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?

Creating a shoebox float during Fiesta is very much a family project. It’s something that many San Antonio-raised adults remember making as children and one that most labor over as parents now.

The Village Mercantile, formerly the Community Store of Saranac Lake, is bringing back the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Shoebox Float Contest. From Feb. 4 through Feb. 12, The Village Mercantile ...

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, ...

The "Shoebox Scandal," so-named because of some of the receptacles holding the money, including a Marshall Field & Co. Christmas box, shocked the state. There was $750,000 in the hotel and at ...

The Krewe of ’tit Rex member wanted to create a shoebox-size parade float that featured a marionette popping out to greet onlookers. But he’d never built a marionette before, and it became a ...

The “Shoebox Scandal,” so-named because of some of the receptacles holding the money, including a Marshall Field & Co. Christmas box, shocked the state. There was $750,000 in the hotel and at ...

Inspired in part by the shoebox floats New Orleans children make in schools at Carnival time, 35 artists or teams build tiny floats, many featuring satirical or humorous takes on the theme.