I was not personally born in Louisiana, however, the majority of my family is or was born and raised in Louisiana. Being from a family who was raised with the type of cultures and traditions that is shared among all of those who are from there, I was also taught many of their cultures and traditions, including one of the state favorites, Mardi Gras.
Mardi Gras facts and a slight history:
To read about the history click here. This will open the East Jefferson Parrish: The History of Mardi Gras website and you can read it all.
For the girls birthday party we made the majority of their decorations and activities. Any of you who enjoy celebrating or are interested in celebrating would have loved our party. We had games such as: Pin the baby on the King Cake (our own version of pin the tail on the donkey), a doubloon hunt (our version of an Easter egg hunt), and Mardi Gras hot potato (hot potato with a Mardi Gras stuffed animal). We were able to make everything from items caught at parades threw out the years. Because it is Sepetember, we couldn't find any Mardi Gras items out for sale so instead we bought plain white t-shirts and "puffy" paint to make the girls Mardi Gras shirts to wear on their special day. We also had lots of help from the girls grandpa who is a Mardi Gras fanatic and happened to have LOTS of decorations that we could use.
I am so happy that we were able to have a birthday party that everyone was able to interact with and the girls were able to celebrate their own traditions and learn more about them while having fun!
