Houston Art Car Parade

Posted by SpiceWare, in Houston 09 May 2009 · 407 views

The Houston Art Car Parade started in April 1988, with 40 cars and a crowd of about 2,000. The parade now consists of over 250 cars from all over the country (and Canada), and is estimated to have been seen by 250,000 people!

Even though I moved to Houston in 87, this is the first year that I've made it out to see the parade. I had a blast and plan to watch it each year from now on.

Some of my favorites:

Bunny Slippers
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The Crapper Car
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Peep Mobile (yep, Peeps! Check out detail on the full size image)
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Dragon

Blues Brothers Tribute
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Ping Pong Balls - looks better in motion as they're all mounted on springy things and move around.
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Wiener Dog - the feet were attached to the wheels so they looked like it was walking down the road
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Peacock - tail feathers up
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Peacock - tail feathers down
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Dragon

The rest of my photos can be viewed in my gallery.

Nathan Strum
May 9 2009 4:20 PM

The bunny slippers would be awesome if they had lasers in their noses.

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SpiceWare
May 9 2009 8:02 PM

Who knows, they could have!

Per a pop-up photo thing at the Houston Chronicle, the bunny slippers are from Berkeley.

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SpiceWare
May 10 2009 9:59 AM

Art Car bash shows how Houston rolls - look for "resources" in the left column, then click on "photos" for the pop-up photos. The photo about the bunny slippers being from Berkeley is # 10.