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Party Plan by Party Consultant Michelle Hylton                Updated: 05/23/2013

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Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday". 

Mardi Gras Carnival season begins on January 6th, the Twelfth Night, Epiphany or Kings Day and ends on Fat Tuesday. 

Mardi Gras falls on Tuesday before Ash Wednesday and marks the beginning of the 40-day (not counting the 6 Sundays) season of Lent (or 46 days before Easter).

   

This year, Mardi Gras falls on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. 

 

The colors of Mardi Gras are:

Purple for Justice

Green for Faith

Gold for Power

 

This theme can be used year round for:

Birthdays

Bachelor or Bachelorette Parties

Auctions/Fundraisers

Proms

Family Reunions

 

INVITATION IDEAS
Create A Mask Invite Bead Invitation Write on a Crown

 Assorted Neon Half Masks

Use these inexpensive masks and a permanent marker to invite your guests.

Attach a printed note to  Purple/Green/Gold Mardi Gras beads and hand deliver or place in a colorful envelope.

 Mardi Gras Paper Crowns Asst. (12 count)

Use a black permanent marker and write your invite on the inside of these crowns, flatten and mail or hand deliver.

Mardi Gras Paper Crowns Asst. (12 count)

 

New Party Ticket Invitation

Give out the Hottest Ticket in Town for Your Mardi Gras Party!

You Customize it!

Printed on Authentic Ticket Stock!

(Click on ticket to enter store) 

 

New Photo Ticket Invitation

 

DECORATING IDEAS

Buffet Table Decor

Room Decor 

More Ideas 

 Mardi Gras Table Skirt

Start with a rich purple tablecover, shimmering table skirt and mask 18" centerpiece or this Mardi Gras Jester/Crown Centerpiece.

 

 

Mask 18

 

Toss colorful beads, masquerade confetti or gold doubloons on the table.

 

Wrap gold utensils in Masquerade Luncheon napkins with purple, gold and green curling ribbon.

 

If your looking to light up the night, try some fun light up glasses, straws or ice cubes.

 

Party Kits!

 

 Masquerade Kit for 8

 Masquerade Kit for 8

 

 

 Mardi Gras Beads Party Kit

 Mardi Gras Beads

Party Kit for 8

 

 Solid Purple Tableware

 Purple Cutlery Pack

 

 Solid Green Tableware

 Green Cutlery Pack

 

 Solid Gold Tableware

 Gold Cutlery Pack

 

 

 Green Ice Bucket

 Green Ice Bucket

 

 Deluxe Mardi Gras Scene Kit

Scene Setters are Hot!

 

Transform your party room into a New Orleans party scene.  You can add street signs, terraces, borders, Jazz musicians and more to set the scene for your party!

Don't forget sticky tack!

 

 15' Mardi Gras Tinsel Garland

 

 Mardi Gras Ceiling Kit

 

Mardi Gras Metallic Curtain

Add garland, metallic curtainsfleur danglers and more to create a grand entrance.

 Masquerade Star Balloon

 Masquerade Star Balloon

Balloons are the most inexpensive way to decorate a room.  Use Mardi Gras colors of gold, green and purple for helium balloons and then add a few large Mylars like the Masquerade Star balloon.

 

Mardi Gras Table Runner

 Mardi Gras Table Runner

Hang a Mardi Gras Mask Pinata in the party room.

 

Hang the four faces of gold masks or other masks on the walls of your party room.

The perfect pack for 24 guests with hats, masks, noisemakers and more for a salute to Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras Party Kit for 25

 Mardi Gras Party Kit for 25

 

 Gold Curling Ribbon

 Gold Curling Ribbon

 

Purple Curling Ribbon

 Purple Curling Ribbon

 

 

 Green Holographic Curl Ribbon 100YD

 Green Holographic Curl Ribbon

 

 

 Bag of Purple Glow Straws

 Bag of Purple Glow Straws

 

 

                                                 

 

Large Event Decor

 Mardi Gras Ball Oval Mask Each

 Mardi Gras Ball Oval Mask

Accent your Mardi Gras dance floor with this Mardi Gras Oval Mask. Each free-standing cardboard Mardi Gras Oval Mask is 7 feet high x 5 feet wide.

Custom Creation Square Column Mardi Gras Each

 Custom Creation Circle Arch Mardi Gras

 This Mardi Gras Custom Creation Circle Arch will make the perfect entrance at you Mardi Gras Celebration. Each cardboard arch is 8' 6" high x 10' 5 1/2" wide x 1' deep and is printed on one side. Assembly required.

Mardi Gras Madness

 Mardi Gras Madness "float" Kit Set/3

Create your own New Orleans parade-like setting with our exclusive custom "Float" standees! Each set includes a Rebel Fish Biker standee (5 feet high x 9 feet wide), Jester standee (8 feet high x 9 feet wide) , and an Imperial Dragon standee (8 feet high x 9 feet wide). Standees come with purple, gold and green fringe. Free standing. Easy assembly.

