Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) is February 12. In the next couple of weeks there will be parades in places such as Kemah, Galveston, Lake Charles, New Orleans, and Mobile. To get in the Mardi Gras spirit, children ages 4-12 can make a Mardi Gras shoebox float on Monday, January 28 at 4:30 pm. We will have shoeboxes and lots of beads, stickers, colorful streamers and other items to decorate a float.