Thursday, January 9, 2025

Mardi Gras Doll Craft Index

Just a few examples of Mardi Gras artifacts from my listing here: King of Carnival poster,

       Mardi Gras is a particular Feast Day that when translated from French to English means  "Fat Tuesday", reflecting the practice of the last night of eating rich, fatty foods before the ritual Lenten sacrifices and fasting of the Lenten season. The days of Carnival change every year because it is based upon the Moon Phase Calendar.
       Like Good Friday and Easter Sunday it is just one of many highlighted Holy Days celebrated by Orthodox Christians worldwide. While not observed nationally throughout the United States, a number of historically ethnically French cities and regions in the country have notable celebrations.

These American Cities Include: 

       Mardi Gras also refers to events of the Carnival celebration, beginning on or after the Christian feasts of the Epiphany (Three Kings Day) and culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday, known as Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday and Pancake Day.

Traditions Observed During Mardi Gras/Carnival: January 6th Through Fat Tuesday:

  1. The Colors of Mardi Gras are gold, green and purple. - Each represents something important to the church: gold represents power, purple represents justice and green represents faith.
  2. Eating Pancakes Before Ash Wednesday - This tradition is done to consume all eggs, milk and butter before Ash Wednesday.
  3. Eating of "The King's Cake" - A hidden baby Jesus is traditionally hidden inside every cake. Whoever finds this tiny baby is expected by those eating the cake to purchases next year's cake.
  4. Queens and Kings of a Mardi Gras Parades - Royals are selected from every krewe or "social club" that hosts floats and balls, so there are many Kings and Queens in attendance at all the festivities!
  5. Riding Themed Floats During Parades - Floats are crafted many weeks in advance of parade dates and are stored in facilities called "float dens."
  6. Jazz Musicians - are celebrated, promoted and play at all kinds of public and private parties, parades and balls in the United States
  7. The Wearing of Masks - This tradition is kept to eliminate social distinctions among people; making people's identities secret and limited. All people riding on floats are required to wear Mardi Gras masks.
  8. Throwing of jewels (beads) and treasure - "Throws" are traditionally: chocolate gold coins, beads in Mardi Gras colors and various candies.
  9. The Costume Balls - hosted and funded by krewes (secret clubs begin to host these on Twelfth Night all the way to Mardi Gras evening)
  10. Ash Wednesday - is the beginning of fasting before Easter Sunday by Christians worldwide. Some Christians attend services on Ash Wednesday and while they are there a minister will mark their forehead with the sign of the cross.
  11. The customary Krewes are social clubs that raise money and support local parades, parties and dances called balls during Mardi Gras festivities in their cities of origin.

       These 4 Mardi Gras Krewes from Dollville are open to any dolls/children who would love to participate in their make-believe club memberships. Each club hosts a parade float craft with throws, an annual social event during Mardi Gras week and members contribute to some kind of charity fundraiser.

   1. Krewe of Trinity Church School - This parade krewe organizes the annual parade through Dollville and proliferates many of the customary traditions of Mardi Gras events such as the appointment of the Mardi Gras King and Queen from their student doll population. They throw the traditional beads, candy and coins of Mardi Gras from their float. This krewe also hosts a "meet and greet pie and ice cream social'' at their school the evening before Mardi Gras.

   2. The Flap-Jack's Krewe - not only hosts the annual food pantry collection drives in Dollville. They also give a annual pancake breakfast fundraiser on Fat Tuesday morning to support the local families in need. 

  • Fat Tuesday pancake breakfast feast foods! sewn versions, clay pancake versions listed under artifacts below.
  • Throws for the Flap-Jack's Krewe
   3. Krewe of Crazy Hats - Is open to every doll and her or his child who would love to participate in the parade and then later, attend the annual Dollville Mardi Gras Ball! Where your loveliest formal attire and don't forget to craft a mask for the event too... 

   4. The Pet Pals Krewe - parades down main street in Dollville tossing throws to remind every doll that they support "no-kill'' shelters for homeless and lost pets. Remember to visit their local shelter to adopt a pet anytime of the year!

  • Throws for the Pet Pals Krewe

    Artifacts, Articles and Crafts for Mardi Gras: These artifacts will be uploaded soon...

    1. Make Dollhouse Wreaths Using Felt Squares - felt in traditional Mardi Gras colors: green, purple and gold
    2. How to make "no-bake'' King's Cakes for your dolls
    3. Craft captain's Mardi Gras caps for your doll's parade
    4. Sculpt oven bake clay pancakes for your doll's Pancake Tuesday
    5. DIY Doll Masks for Mardi Gras
    6. See just a few of my push and pull toys - Toys like these may be used to dress-up a Mardi Gras parade for your dolls...
    7. Mardi Gras clipart for student journals and/or scrapbooks here
    8. Cut, fold and paste the perfect Mardi Gras fan...
    9. Mother Goose auto paper doll parade from Thrifty Scissors blog
    10. Mardi Gras coloring for kids from Crayon Palace blog

    See how children can make Mardi Gras floats for their dolls at Youtube:
    Doll Sized Costumes, Uniforms & Fashions:

    Mardi Gras/Carnival at YouTube:

    Taste of Live Cajun and Creole Country Music:

    Child Friendly Film for Mardi Gras:
    • The Miracle Maker - The stop motion-animated film directed by Derek Hayes and Stanislav Sokolov of the life of Jesus Christ, voiced by Ralph Fiennes. Hand-drawn animated cartoons are used to distinguish flashbacks, parables, stories, spiritual encounters and visions from the main plot, which is all in stop motion. Full Feature Film at The Church History Channel.
    • The Princess and The Frog - is a 2009 American animated musical fantasy romantic comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 49th Disney animated feature film, it is loosely based on the 2002 novel The Frog Princess by E. D. Baker, which in turn is based on the German folk tale "The Frog Prince" as collected by the Brothers Grimm. Trailer, The making of ...., Review
    Documentaries for Teens:
    • The Whole Gritty City - CBS documentary about middle school marching bands... Trailer, Review
    • Tradition Is A Temple - is an American documentary film about New Orleans jazz culture and modernization's effect on American traditions, written and directed by Darren Hoffman and released in 2013. Teaser, Trailer, Website, Review
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