A Mardi Gras Theme Party can be held at any time of the year, though has always traditionally been held on “Fat Tuesday” also known as Shrove Tuesday, the last Tuesday before Lent as an opportunity for one last merriment of fun, music and stuffing ones face with chocolate and alcohol before making the religious fast. Mardi Gras is a huge event around the world, mainly with Catholics, however there is nothing stopping anybody from joining in on the fun.
Mardi Gras Party Invitations
As with any party you’re planning on holding in this day and age, I suggest you create a Facebook group for you to invite all your guests. Everybody will be able to see who is coming and this typically increases attendance! Your Facebook group can also be used to upload all the images and video from during the party once the party is finished. This way you and all your guests will have lasting memories of the great day.
In addition, you should also send out physical invites maybe in the style of a Mardi Gras mask cut from paper. Otherwise, you could look online for some cool Mardi Gras costumes, print them off and write your invitations on them.
Mardi Gras Party Decorations
The traditional Mardi Gras theme party colors are purple, green and gold which represent justice, faith and power. You should endeavour to decorate your venue with these colors as much as possible. The easiest way to do this would be to buy balloons. Also you could easily get table cloths and plates in these colors. There are many many Mardi Gras Party Decorations available for low prices on Amazon. You should take a look.
Mardi Gras Party Costumes
For costumes at a Mardi Gras theme party, you should try and dress up as outlandishly as possible. In fact I also suggest you take a look at our Masquerade Party Ideas for some inspiration as many people use the same costume for both party themes. You could go for a royalty theme and dress as Louis XVI or Marie Antoinette. How about dressing as a court jester all in green? Or if you have an ideal costume from a former Halloween party then it would easily be transferable for a Mardi Gras theme party. However the most common and obvious type of costume would be drag. Men can dress as women and women can dress as men! This is very common in the French Quarter of New Orleans and for your own private party you could have a prize for the best costume!
However i’ve found lots of awesome Mardi Gras Costumes here at low prices!
Mardi Gras Party Music
Simply go with Blues or Jazz!
Mardi Gras Party Food
The main point behind a Mardi Gras theme party is to binge on what you’re going to be missing out on during Lent. So you should really be eating everything of what you’re going to be missing out on during the coming weeks. Typical Mardi Gras food is Gumbo, Jambalaya, seafood and Bloody Mary’s.
