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Thanks to the pandemic, there won't be any Mardi Gras parades this year in New Orleans—but what there will be is the Krewe of House Floats. That's the name of the...

In A Year Without Parades, Mardi Gras In New Orleans Is All About House Floats

"Last year, I made a bunch of origami flowers that kiddo and I passed out to people while we wandered around the French Quarter," Boudreaux wrote on November 17. "Tempted to continue the theme, turn the whole house into a flower float and pass out flowers to the neighbours while I drink all day." A few hours later, she posted an update: "It's decided. We're doing this. Turn your house into a float and throw all the beads from your attic at your neighbours walking by. #mardigras2021." Boudreaux also posted her plans on her Facebook page. Two days later she had 1,000 new followers.

New Orleans might be the only place where a pair of giraffes, a velociraptor and Dr. John can co-exist peacefully. The Krewe of House Floats, started by a casual suggestion on the internet to decorate one’s house as a Mardi Gras float, quickly sprang into a full-blown movement. Within a short time, 2,600 homes across New Orleans — as well as homes around the country and as far away as Australia, Europe, and Asia — displayed the creativity, pageantry and joie de vivre of Mardi Gras. Megan Boudreaux, founder of the Krewe of House Floats, said that the almost overnight response to her su...

With Mardi Gras canceled, New Orleans residents are making their homes into floats Cathy Free, The Washington Post Feb. 15, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3The "Mystic Moai and the Escape From Kraken Coven" house float designed by Zac Hobbs and Gail Gainey.Zac Hobbs.Show MoreShow Less 2of3Meghan Davis's "Queen of Hearts" house float.Meghan Davis.Show MoreShow Less 3of3 Megan Boudreaux was feeling down three months ago after she learned that New Orleans wasn't going to issue Mardi Gras parade permits for 2021 because of the pandemic. The annual holiday wouldn't be the same, she sa...