This often means months and months of fundraising with contributors often including school children and private corporations. Covering the entire float in natural materials can prove expensive. Besides roses, these materials might also include things like crushed coffee beans, oatmeal and rice. After parade day the floats are publicly displayed for three days. After that, the natural materials from the floats are recycled.
Some entrants even keep the original foundations for use the following year.
Float Decorating Float decorating usually starts the week after Christmas. It takes many hands to create all of this floral magic. Many people include volunteering to help decorate the floats in their holiday plans. Everyone is welcome, volunteers and sightseers alike. Surrounding Pasadena cities with their own community float entries to decorate also need help.