Photo gallery: Art Tougeau pre-parade party

photo by: John Young

Children paint cardboard cars as part of the Art Tougeau Parade during a Final Fridays event hosted by the Lawrence Arts Center Friday, May 27, 2011 in downtown Lawrence.

photo by: John Young

Three-year old Scout Jacobs, Lawrence, decorates a cardboard car as part of the Art Tougeau Parade during a Final Fridays event hosted by the Lawrence Arts Center Friday, May 27, 2011 in downtown Lawrence.

photo by: John Young

With glue in his hair, two-year old Zephyr Haines, Lawrence, concentrates as he decorates a cardboard car as part of the Art Tougeau Parade during a Final Fridays event hosted by the Lawrence Arts Center Friday, May 27, 2011 in downtown Lawrence.

photo by: John Young

Children gather around a car to paint it as part of the Art Tougeau Parade during a Final Fridays event hosted by the Lawrence Arts Center Friday, May 27, 2011 in downtown Lawrence.

photo by: John Young

After dipping a toy car in paint, four-year old Renee Dvorske, Lawrence, releases the toy on a slanted canvas as part of the Art Tougeau Parade during a Final Fridays event hosted by the Lawrence Arts Center Friday, May 27, 2011 in downtown Lawrence.

photo by: John Young

A car adorned with thousands of bottle caps was part of the Art Tougeau Parade during a Final Fridays event hosted by the Lawrence Arts Center Friday, May 27, 2011 in downtown Lawrence.

photo by: John Young

John Waldron, Overland Park, and Dave Chipman, Lawrence, inspect a Volkswagen Bug made from iron lattice as part of the Art Tougeau Parade during a Final Fridays event hosted by the Lawrence Arts Center Friday, May 27, 2011 in downtown Lawrence.