A quilted banner or flag with a Mardi Gras theme---nice fabric available last few years. Masks are a great theme. Also have the participants buy or make masks...You can usually go to a party store and buy some inexpensive ones (then glue on cotton fabric that looks as if it's quilted. Add a few feathers and beads. Another idea would be to have a "quilt queen" on your golf cart--all decked out in a long silky dress, a fabulous mask and crown and a cape fashioned from a quilt, Have a great tikme!
. Mardi Gras parades are lots of fun.