
Decorated, confetti-filled cascarones may be thrown or crushed over
the recipient's head to shower him or her with confetti. In addition to Easter, cascarones have become popular for occasions including birthdays, Halloween, Cinco de Mayo, Dieciséis, Day of the Dead,
and weddings (wedding cascarones can be filled with birdseed). Like
many popular traditions in Mexico, cascarones are increasingly popular
in the southwestern United States. For example, they are especially prominent during the two-week, city-wide festival of Fiesta in San Antonio, Texas.
Having a cascarón broken over one's head is said to bring good luck.
In order to make Cascarones, one can use a pin or knife to break a
hole on the end of the egg and pour the egg out. The shell must then be
cleaned out. Decorate it as desired and let dry. Then fill with confetti
or a small toy. Apply glue around the outside of the hole and cover
with tissue paper.
April by Robert B. Shearer, age 11 Loving April's come at last. Hurrah, for stormy March is past! Oh, Spring, Spring, Spring, Can't you hear the birds sing? And can't you see the April showers That we all know will make May flowers?
