HOW TO ENJOY NEW ORLEANS MARDI GRAS WITH KIDS (YES YOU CAN!)

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Mardi Gras is a celebration of culture and community. It’s possibly the biggest festival in Louisiana, and especially in its most vibrant city, New Orleans.

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It’s famous for its colourful parades, dancing, drinking culture, loud music, and excitement. People from all over the city, and even the world, venture to the French Quarter each year to see the biggest parades and celebrations happen.

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Can you take the kids to Mardi Gras?

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The best way to have an amazing Mardi Gras experience is to come prepared. Here are three simple tips to do that.

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Get Your Mardi Gras Costumes

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When is Mardi Gras? Have your dates locked!

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Talk to your kids about Mardi Gras

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Freycinet National Park

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HOW TO ENJOY NEW ORLEANS MARDI GRAS WITH KIDS (YES YOU CAN!)

Mardi Gras is a celebration of culture and community. It’s possibly the biggest festival in Louisiana, and especially in its most vibrant city, New Orleans.

It’s famous for its colourful parades, dancing, drinking culture, loud music, and excitement. People from all over the city, and even the world, venture to the French Quarter each year to see the biggest parades and celebrations happen.

Can you take the kids to Mardi Gras?

I’m pretty sure the kids would love to participate in something so culturally rich, colorful, and exciting as Mardi Gras in New Orleans. So fear not venturesome parents, Mardi Gras with kids is possible, and immense fun.

The best way to have an amazing Mardi Gras experience is to come prepared. Here are three simple tips to do that.

Get Your Mardi Gras Costumes

We love how Americans embrace so many opportunities for dressing up in costume. Don’t skip this part to Mardi Gras.

When is Mardi Gras? Have your dates locked!

The Mardi Gras dates change each year as it is dependent on when Ash Wednesday/ Easter Sunday is which of course changes every year.

Talk to your kids about Mardi Gras

We spoke to the girls about what the Mardi Gras experience would be like in New Orleans. They knew Bourbon Street was the adult’s playground and we wouldn’t go near there.

Freycinet National Park

Within this peninsular is the famous Wineglass Bay – a beach consistently rated as one of the world’s best. Three pink granite peaks – the Hazard mountains – rise dramatically, protecting the bay from the infiltration of humanity.

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