Suggestions for throwing a Mardi Gras party for children. Includes some products for sale, but also has pictures that can be used as project ideas.

Suggestions for throwing a Mardi Gras party for teenagers; includes some product sales pitches.

Includes Mardi Gras history, facts, pictures, and dates with a large glossary and related links.

Several recipes for the traditional king cake eaten at Mardi Gras. Has a picture and some decorating ideas.

Eight designs that you can use.

Mardi Gras frequently asked questions.

Directions for designing a miniature float, a Mardi Gras mask, and coloring pages.

A commercial site selling some supplies, but gives a nice example of a float that could be made at home out of a shoebox and materials around home.

Make a feathered Mardi Gras mask.

A short history of how Mardi Gras came to New Orleans, what the colors of Mardi Gras mean, and why the date changes every year.