Cat in the Hat Party -- Dr. Seuss Birthday Party Ideas
If Dr. Seuss books are you child's favorites, celebrate their birthday with the Cat in The Hat and
other favorite Dr. Seuss characters.
Dr. Seuss' Birthday is March 2nd - have a school or library celebration
with these fun party ideas.
CAT IN THE HAT PARTY DECORATIONS
Your color scheme can be
red and white
with little black, blue or yellow. Make a giant Stovepipe Hat with poster board, fabric or butcher paper
to hang on the front door. Set the mood with color
and creativity.
Fill your party room or yard with paper cut-out
circles in various sizes; bright red, yellow, blue, oranges and
more. Hang them on the walls,
from the ceiling or attach to yard stakes
and place in your
yard or
walkway. Use a
Cat in the Hat striped hat to create a fun and easy
table centerpiece. Place one or two open books standing on
either side of the hat.
Create the Mood
Make a reading center with a rug, pillows and lots of Dr. Seuss
books.
The kids can start the party on the reading rug while they
wait for other guests to arrive. When all the children have
arrived begin the party with
an exuberant reading of The Cat in the Hat. This will get everyone excited to play games
and have fun! You can also end your party with a
read-aloud story time as well.CAT IN THE
HAT PARTY GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
We've provided ideas for games and relays focused just on
Cat in the Hat, however you may want to add to your
party using other favorite Seuss stories - Green Eggs
and Ham, One Fish Two Fish, Horton Hears a Who, The Butter Battle
Book, The Foot Book, Fox in Sox ....
Select ideas from the list below that best suit the age group,
location
and time frame for your party. Add some favorite
Dr. Seuss music to help create the mood.
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Thing 1 and Thing 2 Relay Races
To play these relay race games you'll need to the children into teams (Thing One and Thing Two)
You can give the players matching arm bands (red and blue) or large T-shirts to wear.
Clean-up
Relay
Play this exciting and fun relay race to clean up the mess before
Mom gets home!
Provide Each team with one large shopping bag with handles.
Mark a starting line on one side of the room (or yard, if playing outdoors)
and place a cone or chair at the other end, one for each team.
Scatter items along the course from start to finish; clothes,
shoes, toys etc. When you say "GO" the first player from each team
quickly moves along their course picking up the items and placing
them in the bag as they go. When they reach the cone they must
return to their team while removing the items out of their bag
along the way. This will create the "mess" for the next
player so the items should be scattered, not placed in one pile.
The last player on each team does not make the mess again but runs
back to their team with a full bag.
box or large plastic toy barrel.
"The Fish" Relay
Keep the teams divided as stated above.
You'll need two large plastic mixing bowls or acrylic fish bowls,
two plastic fish and water. Fill the bowls with water and add the
fish right before playing.
The object of the game is to run from start to finish and back to
your team without spilling all of the water or
"sloshing" the fish out
of the bowl. When the player
returns to his/her team
they will pass the bowl to the next player.
Balancing
Act Relay
This time the teams will attempt to balance items on their head
like
The Cat?
Before the party select a throw pillow or light shoebox for each
team. When you say "Go!", the first player on each team
will place the item on their head and walk to the cone at the end
and then return to their team. Then the next player takes a turn.
It's okay if the pillow falls off, just keep trying. Keep your players in team as stated above.
Please Cat
May I?
Play just like the traditional Mother May I playground game.
The "Cat" will wear a Cat in the Hat Stovepipe hat.
and stand away from the other children.
The Cat will select
players to call out requests --
"please Cat may I take one giant step (baby step
etc)?"
The Cat responds with "Yes you may" or "No, you may
not".
For complete
Mother May I rules click here.
Follow The
Cat
Play just like Follow the Leader except the leader is
wearing
a Cat in the Hat Stovepipe Hat. Take turns being the leader and
don't forget that Seuss characters are silly and fun. So do silly things -
flap your arms, wiggle around, hop on one
foot, make silly noises...
Cat in the
Hat Craft
Children will be making their own "Super Luxurious OmniDirectional Whatchamajigger"
– the Cat’s car.
Save boxes, paper towel tubes, yogurt containers and other
miscellaneous items for the weeks prior to the party. Make sure they are all clean.
The day of the party cover a table and place all of the items in the
center of the
table. Add colored paper, scissors, ribbon, markers, glitter, glue
sticks and white clue. Give the children a small box or
shoebox to start with and let them use their creativity to make
their own special car. Little hands will need help with staplers, scissors and other items. Make sure there are two or more grown-ups or older children to help.
Related Links:
Kids Birthday Party Page
Horton Hears a
Who Party
"Seuss-ville" Website
Party Games
Home Page
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