dr. seuss on the loose

my son is crazy about dr. seuss.

he loves all of the characters, but

cat in the hat and grinch are his favorites.

in fact, cat and grinch are often at our house causing lots of mischief.

for his 4th birthday, i knew we had to celebrate his imaginary friends.

the invitation

i loved all the bright dr. seuss colors!

and if you only knew my crazy son,

you'd understand that this seuss quote was perfect for his invite.

when you untie the twine,

the card folds down to reveal all the party details:

the party

food table

for the backdrop, i had the invitation quote printed on foam core.

then i covered additional pieces of foam core with adorable seuss fabrics.

i designed a small banner with all his favorite book covers.

i found so many cute dr. seuss food ideas on pinterest.

to see the original links for many of these ideas {and many more} please visit my

dr. seuss party board

babybel cheese with thing 1 & 2 labels

sugar cookies frosted like green eggs

jelly bean truffula seeds

more decorations and drinks

everyone loved the truffula trees

made from $1 pool noodles and tissue pom pom balls.

(my sister made the cute thing 1 & 2 outfits for my girls)

his favorite spot was by all his friends.

my daughter's wonderful teacher leant me her seuss bulletin board guys

and i made "me and sally" silhouettes out of posterboard.

printable banner {part of my seuss printable collection}

drink cup labels - with a place to write names

loved this idea!  how cute are they?!

but here's the truth.

the washi tape would not stay on the bottles for more than a few minutes,

especially in the heat.

but we just stuck all the straws in and they were still super cute.

right?

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cake

to make this cake, i use one 8 inch cake and 3 6 inch.

putting a cardboard support circle in the middle

and using dowel rods kept it "straight".

i used this technique for the frosting.

i tried to do it with one tip.  but i'd advise getting two so you can alternate colors.

i had to do all the white and then all the red.  it made it more messy and less perfect.

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activities

parties are more fun when the kids can just run around and play games so i made signs

to explain each game.  of course each one was based on a seuss story.

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{how adorable are the mr. krinklebein bean bags that my sister made}

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we set up a photobooth area with lots of seuss props.

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(trampoline jumping)

and since grinch is his "favorite guy in the whole world"...

pin the heart on grinch.

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favor bags

i found these cute reusable bags in the dollar bins at target.

i thought they were perfect and love that they can be reused as snack bags after the party.

the lorax would be proud!

another favorite seuss quote...such a smart man!

sidenote: about 2 weeks after our party target set up a

whole section of seuss stuff in the dollar bins!

of course.

but i did find some cute stuff here.

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he loved his party!

i am so thankful for everyone who took pictures

including many of the pictures featured here by 

memories by megan photography

the seuss printable party will be available in

my etsy shop

soon!