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Tony’s rocket was highly anticipated by the kids. It launched up on a short-burn motor and then released scads of candy-filled Easter eggs, many with little parachutes that drifted down to a swarm of kids trying to catch the candy rain.

11 responses to “Candy Rain”

  1. It makes me feel like a child again! I would have loved a parachute holding candies! What a great idea. I recall last year. Has it been long?

  2. Chocolate rain cluster bomb!

  3. What a fun concept. 🙂

  4. This is awesome! I think I’ll incorporate something like this into my rocket club’s closest-to-Easter launch next year.

  5. @Mimosa: Yeah… One year ago…

    Flying Easter Eggs

  6. that’s awesome. at first i thought it exploded.

  7. self breaking pinata! 🙂

  8. Who started this tradition? I see above, Tony’s rocket.Was it done elsewhere before?

  9. Been flying it in various incarnations for 12 years now.

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