10 enjoyable, inventive and foolish floats to look out for on the 2026 Rose Parade – Pasadena Star News

As the New Year will get nearer, so does the annual Pasadena Rose Parade. And one of the thrilling issues concerning the parade is seeing the entire floats created from florals and different plant supplies.

The 2026 Rose Parade theme is “The Magic in Teamwork,” so every float tends to submit a design centered round that theme. What’s enjoyable to see is how every entry interprets the theme and pulls inspiration from their group and historical past into the design as effectively.

Each 12 months, there are a couple of floats that stand out and turn into talkers on-line, so listed here are a couple of we expect you must preserve your eyes out for.

All Paws on Deck – City of Burbank

This float brings collectively some lovable animals on a sea voyage. The crew of critters is an instance of this 12 months’s theme, the Magic in Teamwork, as they set sail on the ship collectively, with the hopes of discovering the treasure on their map, which is a “forever home with a loving family,” based on the float description. The Burbank Tournament of Roses Association can be a proud supporter of the Burbank Animal Shelter.

The distinctive factor about this float is that every character was given a reputation as a part of a fundraiser for constructing the float. For $100, members of the neighborhood had been capable of memorialize a pet, pal or beloved one. For occasion, the Labradoodle is called after Carl Fish, a U.S. Army veteran and very long time volunteer of the Burbank Tournament of Roses Association, who handed away earlier this 12 months.

Jungle Jumpstart – Cal Poly Universities

Cal Poly Pomona and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s float is all the time a standout as a result of its the one solely pupil made float. Jungle Jumpstart focuses on a bunch of rainforest animals working collectively to carry their robotic pal again to life with the character round them.

Happy Together – Kiwanis

There’s simply one thing concerning the smiles on these hippos faces that you could’t get sufficient of. As the identify of the float says, they’re comfortable collectively.

Goin’ Nutz – La Cañada Flintridge

While La Cañada Flintridge’s “Goin’ Nutz” may look like a enjoyable day within the park at first look, there’s a extra significant story behind its design.

The float options forest creatures working collectively to create an acorn catapult to ship themto an emergency Nut Supply raft that may take the provides to neighborhood members downstream. The float takes inspiration from how the Los Angeles neighborhood got here collectively to assist these impacted by the Eaton Fire final January.

Where Creativity Blooms – Visit Mississippi

Kermit the Frog taking part in a banjo. Need we are saying extra? The Visit Mississippi float is targeted on celebrating the state’s inventive arts historical past and named “Where Creativity Blooms.” Kermit the Frog is entrance and middle in honor of Jim Henson, a Greenville, Mississippi, native. Kermit additionally has a Mississippi birthplace in Leland, the place a Kermit the Frog Museum is situated, honoring Henson’s legacy.

The Float additionally includes a stack of books as its backdrop, with mosaics of the State’s public artwork installations, movie stills, e-book covers and extra.

Believe in San Francisco – San Francisco Travel Association

The San Francisco float is a Bay Area native’s dream come true. The 2026 Rose Parade Float marks the town’s grand return to the occasion, having final participated in 1978.

In addition to that includes the Golden Gate Bridge, the float additionally consists of the enduring “Painted Ladies” Victorian homes, Pier 39 with some sea lions, a cable automobile and is decked out in bigger than life poppies. While not seen on the picture mock up on the float, it’ll additionally function the Dragon Gate situated in Chinatown. Each particular person strolling alongside the float can even be carrying the letterman jacket of a San Francisco Bay Area sports activities workforce, together with the San Francisco 49ers, Golden State Warriors, Golden State Valkyries and Bay FC.

Pancake Breakfast – Sierra Madre Rose Float Association

Sierra Madre is honoring their firefighters with their float. Float is a pancake breakfast celebration the place the firetruck is what’s glazing the pancakes with Maple Syrup. Additionally, three Sierra Madre firefighters and three members of Sierra Madre Rose Float Association Royal Court might be driving on the edges of the float.

Space for Everyone – Star Trek 60

2026 marks the sixtieth anniversary of Star Trek, and Paramount Pictures is celebrating the milestone with a Rose Parade float. The float includes the U.S.S. Enterprise starship in addition to some recognizable Golden State landmarks together with the Vasquez Rocks in Los Angeles and the Golden Gate Bridge of San Francisco. Fans of the collection will wish to preserve their eyes on the middle of the float, the place the transporter pads will carry the enduring line “beam me up, Scott” to life, because the characters will vanish and reappear.

Sharing Skills for Success – The UPS Store

The UPS Store is aware of find out how to flip a float into a bigger than life icon for the Rose Parade. In 2024 that they had a rapping crocodile, in 2022 there was a storytelling rooster and now the 2026 float will function a Seahorse teaching others in synchronized swim.

You Float Our Boat – Trader Joe’s

The Pasadena-founded grocery chain, Trader Joe’s, is aware of find out how to make a splash on the Rose Parade. The float is often a inventive approach of incorporating their merchandise right into a Gingerbread House like surroundings. The 2026 Rose Parade float incorporates a watermelon and soda bottle turned boat crafting an ice cream float.

Titled “You Float Our Boat” the float is targeted on thanking their prospects for his or her a few years. The again of the ship additionally incorporates a “Fearless Flyer” which is the identify of the corporate’s product publication.