Request: Christmas Float Ideas
Archived on 10/27/2009
I want to know how to make Christmas gifts and big candy that's wrapped for our Christmas float. Any ideas?
Christy from Mcgehee, AR
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RE: Christmas Float Ideas
For the person who wanted to know "how to make big wrapped candies" you use either Styrofoam or regular foam. Just cut them into the size you want and wrap with either the colored Saran Wrap or clear see through colored gift wrap paper. Twist the ends and tape around the ends to hold. You can cut the foams with scissors or a serrated knife or electric knife as well. (11/05/2007)
By theseamstress
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To the person that wanted ideas for snowballs, my son's scout troop had poly fill spread all over the float for snow and threw marshmallows. It was a hoot and nobody got hurt if hit by them, plus you had a snack if you got hungry. (11/28/2007)
By momma Jen
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To the one who needed ideas for the theme "Rockin Around the Christmas Tree"' I have seen a float that had a Christmas tree in the middle with rocking chairs around the tree. People were sitting in the rocking chairs rocking to the song "Rockin around the Christmas Tree". It was really cute. (10/28/2008)
By Norma
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For "Being Green", you might want to consider using the famous Dr. Suess's - The Grinch. You might be able to play with a cute headliner too, like "Don't let the Grinch be the only green you see this Christmas". (11/07/2008)
By brandicap
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For the Dental theme float, you could put a tree in the middle of the float and put toothpaste boxes, toothbrushes, dental floss, floss picks, and even coupons for cleanings, etc. You could even donate these items to one of the shelters there in your town afterward. We used this theme before and it was really cute. Just use anything to do with dental and hang them on the tree. We used candy lips, bubba teeth, and any thing smiley, lots of smiles. It'll look great. Good luck. (11/08/2008)
By Renee
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For the one "Christmas unwrapped", what about wrapping packages, leaving the top open and placing a child in it, or a person. (11/14/2008)
By funkaren
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The Horse and saddle club floats, what about kids on rocking horses or stick ponies. (11/14/2008)
By funkaren
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Candy?
- Suckers: take dowel rods, place a round Styrofoam piece on it, and cover it with colored Saran wrap.
- Tootsie rolls: we also took toilet paper rollers, painted them brown, wrote on them with orange paint markers, and then glued white paper to ends and bunched up ends, and tied them.
- Peppermint candy: take round disks of Styrofoam and paint red swirls on them.
(11/14/2008)
By funkaren
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For the "Christmas in Toyland" float. How about dressing people as toys. This would be especially easy for kids. They have Halloween costumes, where some were dressed as Thomas the Train, Barbies, etc.
(11/22/2008)
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RE: Christmas Float Ideas
I work for a non-profit organization and we have limited funds so, we decided to try setting 4 chairs in the back of a pick-up or a trailer hitched to the back of the truck. Use the 4 chairs to seat able bodies, (people) ha!
Wrap large square boxes (not rectangle because of the room involved) with Christmas wrapping paper. Cut a hole at the top for the head to fit through and one hole on each side for the arms. Have the person sit down in the chair then place the wrapped box over them. Place a big bow on their head. Our theme is "This Christmas give the gift of yourself". Since we take care of the elderly and disabled, we felt this theme was fitting, to volunteer your time to help someone. Of course, decorate the vehicle or trailer with plenty of garland etc.
Our banners were to cost 300.00 however, our budget would not cover something that expensive. So, I decided to make the banners myself. All you do is purchase a few of the poster type boards, the plastic, thick kind as big as you would like. Then, have plenty of ink in your printer. Hopefully you have a computer. Go to Microsoft Works etc, where you can type letters or documents.
At the top of the application, where it has the size of the letters (Font), delete the number that is in the filed then type in 400, this will give you 4 inch letters all ready to place on your poster or banner. Size them up, space them out and tape them down where you want them. Then cover with clear drawer liner to protect them. Works great and saves a ton of money and looks very professional. Of course choose the color you want the letters to be and print each letter one at a time. Have fun.
(12/06/2008)
By Terita
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Request: Christmas Float Ideas
Archived on 12/06/2006
My Girl Scout troop is going to be in the christmas parade on saturday and the theme is old christmas. I really need some quick ideas.
