Cat In The Hat Party SuppliesIf your child has been bombarding you to throw a Cat in the Hat birthday party for him, don’t fret about not knowing where to start. Although there are about a million different ways to go about it, once you know how easy it is to pull it all together, you will have no more worries. There are plenty of ways to use different Cat in the Hat party supplies to make your child’s party a hit. Just try to relax, focus, and take into stock all the options you have. Invitations The invitations to your party will be the first glimpse any guest has of what is to come. It is necessary that your invitations scream fun and happiness, so make them bright, cheery, and full of Seuss-isms! Some ideas are: • The Cat’s hat. Use white card stock paper to cut out little hats, just like the Cat’s, and color the red parts using markers. Or an alternative would be to print out hats from your computer and glue them onto card stock paper. Use a fine point permanent marker or black pen to write the event information on the card, either on the white parts of his hat, or on the backside of the card stock paper. Be sure to write in verse, like Dr. Seuss, using plenty of fun and simple rhymes. • Thing 1 and Thing 2. Print a picture from your computer of Thing 1 and Thing 2 together to use as the card. Or, if you have a picture of the birthday child in a Thing costume, you can scan that into your computer and use that as the picture. Do the same with the party information as the idea above. Activities Keeping kids occupied and having fun at a birthday party can sometimes be daunting, but when you are throwing a silly Cat in the Hat party, you won’t need to worry about that. You can: • Have each child decorate his own paper hat. • Have plenty of Dr. Seuss books available to read in a specific area. • Split the children into two teams (Thing 1 and Thing 2) and have them relay race each other around the yard. • Split the children into a few small teams and give each team a cloth or paper bag. Set boundaries between two sides, scattering random items all around the area (preferably in the yard). As a relay, have one player from each team run out and scoop up as many items as they can, careful not to spill anything. Give each try about 60 seconds, and then blow a whistle, signifying they need to return to their starting points and pass the bag on to the next player, who then has 60 seconds to scoop up items. The team with the most items in their bag after all players have gone wins. Cake This is where you are really going to have fun. The cake is going to be one of the biggest and boldest statements of the party, leaving your guests awed. Your Cat In The Hat cake can be any number of items, such as the hat, the cat in the hat, a fishbowl, a flat sheet cake with the Cat drawn on, or even a recreation of the book itself, either draw onto a sheet cake or sculpted to look just like it. Practice with new ideas before making the actual cake and your cake will be deliciously entertaining, just like the rest of your Cat In The Hat party supplies. If baking isn’t quite your dish, you can purchase a pre-made cake in any sort of design. Let the cake say what the decorations and the games can’t, that Dr. Seuss is amazing and makes your child feel wonderful and creative! Decorations One of the most fun parts of throwing a party of any theme is decorating. Lucky for you, decorating for a Cat in the Hat theme is even more fun! Think about what it would be like to live in a world Dr. Seuss created, full of wild and imaginative creatures, mechanical items, and more. Use these thoughts to help decide what to use to decorate. You can start by twisting red and white streamers together and attaching them to the corners of your ceilings and stretching them across so they crisscross. Next, hang silver streamers in the doorways of the party area, making the room seem like the guests are entering an entirely separate world from their own. Then, using fishing wire and paper cutouts of the Cat, Thing 1 and Thing 2, the fish in the bowl, as well as other creatures and characters, hang them from the ceiling and every so often from the twisted streamers. For eating utensils, use any bright color forks, knives, and spoons set on colorful napkins, plates, cups, and party hats. A bright red tablecloth will work nicely with the rest of your decorations. When guests arrive at the party, they should feel like they are entering an entirely new world, filled with witty rhymes and colors flung everywhere. As you begin your planning for this tremendously fun event, remember to let go of your logical side and let your creative side roam free. That is the only way you are going to pull the true essence of your Cat in the Hat party supplies. Imagine if the Cat was planning the birthday party, what mischief he would create and what sort of mess he would make—that is how you should think. Let go. Have fun. And enjoy yourself! |
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