Each year, students in Amie Godinez's Spanish class take a break from learning vocabulary and grammar to put their creative talents to use in their annual cascarones project; this year they showed off their skills with a variety of unique ideas ranging from Ice Age-themed eggs to egg-penguins on a lift.
Cascarones comes from the Spanish word "cascara," which means egg shell. In Godinez's class, students take egg shells and paint them, decorate them and even make settings for them out of other materials.
The idea of cascarones was first seen in Asia and then later in Italy. The eggs, which were filled with a perfumed powder, were given as gifts. The idea then made its way to Mexico. There, the perfumed powder was replaced by confetti. It is a tradition in Mexican culture to throw the eggs so they explode into confetti once they hit a target, according to Godinez.
Cascarones are a popular feature of Carnaval, which marks the end of the Easter season.
Godinez said the students' eggs always turn out great, and this year did not disappoint.
Twelve winners were selected and those are: first place - Melanie Thomas, "Ice Age;" second place - Odessa Pearrow, "Peacocks;" third place - Liam Walls, "Skeleton;" fourth place - Jenna Adams, "Gremlin;" fifth place - LuzElena Acevedo, "Safari Scene;" sixth place - Ari Saunders, "Solar System;" seventh place - Caitlynn Cooper, "Scuba Divers;" eighth place - Alyssa Campbell, "Rapunzel;" ninth place - Vickey Mendoza, "Chocolates;" 10th place - Shaelyn Hammargren, "Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dumb;" 11th place - Madison Hammargren, "Day of the Dead Skeleton;" 12th place - Makkenna Lloyd, "Penguins."
Contact Jessica Powell at j.powell@winnemuccapublishing.net.
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