Celebrate Mardi Gras
Saturday, February 10, 2024
Upcoming Special Programs:
It’s Mardi Gras at CMA! Learn all about Mardi Gras, design your very own float for our parade around the Museum, decorate masks, and more!
Make sure to visit our new exhibit Outside the Box to unbox your imagination!
Activities:
9:30am
Jane's Innovation Station: Shoebox Floats
Come design your very own float for our CMA Parade using a cardboard shoebox!
9:30am
Science Bar: Colorful Candle Chemistry
Learn all about where fireworks for Mardi Gras and other celebrations get their colors from!
9:30am
Art Studio: Mardi Gras Masks
Come create and decorate masks for our CMA Mardi Gras parade!
10:00am
Story Time: Dinosaur Mardi Gras
Chomp and stomp your way to the CMA Stage as we read "Dinosaur Mardi Gras!" by Dianne de Las Casas. Learn about some Mardi Gras traditions and the fun and ferocious beats celebrating the holiday - Dinosaurs!
11:00am
Mardi Gras Parade
Come on down to the CMA Stage and join us for our Mardi Gras Parade! Make sure to create your shoebox float in Jane's Innovation Station before.
12:00pm
Story Time: Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Learn about Mardi Gras in New Orleans in this fun children's book by Madison Webb. Celebrate this awesome holiday in all its glory!
1:00pm
Story Time: Dinosaur Mardi Gras
Chomp and stomp your way to the CMA Stage as we read "Dinosaur Mardi Gras!" by Dianne de Las Casas. Learn about some Mardi Gras traditions and the fun and ferocious beats celebrating the holiday - Dinosaurs!
2:00pm
Mardi Gras Parade
Come on down to the CMA Stage and join us for our Mardi Gras Parade! Make sure to create your shoebox float in Jane's Innovation Station before.
3:00pm
Story Time: Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Learn about Mardi Gras in New Orleans in this fun children's book by Madison Webb. Celebrate this awesome holiday in all its glory!