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Mardi Gras falls on February 21, 2012 this year. Here are some ideas for invitations, decorations, recipes and more!
 
Host a Mardi Gras Masquerade Party!
Use masks as invitations, just write in the information on the back side, and mail in an envelope~ You can also make your own masks with golden yellow, deep purple, and deep green posterboard or construction paper. Be sure to use a white gel pen on the darker paper. You may also embellish with gold glitter to really make them stand out.
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Decorate in Purple (for justice), Green (for faith), and Gold (for power) in balloons, streamers, beads, feathers and masks.
- Create a Mardi Gras centerpiece: Using gold lame fabric, wrap a medium sized styrofoam square (just like wrapping a present) Bring all of the fabric to the top, secure with straight pins. Next, poke in bright and feather-y masks on sticks (so this right in the center of the top). Hide the pins by draping and adhering (with hot glue gun) colorful beads. You could also use premade Mardi Gras centerpieces.
- Use gold plates and napkins. Wrap plasticware in gold napkins , securing them with a pretty wired ribbon.
- Scatter beads and doubleoons (plastic coins) all over tabletops.
- Play jazz and cajun style music
Check out Plum Party for the most unique and fun Mardi Gras party supplies and gifts...
Menu Everyone is sure to enjoy Seafood Jambalaya:
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 red pepper, chopped
1 large onion, chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped
1/4 cup chopped parsley
8 oz fresh mushrooms
1 Tbls vegetable oil
1 Tbls butter
1 can cream of shrimp soup
1 chicken bouillion cube
1 can tomatoes, chopped
1 1/2 cups long grain rice
1 to 1 1/2 lbs crawfish tails or 1 to 1 1/2 lbs shrimp, or both
Saute celery, onion, red and bell peppers, parsley, and mushrooms in oil and butter until soft. Dissolve boullion cube in 1 1/4 cups boiling water and add to pot, along with soup, tomatoes, rice and crawfish/shrimp. Mix well, cover, and bake at 350 degrees for 70 minutes, stirring well every 15 minutes.
You can also find many other Mardi Gras recipes at:
A Mardi Gras tradition... King Cake. New Orleans bakers produce thousands of King cakes, decorated in the Mardi Gras colors: purple, green and gold. Hidden in each oblong of braided coffee-cake dough is a plastic baby; custom dictates that whoever finds it must give the next King cake party. And one Mardi Gras organization even uses a King cake tradition to choose the queen of its annual ball.
Visit Rao's Bakery for more information and to order a King Cake to be shipped directly to you.
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For other great Mardi Gras party ideas, recipes, insider's guide to Mardi Gras, party essentials and free Mardi Gras screensaver go to:
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Great Mardi Gras party supplies!
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Whether hosting a smaller Mardi Gras party, or just want to go a little more elaborate, Shindigz has you covered! They carry a HUGE variety of Mardi Gras party supplies and decorations for the smallest Mardi Gras party to the biggest event!
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Mardi Gras faceted beads
It is customary to throw beads from floats during the Mardi Gras Parade. You can use these beads as decorations scattered on tabletops and/or party favors for your guests.
$6.00/dozen
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