NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – It’s a New Orleans tradition for kids to build miniature floats out of shoeboxes, but what happens when those kids grow up and just can’t get over the little things?

who worked on their Fiesta shoebox floats Wednesday night. “You’re willing to do it because the kids are so excited,” she said, chuckling about the texts she and other parents shared this ...

Before Fiesta royalty started showing their shoes down Broadway this weekend, San Antonians flaunted their shoebox floats on social ... themes to life. School kids typically parade their creations ...

“I’ve made other shoebox things for kids in school, like dioramas and Valentine’s Day boxes, but never a shoebox float. That’s a new one. It’s cool.” A shoebox works well, she ...

Before San Antonio kids stand along this weekend's parade routes, shouting "show me your shoes" at Fiesta royalty, they created floats of their own for school events. The tradition of shoe box ...

We did shoe box floats when I was in grade school so it was my fondest childhood memory and I just wanted the kids to have those same memories. Shoe box floats at Metairie Academy (WGNO-TV ...

LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - The Lake Charles/Southwest Louisiana Convention & Visitors Bureau recently held a community-wide Mardi Gras Shoebox Float Contest. Those entering ranged from school groups, ...

It will be the featured book on Feb. 1 at 11 a.m. On Feb. 15, Brenda Robert will read about Mardi Gras shoebox floats with “King of the Shoebox Parade” at 11 a.m. At 1 p.m., Melissa Thibault ...