I LOVE entertaining. My husband and I have thrown some awesome themed parties! With my son's birthday coming up, he'll be 4 next Friday, I'm feeling a bit nostalgic. So, I am dedicating this TBT to my favorite little man.
It is one of my biggest regrets that we did not throw my son a bigger 1st birthday. My husband always says, "he won't remember", and it's true, but I still wish I would have done more. At the time my little man turned 1, our family was in transition. My husband had just separated from the Air Force and moved to Ohio to start his new job. However, the little one and I stayed behind in South Georgia so I could finish out the school year. (I still miss my old school and students, and of course the weather, everyday!) So, the party was small and we only invited our immediate families, mostly because our condo was so tiny.
When I was pregnant, I remember reading that babies recognize the color red first. I happen to believe this as my son's first smile took place as I was folding a red shirt. (Of course, I had to fold that shirt about 10 times because he loved seeing it flip through the air.) Being a first time mother, I had no idea what to do with a 3 month old, so I began reading How the Grinch Stole Christmas to my little guy. He loved it and soon, it became a great way to sooth the screaming babe (seriously, the ONLY thing that would calm him on the 20 hour drive from South GA to Cleveland OH). Needless to say, I have that book memorized. As he grew, he began to love books, particularly anything Dr. Seuss (now I can also recite The Cat in The Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, and the ABC Book)
I didn't have Pinterest when my son turned 1, but I've found some awesome pins for you. Check out my Dr. Seuss Board! Back then, I had to plan the party the old fashioned way. Here are some pictures from the awesome day. It truly seems like yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital, now he's 4!!
Welcome to the party! Every month since he was born, we took a picture of the birthday boy with a huge stuffed teddy. We displayed the pictures along with fun party costume wear. (We asked the family to come dressed in primary colors to match the theme. Everyone did a great job, especially my brother who came dressed head to toe in red with a yellow minion hat. It was AWESOME!)
The party wear was super easy to create using foam hot glued to small dowel rods.
Goo-goo Googles from the ABC book
Lorax Mustaches
Sneech Stars
What Dr. Seuss Party would be complete without the Cat's hat?
Truffula Trees in cylinder vases. We covered the vases with felt to look like the Cat's hat and sat them on a white circle of felt. The Cat finger puppets were party favors made out of red, white, and black fuzzy sticks and white and black pompoms.
The birthday boy got a fun ball pit and tube set for his birthday. I think it added to the festive decor.
Decorating was easy since we have just about every book by Dr. Seuss. All food followed the party theme as well.
Pink Ink Yink Dink (Pink Lemonade)
Beezlenut Splash - (Berry Infused Water)
Diffendoofer Fruit Salad
One Fish Two Fish (Rainbow Goldfish)
Yertle the Turtles
Roast Beast (My sister-in-law's famous Pot Roast... yumm!)
My super awesome and creative sister did all of the food labels!
Green Eggs and Ham (Just a few drops of green food coloring and voila!)
Oodles of Noodles (Pasta Salad)
Yot in the Pot Beans (I know this one is odd, but at the time, the only healthy thing my little mad would eat was lima beans.)
Who Hash (Jello Salad)
My awesome sister-in-law and niece also made these yummy cupcakes for the party!
Thing 1 and Thing 2 Macaroons made by my talented brother! He did this on his own! I had no idea he was making these! Isn't he awesome! (OK, my whole family and family-in-law is awesome!)
The Birthday Boy enjoying the decorations. Seriously, this was the only thing he liked to do until he was 2.
Smash Cake and cupcakes. I glued a hat and toothpick to a photo of the birthday boy to decorate the cupcakes.
Smiles with the birthday boy and his hat smash cake.
(Red velvet circles with white frosting in between.)
One happy little 1 year old.
My sister and brother-in-law showing off the party wear.
I hope this has gotten the creative juices flowing for your Dr. Seuss themed party. What awesome things did you do for your fun Seuss party?
Happy party planning!
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