{"id":16934,"date":"2025-10-23T04:56:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T04:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/16934\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T04:56:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T04:56:11","slug":"texas-homecoming-mum-photos-through-the-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/16934\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Homecoming Mum Photos Through the Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

They jingle and they clang. They can cost hundreds of dollars and take weeks to make. Some trail to the floor and pose a beautiful tripping hazard. But most homecoming mums share in a few defining characteristics: They\u2019re comprised largely of ribbon in the student\u2019s school colors, are worn exclusively to the homecoming game, and are typically gifted by a date, family, or close friends.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To celebrate this distinctly Texan rite of passage, earlier this month we asked readers to send us pictures of their homecoming mums and share memories or reflections on the custom.<\/p>\n

We received hundreds of photos of mums big and small, spanning decades of homecoming celebrations all across our state. Below is a sampling of the kinds of memories that keep Texas\u2019s mum tradition (and your local craft supply store) thriving. <\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is a photo from the homecoming dance in the fall of 1983 at Permian High School, in Odessa, Texas. I graduated in 1984,\u201d Shanna Cisneros said. \u201cThis mum was one of the biggest I saw that year. It\u2019s tiny compared to [those] today!\u201d<\/p>\n

Courtesy of Shanna Cisneros<\/p>\n

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\u201cTwenty-nine mums for [Kerrville\u2019s] Tivy High School cheer all made in princess-themed colors,\u201d Amy Trammell said. \u201cI hope others realize while this tradition is crazy and it can be expensive, you are only young once.\u201d<\/p>\n

Courtesy of Amy Trammell<\/p>\n

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\u201cA triple and a single mum with real flowers that would later be hung on my bedroom wall,\u201d Cindy Lunsford said of her 1985 West Orange-Stark High School homecoming court photo. \u201cMust haves: mini cowbells, football helmet, chenille hearts, and a felt cowboy hat!\u201d<\/p>\n

Courtesy of Cindy Lunsford<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy sisters-in-law made this mum for homecoming the year my husband (then boyfriend) and I first started dating,\u201d said Janeth Barcenas. \u201cThey knew I loved Hello Kitty and included her as the main piece.\u201d<\/p>\n

Courtesy of @jaycervantes10<\/p>\n

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\u201cI had so much fun making my daughter\u2019s homecoming mums and really missed it when she graduated in 2022,\u201d said Courtney Frick. \u201cSo this year I decided to make it a business! I just love how much school pride is represented as well as a celebration of the owner. Every mum tells a story and is a beautiful vehicle of self expression.\u201d<\/p>\n

Courtesy of Courtney Frick<\/p>\n

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\u201cThese are pictures from [Port Arthur\u2019s Abraham Lincoln High School] homecoming in 1993. If my father were alive, he would have beat me to this . . . [He] purchased a homecoming corsage for me when I was in eighth grade, and my mom found out how much it cost and took a floral arrangement class to learn how to do it herself. From that point on she made all of mine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Courtesy of @mrs_kellyann<\/p>\n

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\u201cI hope you all love it,\u201d said Yvonne Cohen of her daughter\u2019s senior mum.<\/p>\n

Courtesy of Yvonne Cohen<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen I was in high school, mums were made of fresh flowers, simple ribbons, maybe a whistle or bell,\u201d Barbara Durand Hollis remembered.\u00a0 \u201cJunior class students would deliver all the mums.\u00a0 Go Red!\u201d<\/p>\n

Courtesy of Barbara Durand Hollis<\/p>\n

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\u201cFor six years, my good friend Angela has outfitted my boys\u2019 girlfriends with, \u2018Oh my gosh, she has the best mum ever!\u2019 mums for our big Texas homecomings at both Memorial High School and St. Thomas High School in Houston,\u201d said Mary Quinlan. \u201cEvery detail is unique to each couple.\u201d<\/p>\n

Courtesy of Mary Quinlan<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is me, fall of 1989, in El Paso, Texas. I was the duchess,\u201d Yvette Marquez recalled. \u201cForgot to mention\u2014my mum had lights and played music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Courtesy of Yvette Marquez<\/p>\n

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\u201cI made my daughter\u2019s Labubu a mum to match.\u201d<\/p>\n

Courtesy of @meicantpark<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis was my mum for Whataburger night,\u201d said Joyce Fehse. \u201cThere was a competition for best dressed, and I won.\u201d<\/p>\n

Courtesy of Joyce Fehse<\/p>\n

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