The Combs Krewe

I like to go all out for every holiday so I planned some fun for Cinco de Mayo. First we all watched an educational video about the Mexican holiday. You know the one--from the 80s. The same one we watched on the TV that had to be rolled into the classroom. Ha ha. It actually wasn't half bad! Then we made some paper mache maracas! Here's how we made them. First we made our paste out of flour and water. Jathan stirred. Then Ryland and I tore newspaper into small pieces and Piper threw every piece within her reach onto the floor. When our newspaper and paste was ready, we used a funnel to put beans into water balloons. This step later proved to be useless so don't do this step! Next we spilled half our bag of beans but Ryland thought it was great fun to pick them up and put them in a bowl so it all worked out just fine. = ) I blew up the water balloons and tied them off. Then I folded a piece of paper into a handle shape and used masking t...