Mardi Gras Classroom Party Ideas

February 27, 2025 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

What’s not to love about a holiday involving beads and cake? Bring some Mardi Gras fun to the classroom with these Mardi Gras themed classroom party/activity ideas.

Of course for a Mardi Gras party you’ll need some masks. Keep it simple with a version made out of a paper plate, like this one from Activities for Kids (you could also paint the plates if you don’t have colored ones handy) or cut them out of card stock or craft foam. This design from 100 Directions calls for a Cricut, but you can also just print out the template and cut them by hand.

You could also make cute jester hats to wear or to decorate. Mardi Gras Outlet has the tutorial.

Older kids might like to make their own Mardi Gras floats out of shoe boxes. This one can turn into a STEM activity if you have them draw out their designs, and they could even figure out how to make them roll. Crayola has a post with a video for this one, but you can use whatever supplies you have on hand and make it an upcycling project for more than just the box. (Speaking of STEM, though, there is a Mardi Gras float design challenge on Teachers Pay Teachers if you want something more formal.)

How about some party games? Bingo is of course a classic for class parties and time fillers, and Maple Planners has a cute Mardi Gras bingo card printable.

On Etsy you can find a “What’s your Mardi Gras Name” printable from VZ Creative Designs (it’s kid friendly) and a Mardi Gras cootie catcher from Lolly and Papi.

There’s also a cute Mardi Gras treasure hunt, which has a lot of clues that are in a house, not a classroom, but you could use some of these in a classroom or just make your own clues for kids to find a King cake or a cache of beads and doubloons. This one is from Sweetie Bs Printables.

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Printable Letter Books for Preschoolers

I did a post earlier this year with activities and ideas for teaching the alphabet, but a lot or learning letters and recognizing them just has to do with seeing them and working with them a lot.

That means coloring, tracing, identifying things that start with different letters and more.

One way to reinforce the letters is through little activity books like these cute printable alphabet books from Life Over Cs.

These are available for free when you subscribe to her newsletter, and I’d say that’s well worth it if you have a little one (or a group of little ones!) working on the alphabet and letter recognition.

Each mini book includes a collection of things that start with that letter to color, color and read with words that start with the letter, tracing the letter, finding the letter in a grid and other coloring pages with objects that start with that letter.

These little books are super useful reinforcing the different letters and giving kids different activities related to the letters.

If you do a letter of the day or letter of the week you can use a new book for each one, and then keep the copies in your reading center or in a basket where kids can look at them again.

And of course you can add in all the other letter activities you like, go on a scavenger hunt for items that start with that letter, read alphabet books, practice writing letters in rice or with pompoms or playdough or whatever sensory activities you like.

You can grab the free printables when you enter you email address at Life Over Cs, and check out her other great alphabet resources and activities while you are over there.

Do you have favorite activities for teaching letters to kids? I’d love to hear about them!

[Photo: Life Over Cs]

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