February 24, 2009 is Mardi Gras!
Bring back the spirit and vibrance of New Orlean's Mardi Gras! This beautiful and festive tradition is an annual favorite for revelers around the world!

Mardi Gras 2009 Party Ideas
Are you planning your 2009 Mardi Gras party? You've come to the right place. We have a terrific selection of low cost Mardi Gras party supplies at 25% off retail prices! You'll enjoy great Mardi Gras celebration ideas along with super savings as well!

Mardi Gras Party Supplies & Kits
We have the largest selection of Mardi Gras decorations and party kits available. Choose from hundreds of party assortments that are full of fun! Crown your Mardi Gras King or Queen with our wide assortment of colorful crowns, and tiaras. You'll love this year's great designs and colors for in playful Jester Hats, top hats, and fun party hats with wigs. You name it!

Mardi Gras Beads
What's Mardi Gras without throwing the traditional Mardi Gras beads? Everyone loves to toss and collect these great souvenirs. We feature a giant assortment of fun and festive Mardi Gras beads! We have jumbo bead necklaces, jester beads, special Mardi Gras mime and doubloon beads, Mardi Gras feather mask beads, and tons more. You name it, you'll find it at LTMParty.com. We even have Mardi Gras beads with a drinking glass attached!

Mardi Gras Streamers & Door Curtains
Beautiful metallic, prismatic or glittered " Mardi Gras" streamers will greet your party guests in with style and pizzazz! Shimmering gleaming curtains with Mardi Gras masks, and classic colors will set the party tone!

Mardi Gras Masks, Boas, Leis.
What's Mardi Gras without a huge assortment of fun and festive Mardi Gras masks! Your guests will love our unique Mardi Gras feathered masks and boas. We have half masks, traditional venetian style masks, and lame half masks. We especially love our new gold metallic sun, moon, and star mask assortment! Nothing gets the party guests in the party kind of mood like colorful Mardi gras leis!

Mardi Gras King & Queen Crowns & Robes
Every Mardi Gras celebration must have a King and Queen! Your Mardi Gras royalty will be quite pleased with our great assortment of King and Queen robes, tiaras, crowns, and boas! We also have gold and silver coins for them to toss to the Mardi Gras party and parade revelers!

Mardi Gras Jesters
What would mardi Gras be without the playful, mischievous court jester? We have a fantastic assortment of Mardi Gras jester hats, boppers, and tiaras for your life of the party to wear.

Mardi Gras Banners
Announce to your guests exactly where the party is! Our colorful fringed metallic Mardi Gras banners announce the happy news that Mardi Gras is back! They come in a variety of styles from prismatics, pennants, and cut out style banners.

Mardi Gras Confetti & Coins
Nothing says "Happy Mardi Gras" like beautiful confetti and coins. We have all your favorites, from sparkle confetti, art tissue confetti and lots-o-dots confetti. Your Mardi Gras King & Queen can spread the wealth with lots of silver and gold embossed coins. We also have Mardi Gras mask silhouettes perfect for celebrating and boosting up the party atmosphere. Don't forget the alway's popular Mardi Gras Confetti bursts or crackers!

Mardi Gras Decorating Kits
Plan your party quickly and easily with our shimmering Mardi Gras's decorating kits. Everything you need is all in one package. It's a great way to coordinate your party with a central color theme. Your kit will include everything from Mardi Gras garlands, signs, cutouts, comedy and tragedy masks decorations, jesters, and multi-colored tissue balls!

Mardi Gras Party Decorations
Want to go all out decorating for your Mardi Gras party? We have lots of shimmer balls, starbursts, fans, garlands, streamers, and door decorations for your Mardi Gras celebration. We especially like the Mardi Gras whirls, and doorway panels. Our mask cascades are also a festive addition to the party!

Mardi Gras Centerpieces
Decorate your festive Mardi Gras's party tables with 21" star cascade centerpieces, and special glitter "onion grass" centerpieces.

Mardi Gras Tablecovers and Table Skirts
Decorate your tables with the traditional Mardi Gras colors of royal purple, hunter green, and gleaming gold! We have tablecovers by the roll, or single rectangular shapes.

All about Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday". It is the day before Ash Wednesday. It is a celebration that is held just before the beginning of the Christian Lent.

In the mid-1700's, New Orleans Creoles celebrated carnival at masked balls. One hundred years later, the first organized carnival crews began parading on the streets of New Orleans. That tradition has been going strong for more than 150 years!

For those who love to know more about Mardi Gras - it arrived in North America with the LeMoyne brothers, Iberville and Bienville, in the late 17th century, when King Louis XIV sent the pair to defend France's claim on the territory of Louisiana, which included Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

The two explorers eventually found the mouth of the Mississippi River, sailed a while upstream and named the spot Point du Mardi Gras (Mardi Gras Point) 60 miles downriver from present-day New Orleans. In 1699, the traditional Catholic celebration ensued leading to what many refer to as North America's first Mardi Gras; thus, the French province of Louisiana has the claim to the first Mardi Gras; Mobile would become the official capital of the Province in 1704.

Carnival celebrations became an annual event highlighted by lavish balls and masked spectacles. Some were small, private parties with select guest lists, while others were raucous, public affairs.

Lately Mardi Gras has been taken up by several cities in the U.S. as the event brings much needed revenue to city coffers.

Locations for Mardi Gras
Perhaps the cities most famous for their Mardi Gras celebrations include New Orleans, Rio de Janeiro, Venice, Bahia, and Mazatlán. Many other places have important Mardi Gras celebrations as well. The carnival is an important celebration in most of Europe, and in many parts of Latin America and the Caribbean.


Need local Sarasota Mardi Gras Party Supplies?
Whether you want to shop for Mardi Gras supplies online or locally we can help! If it is convenient, you are always welcome to please stop by our five stores in Sarasota, Venice, and Port Charlotte, Florida. There you will also find a large selection of Mardi Gras items. >> Click for a store location nearest you.