Creative cars on parade

An art car is seen on Allen Parkway during the 26th Annual Houston Art Car Parade in Houston, Texas, May 11, 2013.

All photos taken in Houston, Texas on May 11, 2013.

A parade participant is seen dressed as a banana.

An art car is seen on Allen Parkway during the 26th Annual Houston Art Car Parade.

A car covered with Peeps candy is seen on Allen Parkway during the 26th Annual Houston Art Car Parade.

An Elvis statue tops an art car on Allen Parkway during the 26th Annual Houston Art Car Parade.

Flowers decorate the windshield on an art car during the 26th Annual Houston Art Car Parade.

A parade participant is seen in her mirrored art car on Allen Parkway during the 26th Annual Houston Art Car Parade.

An art car is seen on Allen Parkway during the 26th Annual Houston Art Car Parade.

Coke cans and jewels cover an art car on Allen Parkway during the 26th Annual Houston Art Car Parade.

Art cars are seen on Allen Parkway during the 26th Annual Houston Art Car Parade.

Ephemera - including skulls, seashells and watch faces - cover one of the cars featured in the 26th Annual Houston Art Car Parade.

A mirrored art car with custom plates is seen on Allen Parkway during the 26th Annual Houston Art Car Parade.

An art car is seen on Allen Parkway during the 26th Annual Houston Art Car Parade.

An art car is seen on Allen Parkway during the 26th Annual Houston Art Car Parade in Houston, Texas.

An art car, decorated to look like a piano, is seen on Allen Parkway during the 26th Annual Houston Art Car Parade.

An art car is covered in plastic, fish, sharks and lobsters is seen during the 26th Annual Houston Art Car Parade.

A dental hygiene-themed car is seen during the 26th Annual Houston Art Car Parade.

Whoopee cushions cover an art car during the 26th Annual Houston Art Car Parade.

A parade participant rides in an art car shaped like an outhouse on Allen Parkway during the 26th Annual Houston Art Car Parade.

A parade participant rides in a car covered with suitcases during the 26th Annual Houston Art Car Parade.