Part 2 – The Amazing Flower Parade

Yesterday, my dad wrote a post on how we prepared for the exciting Flower Parade in the Belgian village called Loenhout. Well on the Sunday it was the big day for the parade!  There were so many people and everyone was excited to be there.

At the parade we saw four categories:

• Little children
• Junior
• Teens
• Adults

There were so many amazing floats that I could only list a few in each category.

In the little children’s category here are some of the floats I liked:

Name: De Toperaddestoel

Prize: First place

Why I liked it: I liked it because it was small and nice. The costumes were funny too! The kids all had their faces painted blue except for Gargamell! They were Smurfs! Some of them rode on scooters and skateboards and others walked.
The float was a Smurf’s house in the shape of a toadstool.

Did you know the Smurfs were created by the Belgians?

Name: Feest Met Cupcakes

Prize: Third place

Why I liked it: It was sweet! Ha ha! There was a big cupcake with a cherry on top.

Here are some from the Junior Group:

Name: Billy the Cowboy

Prize: Eighth place

Why I liked it: Mikhaila and I helped make this one – we had the chance to decorate the wagon with the flowers. The children were cute in their costumes and cowboy hats doing their cowboy dance! The float was a wagon with a big smiling face at the back.

Name: Het Oude Egypte

Prize: seventh place

Why I liked it: The costumes for the girls were Cleopatra’s and the costumes for the boys were mummies. It was a pyramid and an open coffin with a child dressed up like a mummy sitting in it.

Name: Plop In De Wolken

Prize: Sixth place

Why I liked it: The costumes were so cute! The little children wore hats with bells on the ends. The float looked like their house. It is from a popular children’s show that is kind of like the Wiggles.

Name: Ghost Busters

Prize: fifth place

Why I liked it: The costumes were ghosts and the ghost busters. The ghost busters had big tubes and things all hand made. The costumes made the float look even better. The float was a building with a car in front of it.

Name: Hippies Van Het Oude-Dorp

Prize: second place

Why I liked it: The float was a hippie van that said peace and love all made in flowers and leaves. The costumes for the girls were dresses and the boys had rainbow bell bottoms and rainbow shirts.

Here is one that I really liked from the teen section:

Name: Life is Music

Prize: first place

Why I liked it: They played loud rock music and at the front in big letters wrote “LIFE IS MUSIC”. They also had a giant guitar, a giant saxophone and a big drum set. The costumes were black and white.

Here are some that I liked from the adult group:

Name: Serpento

Prize: eleventh place

Why I liked it: The float was snake charming with the snakes in the pots and the music plays and the snakes come out. We also helped decorate this one by preparing the flowers and putting purple flowers on the music notes.

Name: Pink Floyd the Wall

Prize: eighth place

Why I liked it: The float was a big white wall with a purple monster standing over it. The costumes were students that were supposed to look like zombies.

Name: Den Grooten Oorlog

Prize: seventh place

Why I liked it: We had just done a lot of learning about World War I so I could understand the trenches and main idea about this float. Instead of having a radio with sound effects, they had people playing the last post on what was supposed to be Menin Gate.

Name: Carrousel Royal

Prize: fifth place

Why I liked it: The float was a king and queen and their crowns were rides from a fair. The king had a carousal with horses moving up and down while the crown was spinning. The queen had swings and the crown also spun. The queen’s hair was swirly and the eyes had a lot of detail.

Name: Destroyed

Prize: fourth place

Why I liked it: The float was the Statue of Liberty that was broken lying on the ground. It was purple and white and the torch looked like an actual flame.

Name: Impact

Prize: second place

Why I liked it: There was a lot of action going on. The float was two boxers punching each other. The expressions on their faces looked real. We also had a friend on this team – Ege so we were happy that his float came in 2nd!

Name: Jacht

Prize: first prize

Why I liked it: The float had a lot of action. It was two foxes, one pouncing and the other one getting ready to pounce on to a running rabbit. For more effect they used bamboo instead of grass which made it look even better. The detail in the face and eyes and the way the tail is curved perfectly looked amazing and I agree with the judges.

You have to remember that all of these floats are made out of flowers.

We had such a great experience and would choose do it again in a heartbeat!

We would like to thank Ingrid, Guy, Robin, Katrien, Orphee, Ege and Maurtiz for inviting us to their home and sharing this wonderful community event with us.

Here is the official site for the Flower Parade – the photos are amazing!

http://www.wezelopdefoto.be