Fill the piñata with beads, noisemakers, treats, and other trinkets in Mardi Gras colors, shapes, and designs. Cookie ...

Participants are making a point to help artists who had lost their normal jobs of decorating parade floats. One community organizer, Devin De Wulf, co-developed the Hire a Mardi Gras Artist ...

Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday ... there are also the more coveted items such as painted coconuts, hand-decorated shoes and bedazzled toilet plungers. The annual jollification is not limited to ...