Cat Paw Print Socks
Your guests will enter your home as kids
and leave as Hello Kitty with this fun activity! For each guest, you
will need a pair of white cotton socks, two cardboard strips (to fit
inside each sock), scrap paper, a pencil, and fabric markers/paint.
Practice sketching several different cat paw prints on paper before guests
arrive, so you are better prepared to help them. Display your sketches
(even if they are not perfect) to inspire your guests. Demonstrate how
to stretch a sock over a cardboard strip. Use a pencil to outline a cat paw
print on your guests’ socks. Let the kids fill in the outline, using
fabric markers or paint. Encourage your guests to be creative and have
some fun - both socks do not have to match!
Hunt for the Cat Birthday Cake
Hello Kitty loves to bake cakes! On your
child’s big day, create a special hunt for the cat birthday cake! You will
need the help of at least a few family members, neighbors, or friends.
Separate guests into teams and give each team a set of clues and party
favors to find. Give each child a bag to put the favors in and make sure
each guest has at least one favor (so nobody feels left out.) The clues
and favors should lead the children to the location of the cake. Keep
the cat cake close to home and under adult supervision. Excited children
running through the house with a cat cake can be messy! The first team to
locate the cat cake gets served first.
Finger Painting Fun!
Hello Kitty and Mimi love painting with
their grandfather while listening to his splendid tales. Bring out your
finger paints and let your guests draw pictures of Hello Kitty and her
family on large pieces of butcher paper. Be sure to lay a protective
covering on the party table first. While your guests are having fun and
getting messy, read them a Hello Kitty story to inspire them!
Kitty Treats
Star-Studded Soda
Hello Kitty loves stars, so serve this fun drink in her honor! Freeze
red fruit punch or cranberry juice in a star shaped ice tray. Serve 2 or
3 red star ice cubes in a glass of light-colored soda or lemonade.
They’ll sparkle and tumble around the glass for an added touch.
Cat Paw-Print Cookies
Make your favorite sugar cookie recipe or purchase ready-made dough.
Roll dough into balls and gently flatten to a 1/4 inch thick with a flat
object (the bottom of a glass works well). Let kids make their Hello
Kitty paw print. Show them how to use their thumb for the center of the
paw, and form little toe marks with the tip of their small finger. When
the kids are finished, bake and enjoy!
Grandma’s Purr-fect Pudding
Although Hello Kitty’s Grandma is a master pudding maker, you won’t
have to spend all day in the kitchen making this quick recipe. Simply
purchase a package, or two, of instant pudding in your child’s favorite
flavor. Follow the directions on the package, making sure to prepare the
pudding a few hours before the party, so it can properly chill. When
it’s time to serve, swirl two flavors together for a special marbled
effect.
Tea Sandwiches
One of Hello Kitty’s favorite things to do is invite her all her
friends over for a tea party. Traditional tea sandwiches are filled with
cream cheese, smoked salmon, egg salad, sliced cucumber and dill, or
chicken salad. Use some of these old favorites, or choose any sandwich
filling your child likes. Spread fillings on your child’s favorite bread
and cut them with cookie cutters for added fun!
Tea Party Punch
This pleasant punch will complement your tea sandwiches nicely,
especially if your guests do not like real tea. You will need: 2 quarts
of weak tea; 1 quart of pineapple juice; 1 cup of fruit punch; 2 cups of
ginger ale; and Ice cubes. Make tea in advance and let it chill for
several hours. Add the remaining ingredients and chill a little longer.
Add ice cubes and serve in tall glasses. For an added touch, top each
drink off with a paper umbrella and a colorful straw. Makes about 12
servings.
Tea Pot Cake
Purchase and prepare your child's favorite flavor boxed cake mix
according to package directions; bake using a round ball cake pan.
Prepare your own sugar cookie recipe at home. Roll cookie dough to the
recommended thickness and cut into the shape of two identical teapot
handles and two identical spouts. (It’s a good idea to make extra
pieces, just in case the cookies break.) When the cookies have cooled,
place frosting on one teapot handle cookie and stick the other one to
it. Do the same thing for the teapot spouts. (This makes the handle and
spout stronger). After the cake has cooled, assemble it according to the
directions included. Then, carefully press the cookie handle and spout
into the cake. Decorate your teapot with white icing, using a
star-shaped frosting tip. To add the finishing touch, use different
colored frosting to add decorative colored flowers to your teapot cake.
Enjoy!
Cat Diary
Day 983 of my captivity.
My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects.
They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed
hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt for the
rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to
keep up my strength. The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of
escape.
In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomit on the carpet.
Today, I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their
feet. I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it
clearly demonstrates what I am capable of. However, they merely made
condescending comments about what a "good little hunter" I am. Idiots.
There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was
placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I
could hear the noises and smell the food. I overheard that my
confinement was due to the power of "allergies". I must learn what this
means and how to use it to my advantage.
- Author Unknown
