Mardi Gras Coloring Pages: Festive Printable Coloring Pages of Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) Printables Holidays Fun With Dad Activities Kids Playtime
Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is a carnival celebration that falls the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. A Mardi Gras celebration is full of fun, activities and food, with a highlight on the parades where beads and other trinkets are thrown from elaborating decorated floats. But why do they throw beads?
Legend says that in the 1880s a man dressed as Santa Claus started throwing beads from the floats, and then everyone else followed his lead. Now, it's customary for krewes to buy mass quantities of colorful breads to throw to parade attendees. How fun! Read more about the history of Mardi Gras.
If you can't make it to Mardi Gras, why not have your own Mardi Gras celebration at home this year? You can start by printing out these free printable Mardi Gras coloring pages. We also love this shoebox Mardi Gras float craft and shortcut king cake recipe. And here are more Mardi Gras-inspired recipes to try:
- Mardi Gras Ground Beef Cornbread Casserole
- Remoulade Sauce
- Hurricane Cocktails
- Charbroiled Oysters
- Cajun Corn and Shrimp Soup
- Shrimp Po' Boy
- Cajun Dirty Rice
- Golden Crawfish Etouffee
- Bananas Foster
- Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
- Cajun Cake
Plus, here's how to host a crawfish boil.
To print the coloring pages from your computer, simply click the "print image" button in the top right-hand corner.
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