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Cat in the Hat Party includes Cat in the Hat with his friends like Thing One and Thing Two,
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish and Blue Fish.
For Cat in the Hat party everything should be
just right.
Present each guest with a Dr.
Seuss Cat In The Hat Deluxe Hat
Cat in the
Hat Umbrella
Raindrops Are Falling on My Head! Use play umbrellas
and hang them open from the ceiling or place on the tables and
in the drinks.
Decorations:
Blow up lots of standard 12" assorted balloons, especially red and white ones.
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 cardboard 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.
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:
Find small cardboard star boxes at the craft store and painted them bright
green--Sneetch green. Fill with candy and a Seuss saying. Download pages from the
Seussville site and staple them together as a coloring book and included crayons. Make
doorhangers with the Grinch on one side--Stay Out! and the Cat on the other--Come and
Play! Of course bookmarks are a must! Any Dr. Seuss book would make a great take-home gift
as well. Also, the kids can each take home a hat, umbrella or fish favor.
Dr. Seuss Cat In The Hat Deluxe Hat
Games:
Practice balancing things on your heads like the Cat in the Hat. Use
plastic plates, cups, and books and counted who could get 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.
Horton Hears a Who
Horton Hears A Who! Sticker Sheets (4)
Have one child make an animal sound for everyone to guess. Then each child makes a
sound for the others to guess.
The Foot Book
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.
Dr. Seuss There's No Place Like Space
Socks on Fox
Have the players sit in a circle. Place a large pile of socks in the
middle of the circle. Instruct the players to put on as many socks on one foot as
possible. The player with the most socks on his foot wins.
Design a Party
with Cat in the Hat
Cat in the Hat Party
There's a Wocket in My Pocket
Place about 10-15 small toys 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.
Cat in the Hat Party Favors:
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
Make a fishing rod out of a broomstick, string and a small horseshoe
magnet. Clip paper clips on fish, Fish Magic Springs and Fish Squirts work well. Place the
fish in a large bucket. 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. Some fishy party favors!
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!
Dr. Seuss There's No Place Like Space
Hop on Pop
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!
Cat in the Hat Game:
Give each one of the children an inflated balloon and a magic marker to draw a cat
face. Have a large hat, ideally, a top hat, and have the children try to toss the balloon
into the hat! The one that stays in the hat, gets a prize.
Cat in the Hat Stovepipe Hats
From "Green Eggs and Ham" to "One Fish, Two
Fish..." Dr. Seuss books are a generational favorite. This genuine, 12"
plush Cat in the Hat hat is size adjustable with a secret pocket.
Cat in the Hat Invitation:
"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!"
Cat in the Hat Invitations:
Green Eggs and Ham! Add stickers to your
invitations or to seal the envelopes you will send.
Cat in the Hat Activity:
Invite each guest to read aloud their favorite Dr. Seuss book, but, depending on
ages, be prepared to help!
Dr. Seuss There's No Place Like Space
The perfect first space book for those almost-readers, There's No Place
Like Space takes us on a whirlwind tour of our solar system, with a few
constellations thrown in for good measure. Cat in the Hat (along with
beloved Thing One and Thing Two) straps on his space suit and rhymes his
way among the nine planets, presenting important facts along the way.
Where else could your preschooler learn phonics and astronomy at the
same time? Readers 4-8 years of age
Snacks:
Green Gatorade
Seuss Style Sandwiches
Globs of Green Gummies
Make cheese or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches using cookie cutters that are
shaped like
a cat.
Cat
- Cookie Cutter.
Green Eggs and Ham! (what else?) Deviled eggs and color the filling green and have a large ham
and sandwich fixings.
Party Tips
Make sure all children have a grin. Make sure all children always win. When the party is over at the end of the day
Somebody has to clean it all away. Somebody, somebody has to, you see. Pick out two somebody's who volunteer for free.
Give a couple of stickers just to say thank you! Contributions by Tina Millirons
Thank You: Make a card on the computer which says "The End" with the
Cat's picture on it. Enclose the kids' picture as the Cat along with their thank
you note.
Other Ideas:
1. Gold Fish Toss: Children toss a stuffed bean bag fish into the fish bowl.
2. The Cat Says (Simon Says)
3. Pin the Hat on the Cat
4. Get a parent or volunteer to do face painting add some whiskers and a nose to
each child
Dr. Seuss Images and Lessons
Download Dr. Seuss images from the web or find stickers
to decorate around your wording and recipes at
Seussville/Random House
Dr. Seuss Lesson Plans|
Provided
in this resource are sample lesson plans, the author's picture and
biography, book summaries, and lots of activities for the author's
books. You'll also find culminating activities and an extensive
bibliography.
Theodore Geisel /
March 2, 1904
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