How to create a confetti effect in CSS

Creating a confetti effect on a website using only CSS and HTML involves crafting various shapes like squares, rectangles, hexagrams, pentagrams, dodecagrams, and wavy lines, and then animating them to simulate falling confetti. The process begins with setting up the HTML structure and linking it to a CSS file that defines the styles for each shape, utilizing CSS variables for customization. These shapes are animated using CSS keyframes to create a waterfall effect, with variations in speed and color achieved by applying inline styles in the HTML. The article also explores options for randomizing these animations and offers additional styles for pausing the confetti effect, emphasizing the creative potential of CSS for animations without JavaScript. For developers wanting to experiment further, a CodePen and GitHub repository are available for viewing and editing the complete code.