 Mardi Gras Mask Photo Background Illustrations 48

  Mardi Gras Mask Photo Background Illustrations 48"x134"

Personalized Vinyl Photo Mural

Decorate your your French Quarter themed event with our Mardi Gras Mask Photo Background Illustration. Simply choose the material you would like your Background illustration printed on and choose the size of your illustration from the sizes available in your material. Illustrations are available in cardboard, heavy mural paper, or vinyl. Vinyl illustrations come with grommets for easy hanging, and printed board illustrations require easy assembly.

 Mardi Gras Fabric Bunting Each

 Mardi Gras Fabric Bunting Each

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 11" Mardi Gras Mask Around Balloons Pkg/100

 Mask & Coins Personalized Banner 24

  Mask & Coins Personalized Banner 24"x72" Attach N Go Banner

Prices as low as $14.99 Quick & Easy to Create Over 1,000 designs to choose from Our exclusive customizing tool allows you to move, rotate and size. Order one, ten or 10,000. Weather-resistant Vinyl Banners Printed on durable 10 ounce white vinyl Includes metal grommets for hanging 7 sizes available.  Also available are Attach N' Go Banners, they are easy as 1, 2, 3! Peel, Place, Enjoy! Printed on safe, low-tack material Perfect for anywhere, no cords or tape needed 3 sizes available.

 Sax Balloon Arch Each

 Sax Balloon Arch

The Sax Balloon Arch features two cardboard saxophones accented with Marid Gras masks, beads and Bourbon Street signs along with, 6 dozen latex balloons in gold, green and purple. The Sax Balloon Arch includes our Jazz Trio Sound Chip which makes the sound of a jazz band playing a tune. Each of the saxophone balloon arches measures over 9 feet high x 8 feet wide and is perfect for entrances, pictures and more. Helium (not included) required to inflate the balloons to create the arch.Jazz Sax Player Standee and Jazz Trumpet Player sold separately.

 

ADULT ACTIVITIES

Costume Contest 

Mardi Gras Scrabble Doubloon Toss

On your invitation make sure to tell your guest to wear a costume. About halfway through the evening announce the winner. 

 

Now voting can be done by the hostess/host only, or have guest write in their choice, collect, tally and announce a winner.

Select a Mardi Gras term or phrase like "French Mardi Gras", "Fat Tuesday" or "French Quarters".

 

Give each guest a piece of paper and pen and start a timer for 1 minute or whatever amount of time you think feasible. 

 

Guest must try to make as many words as they can from the term used.

 

The guest with the most correct words win. Be prepared for ties, so have a few prizes handy. 

Create a carnival game where you toss gold doubloons  into shot glasses. Use plastic shot glasses and mark them with colored sharpies or paint.  Mark three cups green, two cups purple and one gold, leave four clear. You may have to tape cups down or fill with a little sand

(or dried rice) to keep from tipping. 

 

Clear is worth 1 pts.

Green is worth 2 pt.

Purple is worth 3 pts.

Gold is worth 5 pts.

 

Give each player  6 doubloons  (representing January 6th the start of Carnival Season). 

 

You can have two guests play against each other. Give winners a prize or beads.

     
Bead Game Mardi Gras Trivia

Crown a King & Queen of the Party

How many beads can you get? That's the object of most Mardi Gras parade goers.

Create a game for your guest in which they get beads. The person with the most beads at the end of the evening wins a prize.

Two options are:

1. Start each guest off with 6 bead necklaces.  While talking to another party guest, you try to get them to say the word "BEAD". If you succeed you get to take one of their bead necklaces.   You can choose another Mardi Gras term as well or assign a word to each of the three colors of Mardi Gras.

2. Use this in conjunction with trivia questions. Various times throughout the party shout out a trivia question, whoever gets it right gets a bead necklace.

Create trivia cards and play in teams or play rounds with couples until you have a winner.

You can start with simple trivia questions like:

1. What does Mardi Gras mean?

2. What are the colors of Carnival Celebrations?

3. What item is found in the Kings Cake?

4. What day starts the Carnival Celebration?

5. What is the name given to the private clubs that organize Mardi Gras events?

 

Then start adding harder ones. Here is a link to some Mardi Gras/Carnival History and terms.

 

History of Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras Trivia Questions

 

 Purple Kings Crown

This can be a fun crowning ceremony in which the host and hostess crowns the King & Queen of the party. 

 

Determining who gets this honor can be done in conjunction with the costume contest, winners of the Trivia game, the guest who get the cake piece with the King's Baby in it.

You could also do a simple name drawing for the ladies and fellows. 

 

 

CHILDREN ACTIVITIES

Create Decorative Mask

 Create A Carnival Float

Pass the Baby 

Using our metallic masks, have kids create their own wild Mardi Gras Mask. They can add glitter, feathers, sequins and more. I removed the elastic, punched two small holes and attached and hot glued a thin wooden dowel for a handle.

 

Start with metallic mask and glue dowel in place. Let dry. Then set up a crafting table with glitter, feathers, beads, cording, sequins and craft glue. Let your guest be creative.

 

Finished Design is

to the left.

