On my last visit to England I was delighted to show my son how we used to make a peashooters out of cow-parsley stalks. He loved it. Pelted me with rice at every opportunity. You could use indiginous seeds, but according to my Aunti Molly, it's only funny till someone loses an eye ;o)

We used to dye Easter eggs with leaves (onion skins too). And the girls used to use dandelion stalks to tatoo themselves (the milk stains brown just like henna).

Good thread.