Mardi Gras World Special Events
Mardi Gras Mask Making
This 30 Minute activity gives children the opportunity to use their imagination and creativity to build a Mardi Gras Mask they can take home. Each student will be provided with one plastic mask, self adhesive shapes and feathers to create their one-of-a-kind mask. Surrounded by magnificent Props and Floats your class is sure to be inspired
Mini Float Building at Blaine Kern's Mardi Gras World
Kick off the experience with a guided tour for the group. This takes about one hour and will give the group more insight about the activity to follow. The tour includes a 12 minute movie presentation, an opportunity to try on costumes, King Cake and coffee, Mardi Gras World beads and a tour of the Prop Shop to see the artists creating, painting, constructing and sculpting. The group will also view the most awesome floats ever built for carnival - the Orpheus 140 foot, triple-tandem sea monster "Leviathan" and the 240 foot quintuple-tandem "Captain Eddie's S.S. Endymion" with tens of thousands of fiber optic lights.
The group will be sub-divided into groups of 8-10. Prior to the event a general theme should be picked, ie. African Wildlife, Countries of the World, Children's Story Books, etc. Each team will then sketch the 'vision' of their float on paper. Then they begin construction. Each group is furnished with the following: gloves, aprons, paints, brushes, styrofoam, fringe and all tools necessary to complete the task.
There will be two artists on hand for verbal assistance and they will also be available to judge the floats at the end. This activity takes about two hours and includes soft drinks. For pricing and more information, call (504) 361-7821 or (800) 362-8213.