 

 

 

 

 

Save shoe boxes or ask guest to bring shoe boxes to decorate.  Take the lid off and turn the box upside down to decorate. The lid slips onto side of the box to create the back of the float.  Kids can paint, glue material or colorful paper strips onto the boxes. Provide lots of craft supplies like sequins, glitter, ribbons, stickers, etc for them to decorate with.  Let them dry while you play games and eat. Later have a parade, let the kids hold their floats and parade around the room.  

Like "Hot Potato", using a small baby doll that resembles a Kings Cake  baby.

 

(Do not use our King Cake Babies they are not recommended for children due to their very small size. Use a larger toy doll for this game.)

 

Play till there is one player left who is crowned the KING or QUEEN!  

 

 Adjustable King's Crown

 

 Adjustable Queen's Crown

     

Face Painting

Mardi Gras Coloring

 Piñata

Set up a station to face paint on some fabulous designs for the celebration.  

Click here for some pictures to download and print in B&W for kids to color. You can also print color versions for decorations.

 Mardi Gras - Gold and Purple Mask Pinata

 Mardi Gras - Gold and Purple Mask Pinata

 

 Mardi Gras Mask Pinata

  ardi Gras Mask Pinata

 

 

COSTUMES & ACCESSORIES  

  Mardi Gras Queen Adult Costume

Mardi Gras Queen Adult Costume

Mardi Gras King Adult Costume 

Mardi Gras King Adult Costume

 Mardi Gras Jester Parade Costume

 Mardi Gras Jester Parade Costume

     

Hats- Sequin Jester, Berets, Derbies Headbands, Royal King or Queen Crowns. 

 

Purple Foil Wig

 

 

 Mardi Gras Jester Hat

 Mardi Gras Jester Hat

 

 

 Mardi Gras Hair Extensions

Mardi Gras Hair Extensions

Adorn your neck

 

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Beads

 Glow Jewelry

 LED Necklaces

 Boas

 

 

 Mardi Gras Crown Beads

Mardi Gras Crown Beads

 Jumbo Mardi Gras Glitz 'N Gleam Bow Tie

  Jumbo Mardi Gras Glitz 'N Gleam Bow Tie

It's a tradition "not" to show your face at Mardi Gras.

 

 Assorted Feathered Masks

 

 Assorted Sequin Masks

 Large Feathered Masks

 

 Masks

Metallic masks, sequin masks or glasses, and  feather masks for you and your guests. 

 Purple LED Sunglasses

Purple LED Sunglasses

 Mardi Gras Feather Tiara Mardi Gras Feather Tiara

 Purple Kings Crown

 Purple Kings Crown

 

                                               

PARADE THROWS

OR

PARTY FAVORS

Blinking Mask Beads

 Blinking Mask Beads

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 Beads

 1.5

Gold Doubloons

 Mardi Gras Tiaras

 Mardi Gras Tiaras

 Mardi Gras Medallions

 Mardi Gras Medallions

 Mardi Gras Leis

 Mardi Gras Leis

 King Cake Babies

 King Cake Babies

Mardi Gras Literopes

Mardi Gras Literopes

 Mardi Gras Feather Mask

 Masks

 3.5

 3.5" Metallic Gold Mini Tambourines

 Multi Color Inflatable Saxophone

 Multi Color Inflatable Saxophone

 Inflatable Crown

 Inflatable Crown

Mardi Gras 14oz. Plastic Cups

Mardi Gras 14oz. Plastic Cups fill with candy, wrap in cello and tie off with purple, green and gold curling ribbon.

 Assorted Mardi Gras Bandanas

 Assorted Mardi Gras Bandanas

   1.5

 1.5" Mardi Gras Coins/ Doubloons

 Mardi Gras - Beer Mug

  Mardi Gras - Beer Mug

 Mardi Gras Jester Headband

  Mardi Gras Jester Headband

 Mardi Gras Rubber Duckies

  Mardi Gras Rubber Duckies

12 per pack

 Vinyl Mardi Gras Crawfish

 Vinyl Mardi Gras Crawfish

 Mardi Gras Lollipops Pkg/12

 Mardi Gras Lollipops Pkg/12

 Mardi Gras Bubble Gum Coins: 100-Piece Bag

  Mardi Gras Bubble Gum Coins: 100-Piece Bag

                                                    

PARTY  MUSIC

 

PARTY MENU

Mardi Gras Party Table with Kings Cake

Kings Cake History & Recipe

Cajun Recipes

Low-Fat Tuesday Recipes

Adult New Orleans Beverages

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 Mardi Gras Deco Pics Pkg/24

 

 

 

Mardi Gras Deco Pics Pkg/24 - Decorate your cupcakes Mardi Gras Cake Deco Pics. This package of 24 includes pink, purple, yellow and green see-through masks with Mylar on each side.

 Mardi Gras Food Picks

 

Mardi Gras Food PicksFleur De Lis Drink Stirrers

 

 

  Fleur De Lis Drink Stirrers

 

 

More Links:

 

Send a Mardi Gras E-Card 

 

 

Shop Mardi Gras party supplies at Century Novelty

 

Mardi Gras Masks

 

 Mardi Gras Party Supplies

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