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New Year’s Eve Mardi Gras Celebration!

Party Planning Ideas for your New Year’s Theme Party

 

New Years Mardi Gras CelebrationMardi Gras has always been viewed as the ultimate party experience.  If you really want to celebrate New Year’s Eve why not have a Mardi Gras celebration?  Picture yourself in the middle of the French Quarter wearing a colorful mask, and, of course, Mardi Gras beads. You are a stranger in the crowd of masked faces, and the smell of spicy Cajun cuisine is so close that it makes your mouth water.

 

The upbeat sounds of New Orleans carnival music are everywhere. Everyone is offering you beaded necklaces of all shapes and colors. People are in the streets celebrating the fun, colorful and exciting carnival that is Mardi Gras.

 

Mardi Gras Invitations

 

Custom Mardi Gras InvitationYou can certainly choose a New Years party invitation, but a Mardi Gras theme invitation is a lot of fun and is perfect for this party. Include a fabulous Mardi Gras mask and everyone will want to attend your party!  (You'll want to mail it in a padded envelope or even a box.)

 

Feeling ambitious?  What could be more fun than making your own Mardi Gras masks as an invitation? Use construction paper, glitter, sequins, feathers and anything else that will add sparkle to your works of art. Visit your local art supply store or craft store for some ideas and assistance. Put all of the party information on the reverse side of the masks. (Make sure to use a pen that won't show through on the front of the mask.)

 

Recommend that your guests wear your masks as they arrive at your door. You might even want to encourage your guests to dress in costume.  Be prepared when your guests arrive for Mardi Gras New Years style!  Have plenty of beads, masks and Mardi Gras wearables on hand!  The Mardi Gras parade pack has enough for 24 people to dress Mardi Gras style!

 

New Year's Eve Mardi Gras Decorations and Party Supplies

 

Masquerade Star Balloon  As your guests arrive, let them hear the sounds of a Dixieland jazz band or the Mardi Gras music playing in the background. Purple, green, and gold are the traditional colors of the celebration, and can be displayed throughout the house (along with any other colors you choose).  Hang crepe paper on the walls, along with masks, balloons, etc.

 

There are some great Mardi Gras scene setters available.  My favorite is the Mardi Gras Terraces design. Try brightly colored replicas of jazz band instruments such as saxophones and horns.

 

 Hang feather boas and Mardi Gras beads around mirrors. Make sure you have plenty of beads on hand for your guests to wear. Make king and queen crowns available for your guests. Use inflatable musical notes to hang on walls or off the backs of chairs.

 

Mardi Gras Swirls I like adding Mardi Gras swirls from the ceiling.  Add a little bit of Mardi Gras garland for accent and you have created Bourbon Street in your home!  One of the best things about having a Mardi Gras theme party (besides the fact it’s so much fun) is the large amount of colorful decorations available.  Visit Mardi Gras Decorating411 to see the wide selection of Mardi Gras decorations that are available.

 

Don't forget about New Years Eve though when you're decorating!  Add some New Years danglers to your ceiling decorations or glitter Happy New Years banners.

 

New Year's Mardi Gras Party Centerpieces

 

2010 Glitter GlassesMake different bouquets of New Years Eve noisemakers and 2010 glasses to use as your centerpieces. Have them coming out of fun Mardi Gras sequin hats (or other fun Mardi Gras theme hats). Tie purple, gold, and green helium filled balloons to the bouquets to give them some height. Your guests can use the noisemakers later to join in the festivities too. Use Mardi Gras coins and King Cake babies to scatter across tables.

 

We never have a formal sit down dinner for New Year’s Eve so food is necessary but pretty informal. Naturally we use paper goods!  Choose a fun design for your paper goods.  Pick from either New Years theme paper goods or Mardi Gras theme paper goods.  Just choose something bright and colorful! 

 

Don't forget the napkin rings!  Mardi Gras beads make a fabulous napkin ring AND favor. 

 

Mardi Gras New Year's Menu

King CakeCan't you just smell the zesty spices of the traditional New Orleans cuisine? Well if you can't, visit Kyle LeBlanc Crawfish Farms to purchase crawfish so you can have an authentic boil!  Yum! You can also check out www.foodtv.com and see what Emeril, the king of New Orleans himself, has to say about Cajun and Creole cuisine.

 And don't forget a King Cake for dessert! 

Mardi Gras Activities

 

Along with the usual New Year's Eve hoopla, have a costume contest! Whoever has the most elaborate and creative costume is the winner! Another fun game that you can play is "Hidden Treasure." Divide everyone into two teams, and have a treasure hunt for gold Doubloons and beaded necklaces. You can hide a bunch of stuff with or without giving the teams clues as to the whereabouts of the "treasure." The team that finds the most "treasure" wins a prize! We suggest the grand prize be a a festive Mardi Gras crown.

 

New Year's Eve Party Favors
 

This is a great night to decorate your guests. For complete theme kits of hats, tiaras and noisemakers check out these New Year's Theme Kits, Party Apparel and Noisemakers.

 

A bag of chocolate Doubloons are always a nice treat for your guests to take home. But even better is a personalized Mardi Gras candy bar wrappers that will remind your friends how much fun they had the night before. 


It's going to be a great party, but be warned....  Your guests will have so much fun at your New Year's Mardi Gras party that they will want you to host another Mardi Gras party in February!

 

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