Ryan from Forest, WV
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RE: Christmas Parade Float Ideas
For our girl scout troop, we used a trailer, strung icicle lights around the top (you may have to use 2 x 4's to make a frame), strung more lights around the railing, spread some polyfil (pillow stuffing) around the rails, and hung some clouds (cardboard with polyfil glued to it). The girls dressed in white and we used star garland to make crowns. We also shaped coar hangers to make wings, stretched white nylons over the coat hangers and edged with the star garland. We received a huge response from it and their picture ended up in the paper. Some other ideas we had was to wrap big boxes and fit over the girls, put bows on their heads and have some type of tree on the float. Another one was have some type of sleigh on the trailer and the kids dress up in brown with the flashing noses and reindeer antlers. (12/02/2004)
By Lori
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Wrap some big boxes with holiday wrap. Put on some big toys like big wheels, large stuffed toys. Dress all the kids like elves in sweat suits, suspenders, striped kneesocks, and a variety of stocking caps. Tool belts a la "workshop" too if they have them. Add lots of garland, maybe a tree-go for the glitz. (12/02/2004)
By Linda.
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Last year my daisy troop participated in the parade and we used two sqaure bales of hay and made a "bed", used my sons baby bed backing for a headboard. Then we took boxes and stacked them into the shape of a chimmney, covered with red paper and drew black brick lines. We made large stockings out of construction paper for each girl, and hung them on the chimmney. We covered the edge of the trailer in green garland with lights. .We had a hope chest that we cut out letters for that said toys and taped them on it, dessed my son and a small girl in halloween animal costumes and put them in it for toys. We also hand a few other large toys sitting around and a small cirlce rug. We made a large sign that said "Sugarplums danced in their heads" that was at the back of the trailer made out of red fabric and held up out of the way by securing it to pvc pipe. We had two little girls dressed in pj's "asleep" in the bed, and the others girls just sat flat on the trailer and help to throw candy. The girls sitting were wearing sugarplums outfits I made. I just took two pieces of fabric, cut them into a large cirlce and the sewed the sides together, I used purple and a bright blue for these, then sprayed them with glitter. It turned out so so cute, and we won the parade, got as trophy and was in the paper as well. (12/29/2004)
By KC
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I worked for a daycare and what we did was a nursery rhyme theme. We did "three men in a tub" and what we did was we got a big tub of any kind, stuck three of our dad's in it with bath scrubbers, shower caps, cardboard boxes that looked like soap, rubber duckies, ..you get the idea. One dad was even brave enough to wear a towel over his head. Then we filled the tub with batting like you use to sew with or you could use white balloons, to make it look like bubbles. Then we hung up a big sign that read the whole nursery rhyme so people would know what we were talking about, and decorated the trailer with props to make it look like a bathrrom. You can turn a cardboard box into just about anything. (we also hung up a shower curtain) Then we decorated the trailer with christmas lights and a tree. Even though it wasn't exactly a christmas float, and scince we were a daycare, the whole idea made sense, and it looked good to the judges that we got parent's involved. oh yeah we won first place. Hope this will shed some light. (08/22/2005)
By Lesa
RE: Christmas Float Ideas
How about a winter scene with kids making snow angels or a ski slope with kids and a dog on it? Something fun? (10/03/2005)
By Wendy Angellotti Pierson
RE: Christmas Float Ideas
Like Linda's idea. Wrap some big boxes leaving tops open. Have people inside with signs saying "the gift of love", "the gift of thanks", "the gift of faith", etc. Cardboard or scrap wood could be used for the signs. Electronic stores, Sears, Home Depot, Lowes. Go to not call and talk to a manager for scrap wood/ boxes. They will be happy to donate especially for your school project. Dress in the same color. Matching would be better. Depending on your budget. White/multi color lights have battery operation. Be sure and go to the paint stores. Kelly Moore, Sherman Williams, even Walmart and ask for paint. They always have returns or wrong orders. Who knows maybe in the right color! Good Luck and have fun celebrating! (10/04/2005)
By Jennifer CA
RE: Christmas Float Ideas
How about jack frost and the snow queen theme. With snow flake garlends, icicle ortaments hanging in the garlends, lots of blue and white, have a throne for the snow queen and a polar bear sculpture of some kind. (10/04/2005)
By gloria
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The first thing that comes to mind for an old fashioned Christmas is popcorn and cranberries. You could get a lot of people help you string popcorn and cranberries and use them with fir or pine boughs to decorate the float. (11/06/2006)
RE: Christmas Float Ideas
In the story of Twas the night there are kids sleeping. Do the float of the dreams of the children, Santa's toy shop or of a candy land. (11/13/2006)
By lena
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