Cat in the Hat Party

Cat in the Hat Decorations:

Start with a Cat In The Hat Hat for every guest. For Cat-in-the-Hat everything should be Red, White, Blue, Yellow.  Find play umbrellas and hang them open from the ceiling or place on the tables.  Blue Parasol Umbrella - these beautiful paper and bamboo parasols are just right. Each opens to 32".

Cat in the Hat Umbrella Game
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 Umbrella Picks with beverages or for snacks.

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.

You could also have some yummy Cat Cookies use this cat cookie cutter.

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.

(Sneetch green) Solid color party ware.

Green Party Basics
Green Plates, Cups, Napkins, Forks, Knives, Spoons

Games:

Practice balancing things on your heads like the Cat in the Hat. Use plastic plates, cups, & 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.
16" Beach Ball or 20" Beachballs

Horton Hears a Who.

Horton Hears A Who Party Supplies

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.
Animal Print Shoes

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.

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.

Party Favors:

Find Seuss Books for children!
  Dr. Seuss There's No Place Like Space

Click here for GREEN Slimlite Stick or Green Lightsticks

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!

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.

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

Decorations:
Blow up lots of standard 12" assorted balloons, especially red and white ones.

Activity:
Invite each guest to read aloud their favorite Dr. Seuss book, but, depending on ages, be prepared to help!

Find Seuss Books for children!

  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

Party Refreshments and Party Menu Ideas
Green Gatorade
Seuss Style Sandwiches
Globs of Green Gummies

Snacks:
Make cheese or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches using cookie cutters that are shaped like cats.

Food:  Cat Cookies
Green Eggs and Ham! (what else?) Deviled eggs and color the filling green and have a large ham and sandwich fixings.

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Cat in the Hat Party Supplies

Cat In The Hat Hat

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.

Dr Seuss Party Music CD
The Cat In The Hat! Sing along with the songs from this Dr. Seuss CD and have a great party.

Design a Cat in the Hat party.
Design a Party

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.

Find Seuss Books for children!

Theodore Geisel
March 2, 1904
Visit Seussville and Seussville University

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.

Here's the Partyware!

Green Party Basics
Red Party Basics
White Party Basics
Blue Party Basics
Yellow Party Basics

Cat in the Hat Costumes
for adults and children

  Cat in the Hat Mask
A fun and realistic mask. Officially Licensed.

  The Cat In The Hat Dr. Seuss Cat In The Hat Mascot Adult
It's the The Cat in the Hat, there's no doubt about that!

  Dr. Seuss Cat In The Hat Deluxe Hat

  Cat In The Hat Plush Deluxe Adult
  Cat In The Hat- Adult Accessory Kit

  Cat in the Hat - Tiny Tikes Infant/Toddler
  Cat in the Hat - Polar Fleece Child

  Cat in the Hat Child-Movie Style
  Cat In The Hat- Child Accessory Kit

  Dr. Seuss Springy Grinch Hat
  Dr. Seuss Graduation Glasses
 Dr. Seuss Fish in the Teapot Hat