Happy Birthday Dr.Seuss....

I thought I would share a little

of our 

themed party we had for Little Keeper
(Back in January)

in honor of Dr.Seuss Birthday this week.

I really enjoy coming up

with a theme for his parties and trying to go the extra mile.

I have these creative skills so

I feel like I should use them and not just buy everything.

The Little guy has really been into Dr.Seuss this year so it was an easy 

choice this time!

Here is one trick that I use

that can make a room seem extra special

 I like to take colored streamers

and drape them from the ceiling in the center of our dining room

I also used glittered stars and cutouts of the Cats Hat

How do I get them up there?

A Swiffer and packing tape!

We used the red/blue and black themed colors like Thing 1 and Thing 2 wear

During the year I purchased a few of the different

character stuffed animals Kohl's sold a few years ago on E-Bay

I tried to get the best deals possible

I even found two at our local Thrift Store for .99cents!

We already had a huge collection of the Dr.Seuss books

so I spread those around as well for decoration.

 I made the bunting from a 4th of July set and added the Hats to it...

We left our pet fish on the mantel for the "Fish in the Pot"

 We had several decks of Dr.Seuss flash cards

so I decided to use them as well...

I spelled his name with this set

and used the number set with his cake for his "4" th

The little box was from the dollar spot at Target!

We lucked out that they just happened to do this in the Spot during the summer!

I also thought for a fun filler I would use a bunch of the craft

pom-poms I had

sort of like Truffula Trees and the Clover from Horton

 I made up our own

"Who-Party-Menu"

Mount Crumpet Trumpets

(Bugles corn chips)

Green Eggs and Ham

(Picture to follow- white chocolate, green m&m's with pretzel sticks)

Red fish,Blue fish,Goldfish crackers

 Prairie of Prax Gummy snax

(simple gummy snacks in bags)

Thing One and Thing Two marshmallows Blue

(I made marshmallow pops dipped in blue chocolate with red sprinkles)

 Hop on Popcorn bags

Who Sweets

(assorted candy in the colors of the party - red licorice,etc)

Barbaloot Fruit Juice

(blue Hugs drinks)

and 

Pink Yink Ink Drink

( Pink Hugs Drinks)

Cat in the hat cakes

(cupcakes!)

(wow the table looks really full now, I don't remember it looking THAT full!)

 We made our cupcakes 

and I used stickers attached to drink stirrers for the decorations

I swirled different food colorings into the batter for rainbow effect!

There are several Dr.Seuss games out there right now

but you can find them on E-bay at a better price.

I lucked out and on 3 different occasions found them in thrift stores.

2 of them had never been opened!

The kids really loved this one

where you wore this Horton mask

and tried to pick up Clovers with the trunk!

 The kids didn't even care about the "game" part of it..

they just got a thrill out of picking them up!

 There are even some cool

Dr.Seuss photo Apps for Ipod/Iphone

that we used

for pictures of the guests!

We also played any of the DVD's we had of Dr.Seuss movies

like the Lorax, Green  Eggs and Ham,  The cat in the Hat, The Grinch, etc.

All in all it was a great day!

I really tried to make use of things we had

and inexpensive things I found over the period of a few months.

A great resource for ideas is of course the internet.

There is also a site called

seussville 

that has lots of great ideas,games,and downloads especially for parties.

Hope you have a little Seusslike fun

and read a great story by the master...

I often think his books were really meant for

adults...

I have given this as a graduation gift before...

I read it to my son a few weeks ago

and it struck me

how motivational it could be

for even a family as ourselves going through some

major economy driven issues.

I think you just feel better no matter what Dr.Seuss book you pick up,

and 

if you don't

well even the Grinch had a change of heart...

Happy Birthday Mr.Geisel

I hope you all enjoyed our little show.