Christmas comes to Hawaii too.
One creative approach to designing a parade float, whether it's for Honolulu's upcoming Christmas parade or for a Christmas parade on the mainland, is to create an Hawaii Island Christmas-themed parade float. There are several ideas that you can incorporate when designing your float that will help to create this type of theme. Does this Spark an idea?
Humorous Float
A humorous Hawaii Island float theme could include Santa wearing Bermuda shorts with a traditional lei around his neck. Place sand on your float along with other props related to having fun on the beach. Either create elf props or have children dress up as elves who are busy building sand castles that look like Santa's house or snowmen. Have Rudolf the red nose reindeer wearing sunglasses while he suns himself in a beach chair. The main idea is to find ways to merge recognizable Christmas symbols and stories with imagery associated with Hawaii.
Hawaiian Cultural Symbols
The use of recognizable images and concepts from Hawaiian culture is an excellent way to approach designing your parade float. Incorporate elements from the native Hawaiian culture, including representations of stories and symbols. Have children dress up in traditional Hawaiian dress, and perform songs and dances around a palm tree decorated with lights and tinsel.
Christmas Hawaiian Food Float
A cool approach to a Hawaiian float is to create an ironic representation replacing traditional Christmas favorites with Hawaiian alternatives. Instead of a turkey on a platter, create a fake fire-pit with a roasted whole pig sitting in it. Make a giant "fruitcake" made up entirely of pineapples, bananas, mangoes and coconuts.
Hawaiian Nativity
Another approach to a Hawaiian-themed float would be to create a float that looks like Hawaii, with sand, palm trees and fake water, but that has a traditional nativity scene in it. This will be appropriate if you want to stress the religious nature of the holiday. It will also demonstrate the universal appeal of Christmas.
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