Cat In The Hat Party

Planning an over the top Cat in the Hat party? Your thing one and thing two are ready to jump into the thing-a-ma-jig-a and set sail to the extravaganza of the year. These party ideas will wiz all your guests to a magical land on this birthday journey.   Dr. Seuss’s books, illustrations, movies, show and Broadway musicals have made him adored by children around the world. Dr. Seuss’s Birthday is on March the 2nd (1904). This Dr. Seuss party will be colorful, imaginative and have loads of silly fun! The kids will love every minute of their Cat In The Hat birthday.

Planning an over the top Cat in the Hat party? Your thing one and thing two are ready to jump into the thing-a-ma-jig-a and set sail to the extravaganza of the year. These party ideas will wiz all your guests to a magical land on this birthday journey.  

Dr. Seuss’s books, illustrations, movies, show and Broadway musicals have made him adored by children around the world. Dr. Seuss’s Birthday is on March the 2nd (1904). This Dr. Seuss party will be colorful, imaginative and have loads of silly fun! The kids will love every minute of their Cat In The Hat birthday.

Cat In The Hat Party Supplies, Costumes and Decorations

• Use the color theme of red, white and black
• Hang lots of streamers and balloons! Go over the top just like Dr. Seuss would like it!
• Create a balloon column like a balloon arch to accent doorways and a photobooth
• Use a black table cloth
• Red plates, cups and cutlery
• Large clear jars holding lots of colorful candy
• Banner with polka dots or stripes that says "Cat in the Hat party"
• On large paper or cardboard, paint the drawings of the unique vehicles, trees, houses, etc. and decorate your walls (if you are not the best at drawing rent an overhead projector and trace the drawings that you want)
• Have a wooden direction sign - directions towards: Seussville, your off to great places, today is your day, your mountain is waiting, to the moon, get on your way, fun here, fun there

Cat in the Hat Party Games and Activities

Horton Hears a Who - Like charades. Have pictures of animals on cards. Each guest takes a turn to be a different animal. They call out the animal sound and act like a different animal.Photo Booth - have cut outs of Thing 1 & 2, the thing-a-ma-jigger and the cat of course. Have a backdrop with large tropical plants

One Fish Two Fish … Go fishing in a kid pool or sandbox filled with water. Attach magnets to the items that will be fished out. Have prizes for your guests, like biggest fish, longest fish, most colorful fish, not a fish at all (a boot).

Hop on Pop - Jump on a trampoline or rent a large blow up jumper / slide combo. These are hours of fun. Some have a water feature, if so let your guests know beforehand.

Ten Apples up on Top - Bob for apples out of a tub of water or hang them from a tree. Try to catch them with your teeth (The Tooth Book). This could also be done with donuts if your guest of honor has a sweet tooth.

I Wish That I Had Duck Feet - Run an obstacle course with swimming flippers on your feet. This is both silly and funny all rolled into one.

Oh, Say Can You Di-no-saur? Search for dinosaur bones in a sandbox. You can also freeze dinosaur bones in a large block of ice and have your guests chip away to find the frozen treasures.

One Cent, Two Cents, Old Cent, New Cent - Have a jar with coins and guess how much money is inside (candy bar prize). You could also try this with a jar of candy to guess how many candies there are. Then the jar of candy is the prize.

Oh, The Places You’ll Go - Race on different vehicles (cars, tricycles, etc.)

My Many Colored Days Paint - Paint and paint some more. I love to do these types of activities outside if possible. If not, put a plastic tablecloth down first. Go to a craft store or dollar type store and get a large white canvas like real paintings. They also have lots of selections of paint and paintbrushes. You can also use found materials to use while painting like pinecones, branches, pine needles, etc.

On Beyond Bugs - Decorate sugar cookies that are shaped like bugs. Have an assortment of icing colors, candies and sprinkles.

Cat in the Hat - Make decorate a hat with odd objects that you can stick on

Pin the Hat on the Cat - Play just like pin the tail on the donkey. Use a scarf to cover your guests eyes. Spin then the number of times equivalent to the age of your party guest of honor.

Toss the Cat in the Hat - have an assortment of hats (or red bins) and try to toss a stuffed animal cat into the hat.

