Invitation:
- Green Eggs and
Ham! Its the Cat in the Hat assortment in rolls of 50 stickers.
"We're having a party! It's plain as can be!
I want you to celebrate with me!
The Cat will be there along with the Fish, Horton & Sam, the 2 Things and we
wish that you would come too!
We'll have much more fun!
We'll play in the rain....we'll play in the sun!
So get in your Who-train: DATE
Start making tracks: TIME
Meet us all at the Prairie of Prax: PLACE
We're having a party! It's plain as can be! I want you to celebrate with me!"
Decorations:
If you chose the primary Cat-in-the-Hat everything can be
Red,
Green (Sneetch
green) and
Yellow. Find play umbrellas and hang them open from the ceiling or place on the tables.
Raindrops Are Falling on My Head! Protect yourself with our colorful
inflatable umbrellas. Safe on the dance floor or for all those rainy day songs. Also great
hanging from the ceiling or as a centerpiece accent.
Use
Umbrellas with beverages or for snacks.
Picture Moment!
On the overhead projector, enlarge the Cat with Thing 1 and Thing 2 on either
side of him (Sticky Things). Put these on a large cardboard box with the Cat's head off. Use a
red & white stovepipe
Cat In The Hat hat and put the hat on the kids and stand them behind the box as though they
were the cat.
Cat in the Hat Cake Ideas:
1. Make the Cat's Hat for the cake. Stack four 8" round cakes. Put a cake board
between the second and third layers with your support dowels underneath the board so it
doesn't collapse. Use 6" rounds for less cake. Use 2 cardboards or a foam core board
circle for the brim. Draw a circle 4" larger in diameter than your cake, cut it out.
Cut out a center circle 2" less than your cake diameter out of your brim. Wrap the
"Doughnut" in foil and cover with icing. Ice the cake with wide red/white bands.
For right side up cake put the brim on the bottom and stack cakes on top, for
upside down cake, put brim on top and ice center black or dark blue.
2. Make a version of the layered cake with a picture from your favorite Seuss
Storybook or party ware plates. Bake or buy an 8" round pink cake. If you are baking,
use strawberry cake mix and two cake pans. If bought, cut it horizontally in half. Thickly
frost both layers with yellow frosting; do not frost sides.
Goodie Bags:
Get these small
Pails And Shovel --Sneetch green - primary colors- . Fill with
Beach Ball, candy and a Seuss saying. Download pages from the Seussville/Random House
site and staple them together as a coloring book and included crayons. Make
door hangers with the Grinch on one side--Stay Out! and the Cat on the other--Come and
Play! Of course books and bookmarks are a must! Any Dr. Seuss book would make a great take-home gift
as well. Cat in the Hat
Books
Favors:
Large Squirt Fish
Neon Squirt Fish
Fish Bubbles
Sticky Things
Safety Lollipops
Games:
Invite guests to bring their favorite Dr. Seuss book. Read or
Cat in the Hat while the kids use washable markers to decorate
a tablecover or newsprint. Take
pictures of their drawings.
Games & Puzzles
Practice balancing things on your heads like hats. Use plastic
plates, cups, & books and count who could gets the most on their head.
Play Sneetch Beach Ball
Each person gets a star to wear on their bellies and every other person gets two
stars. Using a
Beach Ball, pass the ball to someone who was different from you. One-star
must pass the ball to a two-star. If they passed to the same kind, they are out. When only
one kind of star-belly is left declare their team the winner.
Seuss Books for Kids
Horton Hears a Whoo
Have one child make an animal sound for everyone to guess. Then each child makes a
sound for the others to guess.
Seuss Books for
Kids
The Foot Book / Socks on Fox
Have guests sit in a circle with their feet flat on the ground in front of
them. Have the birthday child say "left foot" or "right foot". All the
players put out their corresponding foot. If someone puts out the wrong foot, he is out.
Play continues until only 1 player is left.
Seuss Books for
Kids
There's a Wocket in My Pocket
Place about 10-15
toy favors on a tray. Have all the guests look at the tray for 10
seconds then turn around. The birthday child will then take a toy off the tray and put it
in his pocket. Have the rest of the guests look back at the tray. Whoever yells out the
missing item first scores 1 point. Play until everyone gets a chance to put a toy in his
pocket. The winner is the player with the most points.
Seuss Books for
Kids
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
Make a fishing rod out of a
Pinata Bat, string and a small horseshoe
magnet. Clip paper clips on fish,
Large Squirt Fish work well. Place the
fish in a
Large Pail. Players "cast" their line into the bucket and say
"One fish two fish red fish blue fish" and pull out their catch. Let them keep
what they catch.
Seuss Books for
Kids
Oh Say Can You Say?
Pass this book around and have each guest read it until he makes a mistake. This book is a
real tongue-twister! Whoever reads the most lines wins!
Cat in the Hat
& Dr. Seuss
Books
Seuss Books for
Kids
Hop on Popp
This is the sack race! Using Burlap Bags, 4 players line up at the starting line. You call
out: "On your mark, get set, go!" Players race to the finish line. Have the rest
of the players race in sets of 4 until all have raced. Have the winners race each other.
The winner of that race is THE winner!
