Kern Studios is best known for creating floats for the Mardi Gras parades. Their factory offers tours and can even be rented out for functions. They discuss how Mardi Gras is celebrated in NOLA as well as the design and building process. Because this is a working factory, you get to see their artists and staff creating and assembling floats (see below). The best part of the tour (aka Mardi Gras World) is that you get to roam around the warehouse afterward taking photos. This was among our favorite things that we did in New Orleans.
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Oh how fun! They are magnificent floats and you got to see them in the making! We LOVED NOLA! Happy Sunday to you my friend!
So creative and pretty ⚘
They are very creative there. Most of it is done with styrofoam and papier-mâché.
I was wondering what they were made of!
They make some things from fiberglass but that tends to be for corporate accounts for things that need to last a long time. Styrofoam and papier-mâché are cheaper and easier to rework.
Wow 😊
Wow! I love Charlie Chaplin…so real looking and Mardi Gras floats are awesome. Lucky you😃👍
Yeah, I was fortunate to get to visit. I’m glad you liked the images. Have a great day.
Great pictures! Touring the factory must have been a lot of fun.
It was a lot of fun. To see all the different themes and huge characters together was like going through the looking glass.
I can just imagine! It would be really fun for kids.
It would be great for kids. There were some on the tour and I think the highlight was the access after the tour for making photos.
I must take a tour the next time I am in NO. But thanks for sharing your tour!
It’s definitely worth it. They also offer a shuttle from downtown and the French Quarter to their studio.
Got beads? 🙂
We have like three pounds of beads. They piled up quickly.
That they do! LOL
What an amazing place to visit and take pictures from!! 😄
We are going soon, and checking out fun things to do, thanks for the share!
My pleasure. It’s worth a visit.
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