Dr. Seuss Celebration idea:
Pack a lunch!
I wanted to send my kids something fun in their lunch to celebrate Dr.Seuss’ birthday – I thought I would share what I came up with in case any of you want to do the same. March 2nd is the big day, but no worries, this is super easy to throw together!
Green Eggs and Ham
I just hard boiled eggs and dyed them green and then diced up some ham lunchable style (I am also sending cheese cubes that are not pictured). In the past I have tried dyeing scrambled eggs green and that works also, but I thought this was a little more appetizing and easier to send for lunch!
The Minks like to drink pink ink
Strawberry yogurt drink
and Blue Goo
blue J-ello
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
Fish crackers
The Cat in the Hat
I layered strawberries and this delicious fruit dip (must try) as my attempt at making it look like the CAT’S HAT…at least I tried:)
I found these great free printable stationary pages, here. On them I wrote out a key for the food they will eat so they won’t think I am off my rocker sending CRAZY food to school.
Some of these free printables would be fun to throw in their lunch also:
Printable Dr. Seuss word find
Theodor Seuss Geisel printable activities
Write your own Dr. Seuss poem printable
Or write up some Suess quotes on the free printable Seuss stationary!
a FEW of my favorites:
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”
“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”
“Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.”
Some more fun Dr. Seuss celebration ideas
Remember this great post on decorating a toddler boy room in none other than Seuss!
Courtney over at Nesting Instincts has some great decorating ideas for a Dr. Seuss party
Don’t you just LOVE how CoLoRfUl this is!
My Dr. Seuss post last year has some great SEUSS links in it…
Along with a FAB picture of Shelley and her adorable family all Seussed out (new word)!
You HAVE to check it out and feel free to laugh, she won’t hear you:)
You can also learn how to make Thing 1 Thing 2 Wigs in her tutorial here.
So I shared my Dr. Seuss Celebration ideas with you…
Now it is your turn!
How will you Celebrate Dr. Seuss?
Lynn from For Love or Funny says
How fun! My kids would love a Dr. Seuss lunch…that’s the type of thing that they’d remember for years to come!
Nesleirbag says
This is one packed lunch all of the kids would want to trade for! Or at the very least, it would be the talk of the lunch room! What a hit! Dr. Seuss lives on!
Shelley says
Oooo! I LOVE the green eggs and ham! 🙂 So clever. –Thanks for publicly humiliating me with the link to our family’s crazy picture. 😉
Alexandra says
Thanks for sharing this cute Dr. Seuss tribute! It’s easy and fun that the kids can even help put together. You can also use rainbow fish crackers for One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish! 🙂
Aleena says
Ohhhh… i love this!!! more so because it is sooo simple to put together!! hahah!!
We also made a Dr Seuss cat in the Hat treat yesterday. You must check it out at my blog The Hokey Pokey Kitchen… http://www.thehokeypokeykitchen.com
Thanks for sharing!!
B Fryman says
Visiting from my delicious ambiguity!
Love the lunch idea-perfect for next year when my son is in school all day long!
Ashlie says
We are crafting up a storm! http://stuff-by-ash.blogspot.com/2011/03/thing-1-and-thing-2-handprints.html Hopefully having some fun food for dinner tomorrow.
Ashley says
Thank you so much for the wonderful ideas! I am using them for tomorrow’s lunch (along with these printables too- http://moomootutu.blogspot.com/2011/03/toddler-tuesday-happy-birthday-dr-seuss.html )
Alison says
I just stumbled this page. Love all of the Dr. Seuss fun!!
Annie~Savor This Moment says
Thanks for the cute idea and links! My 3rd grader is home from school with a fever, so I want to do something fun tomorrow with him. The lunch idea is great!
stacy says
My kids are going to LOVE you! What a fun idea. Thank you for always sharing such great ways to be a fun mom.
LauraO says
Thank you so much for sharing all of the wonderful, Seussical ideas! My son is going to totally dig that lunch!
Jenny D. says
Here is my round up of printables, crafts & snacks we plan to use tomorrow to celebrate!
http://bugger-dixonline.blogspot.com/2011/03/happy-birthday-dr-seuss.html
Nicole says
Missy, you are so clever. I love it. What lucky kids. You have!
Jessica says
OMG! How cute! This is right up this teachers ally. I’m can’t wait to use this idea for the classroom next year! THANKS!
Catherine says
We made Green Eggs & Ham omelettes & a Cat in the Hat pancake stack: http://makemyselfathome.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/dr-seuss-breakfast/
Kay says
What a great idea, Missy. You are such a cute mom!
Briana says
I found some pins from Target about a year ago- 6 Dr. Seuss pins for $1. On my students’ desks I put a little note and a pin for them to wear tomorrow. We are decorating large lunch bags to make hats and I found an activity doodle pad at Michael’s that the kids can use when they are done with a project. We are playing a bunch of games from seussville.com and reading LOTS of Dr. Seuss books!
Victoria S says
This is fabulous! Every little detail! The strawberries and fruit dip look delicious. Where do you get your little disposable snack containers? I’m adding a link to this in my Dr. Seuss Link Collection and planning to feature it tomorrow for Dr. Seuss’ birthday.
http://www.obseussed.com/p/books.html
Missy says
Thank you! I found the containers at a restaurant supply store here in town. I am sure they have something similar online?
Jenn says
I will have to remember the lunch for next year! I always make my kids green eggs and ham for breakfast!
melissa says
I “took” your ideas and made a fabulous lunch for my girls. Too cute! The girls will be surprised at lunch time. (I bought small “Glad” cups at the grocery store for the fruit dip and blue goo!) Loved the great idea! Thank you!!
shawnacy says
thanks! we did this!!! it was so fun, and creative. thanks for the idea.
linked to you here –> http://quiverfullcreative.blogspot.com/2011/03/happy-birthday-dr-seuss.html
Kendra says
Thanks for the great idea! My daughter LOVED it!
http://kendraandcole.blogspot.com/2011/03/happy-birthday-dr-seuss.html
Brooke says
Thanks for the inspiration! We had a Seuss inspired dinner! Enjoy:)
Zar says
Oh my! I’ve got to remember/bookmark this for next year! Wonderful ideas!
Tmfriz says
What a gorgeous idea… I didn’t know, but now I will mark it for next year!
Mindy says
Adorable! I love this idea. Such a fun lunch with such a cool mom!
Lydia Story says
Wow, that is one awesome lunch! I would have loved to have you as a mother! You are amazing!
Heather says
Love the Dr. Seuss costumes. I have twin boys(thing 1 & 2) that will be 4 next Halloween & a daughter 10 (Sally). They love the CAT in the HAT & she loves planning Halloween costumes a year out. Any recommendations/sources would be greatly appreciated. Too cute.
Bob says
You are so creative!!
MeganV says
What a great idea! So cute!
Megan
Ashley g says
Such a cute idea. Those wigs are so adorable. Thanks so much.
Lauren @momhomeguide says
Love the Dr. Seuss ideas — especially the Dr. Seuss party decorations.
Maysem says
Fun and adorable idea!