The Floral Parade Throws Books

The 2019 CHILDREN'S FLORAL Parade will roll today at noon, and again on Monday March 3, also at noon. This year's theme is "Throw Me A Book", with floats featuring favorite children's book characters.
The floats were designed by me, and built by Craig Stephens and Carnival Artists.
Here are this year's design drawings:

Floral Parade "CAT IN THE HAT" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Floral Parade "CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Floral Parade "CURIOUS GEORGE" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Floral Parade "IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Floral Parade "JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Floral Parade "THE JUNGLE BOOK" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Floral Parade "LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Floral Parade "OLIVIA" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Floral Parade "RAINBOW FISH" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Floral Parade "THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Floral Parade "WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Floral Parade "WINNIE THE POOH" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Children's Floral Parade Rollin' In The Rain!

The Children's "FLORAL PARADE" is rain-delayed but rolling today, with an "IDIOMS" theme.
Floats designed by me, built by Craig Stephens and Carnival Artists.

Children's Floral "Blonde Bombshell" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Children's Floral "Cat's Out of the Bag" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Children's Floral "Donkey Years" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Children's Floral "Ducks in a Row" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Children's Floral "Head in the Clouds" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Children's Floral "Head Over Heels" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Children's Floral "Long Arm of the Law" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Children's Floral "Pen is Mightier than the Sword" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Children's Floral "Rat Race" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Children's Floral "See Eye to Eye" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Children's Floral "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Children's Floral "TIME Flies" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Children's Floral "When Pigs Fly" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

2017 Children's FLORAL Parade

This year's Mobile Carnival Association Floral Parade theme is "Cavalcade of Coincidence". The theme represents the ironically-named flowers, incorporating the similar elements. Designed by me for Craig Stephens and Carnival Artists.

Children's Floral "Beeswax" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Children's Floral "Cardinal Flower" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Children's Floral "Cowslip" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Children's Floral "Dog's Ear" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Children's Floral "Catnip" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Children's Floral "Foxglove" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Children's Floral "Lamb's Ear" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Children's Floral "Skunk Cabbage" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Children's Floral "SnapDragon" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Children's Floral "Tiger Lily" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Children's Floral "Toadflax" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Children's Floral "Wormwood" float by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

New Mobile Carnival Association Floats!

This year, I was commissioned by the Mobile Carnival Association to render the design drawings for a couple of new Mardi Gras floats. One was the "Royal Court" float for the Children's Floral Parade, and the other was a "Royal Swans" float for the King's Parade.

"Rough" design sketches for possible floats for Mobile Carnival Association, based on specific requests from meetings with Judi Gulledge and Edward Ladd

Final "Rough" drawings for detail and placement

Children's Floral "Court Float" designed by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Children's Floral "Swans" designed by Brent Amacker for Carnival Artists

Both floats were built by Craig Stephens and Carnival Artists.