re: Mardi Gras throws that end up being wasted money...

Many years ago, one of the Lafayette krewes used to throw miniture loaves of Evangeline Maid bread.

These parades have been around a lot longer than plastic. I wonder what they threw back then?

I threw a double handful of meticulously detailed cockroaches into the crowd when they were surging too close and it was stopping the parade.

Parted the seas of the community like ICE at a Home Depot. Funniest thing ever.

Greatest Mardi Gras catch ever was some years back.

A friend of my dad's who rode next to him realized his wrist was empty at the end of the parade.

At some point, his watch had fallen off into the crowd. It was a Rolex he had not had for long which cost over $10k. He was a bit tipsy and simply shrugged.

Can you imagine the person who caught or picked it up? Best Mardi Gras ever.

People like Cups.

My kids are still in that age range of if they see it, they want it and will try to catch it or scoop it off of the ground. There favorites are the various candy (can people stop w the cheap gum), stuffed animals, doubloons, anything that can be a sword, anything that bounces

Candy goes without saying, they love to eat/try it all. Favorite are the gummies with suckers close behind
They have mountains of stuffed animals and there is no telling which will become the next short time favorite. Best this year was a multi-colored elephant, stingray, and little tiger
Doubloons are great to them because they play a lot of pretend games that need money
Sword like objects are always a great time until they break
Spike balls get the 2nd best use for playing random games of soccer, tag, baseball, tried volleyball once, basketball, etc.
We also all turn any little figurine that floats (like those little ducks) into pool toys during the following season.

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I threw a lot of t-shirts and socks this year.

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I caught a pair of socks at Endymion and it's one of the few things I brought home with me and actually plan to keep.

Are you going to Mardi Gras expecting Christmas gift quality toys???

I rode in both Endymion and Orpheus this year. Hands down the throw most people lost their shite for in both parades were small parasols with the tassels on the brim. More so than the “titty beads”.

As someone mentioned earlier, frisbees were a hit. Although the faces in Orpheus were a bit letdown when they realized they weren’t tambourines I was pulling out.