Cat in the Hat Party Food

• Green eggs and ham
• Ham sandwiches on croissants 
• One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish - shark gummies 
• Blue and red fruit juice
• Chocolate dipped marshmallows 
• Hop on Pop corn - candy popcorn in multiple flavors and colors
• Blue jello with fish jumping out
• Fishy crackers in a fish bowl
• Thing 1 and Thing 2 cake pops - base color of red from candy melts. Add a white circle on the front and pipe in Thing 2. Attach onto striped skewers.
• Cat In The Hat cake. Make it look like the cat’s hat. Very simply, take a large slab cake pan and cut it to make one large rectangle. With the small rectangle … turn it and attach it with icing to make the brim of the hat. Use white and red icing and ice the cake in stripes.

Cat in the Hat Favors

• Take home your large canvas paintings
• Jar of bug gummy candies
• Dr. Seuss Book

Dr. Seuss Books

Dr. Seuss’s Nursery Books

Circus McGurkus 1, 2, 3!; Do You Like Green Eggs and Ham?; Happy Birthday, Baby; Horton Hears a Who! Can You?; Oh, Baby! Go, Baby!; One Fish, Two Fish, Three, Four, Five Fish; Wet Pup, Dry Pup, Your Pet, My Pet.

Dr. Seuss’s Bright and Early Board Books

The Foot Book, Hop on Pop, Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?, Oh, The Things You Can Think, The Shape of Me and Other Stuff, Ten Apples Up on Top, There’s a Wocket in my Pocket, The Tooth Book, The Eye Book.

Dr. Seuss’s Bright and Early Books

A Great Day For Up!; Hooper Humperdink…? Not Him!; In a People House; Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!; Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?; The Shape of Me and Other Stuff; There’s a Wocket in my Pocket; The Tooth Book; Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog?; The Eye Book.

Dr. Seuss’s Beginner Books

The Cat in the Hat; The Cat in the Hat Comes Back; The Cat’s Quizzer; Dr. Seuss’s ABC; Fox in Socks; Green Eggs and Ham; Hop on Pop; I am Not Going to Get Up Today!; I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!; I Wish That I Had Duck Feet; Oh, The Things You Can Think!; Oh, Say Can You Say?; One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish; Ten Apples Up on Top; Wacky Wednesday; The Cat in the Hat Beginning Book Dictionary; Please Try to Remember the First of Octember!

Dr. Seuss’s Learning Library

Clam-I-Am; Is a Camel a Mammal?; Miles and Miles of Reptiles; My, Oh My a Butterfly!; Oh Say Can You Say What’s the Weather Today; Oh, The Things You Can Do That Are Good For You!; On Beyond Bugs; There’s a Map on My Lap!; There’s No Space Like Space; Fine Feathered Friends!; Oh, The Pet’s You can Get!; A Whale of a Tale!; I Can Name 50 Trees Today!; Ice is Nice; If I Ran the Rain Forest; Oh Say Can You Seed?; Oh, Say Can You Di-no-saur?; One Cent, Two Cents, Old Cent, New Cent; Wish for a Fish; Would You Rather Be a Pollywog.

Dr. Seuss’s Hardcover Classic Books

The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins; And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street; Bartholomew and Oobleck; The Butter Battle Book; The Cat in the Hat Songbook; Daisy-Head Mayzie; Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?; Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book; Gerald McBoing Boing; Happy Birthday To You!; Horton Hatches the Egg; Horton Hears a Who!; How the Grinch Stole Christmas!; Hunches in Bunches; I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! And Other Stories; I Had Trouble Getting to Solla Sollaw; If I Ran the Circus; If I Ran the Zoo; The King’s Stilts; The Lorax; McElligot’s Pool; The Book About Me; Oh, The Places You’ll Go! Deluxe Edition; On Beyond Zebra!; Scrambled Eggs Super!; Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose; What Was I Scared Of?; Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories Party Edition; You’re Only Old Once!.

Dr. Seuss’s Library Editions

The Bippalo Seed and Other Lost Stories; The Butter Battle Book; Fox in Socks; Great Day for Up!; McElligot’s Pool; Oh Say Can You Say; On Beyond Zebra; The Sneetches and Other Stories; Wacky Wednesday; The Boy on Fairfield Street; The Road to Oz; Hooray for Diffendoofer Day; The Red Lemon.

Dr. Seuss’s Other Books

Go Dog Go; Are You My Mother; Seuss-isms; The Pop-Up Mice of Mr. Brice; My Many Colored Days; A Hateful of Seuss.