text: i am doing a candland parade float..need costume ideas...lollipop,gingerbread men etc? i am making our float like the game board candyland....i need costume ideas for children 2-5...they will sitting...gingerbread,lollipops.cupcakes,chocolate ideas...any ideas will helpful very simple, make the children up as the sugar plum fairy(pretty party dress), candy cane lane (have a child wear a red and white stripe shirt with a red hat and red pants), gum drops (use felt to make two big triangles that would fit over childrens shoulders, sew together sides with openings left for arms to come out.  leave bottom and top open for head and legs)  look at board for other ideas.  you will also need adults walking along side the float for safety reasons, have them dress as the gingerbread pieces that move around the board, (blue, green, red and yellow)  should be really cute.