Fun ideas and themes to help plan your birthday party!
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Dr. Seuss party:
Put out the following books for the
different activities.
1. "Grinch Who Stole Christmas"
by a small Christmas tree--put birthday presents under
it.
2. "Green Eggs and Ham" by the lunch table. We
had place cards saying things like, "Would you, could
you eat them with a fork?" "Try them, try them with a
drink!"
3. "Oh, the Places you'll Go!" treasure
hunt.
4. "One fish, Two fish" fishing game in a small
swimming pool.
5. "The Shape of Me and Other Stuff"
race. We put plastic interlocking puzzle shapes all
over the lawn and turned on the sprinklers. Kids
raced through the sprinklers to pick up as many shapes
as they could find.
6. "Cat in the Hat" relay--2
teams race across the lawn, put on a Cat in the Hat
hat, white gloves and an oversized shirt, take them
off and run back for the next team member to go.
For Birthday Cake cut as 2 green eggs and a ham, the
birthday hats are Cat in the Hat hats--not difficult
to sew with felt. They are stiff and stretch a
little, so one size will pretty much fit all the kids
at the party!
Thank you cards were titled "Oh the
Thanks I can Thank!" (a play on the book title "Oh the
Thinks I can Think!
Thanks to Michael D. Catten, M.D. for this theme idea
