The Best Dr. Seuss Party Ideas

Speaking of Dr. Seuss, you can use these fun ideas for a National Read Across America Day celebration. That’s held annually on March 2nd, which is Dr. Seuss’ birthday. It is put on by Read Across America as the National Education Association’s initiative to encourage reading.

An easier way to celebrate, though, is reading Dr. Seuss books that day. We have a huge list via that link to help you find some good ones.

The Best Dr. Seuss Party Ideas

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Dr. Seuss Invitations

I always say your party starts out best when you have invitations that are part of your theme. They’re a great way to let your guests know you’re throwing a themed party. So start your party with Dr. Seuss invitations.

They’re pretty easy to handmake as long as you have a printer, some card stock, and some Dr. Seuss stickers.

If you do handmake them, you can use the Dr. Seuss invitation poem my cousin’s used for hers:

Haven’t you heard, didn’t you hear? It’s time to celebrate (name)’s (age) year.
(Month) is the month
The (date) is the date
The party starts at (time)
So, please, don’t be late!
Would you, could you, come and play? Please let us know either way.

Print it out, affix it to some card stock, then add some stickers and send them in the mail. Just make sure that you’re sizing them to fit within envelopes because you don’t want to have to make envelopes too.

If you don’t have that much time to make everything, or if you just don’t feel like crafting, you can purchase Dr. Seuss Invitations online.

Dr. Seuss Party Decorations

Continue the theme with party decorations.

One of the easiest Dr. Seuss party decoration ideas is to pick up your favorite Dr. Seuss books, like Green Eggs and Ham, Oh, The Places You’ll Go!, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Happy Birthday to You! and, of course, The Cat in the Hat. Put them on tables around the room and that’s a super easy was to decorate.

You could set those books up at the tables where the buffet is, if you’re serving food. When you’ve cleaned up the meal, you can move those books to the dessert table.

A cheaper way to do this is to print out images of the covers of Dr. Seuss books on card stock. Glue them onto poster board, then staple them on to string to make a Dr. Seuss book banner that you can hang.

And, if you need to watch your budget on this and don’t have the money to spend on buying Dr. Seuss books or printing covers, you can take out books from your local library. Most have Dr. Seuss books on hand.

The number of books will vary according to your local library. But even a few will add a lot to your decorations. You can put these books on hold, pick them up the morning of the party, then return them after the party ends. That way, you’re not taking them out for too long, in case there are kids in your area who actually do want to read Dr. Seuss books that weekend.

If you do that, I would just make sure to not set them up on the food table. You don’t want food accidentally splashing on a library book.

If you want to make some fun Dr. Seuss party decorations, check out our Dr. Seuss Seussville Sign Tutorial. That would be the perfect sign to place at the driveway so party guests know they’re at the right spot.

If you don’t have time to handmake anything, you can purchase Dr. Seuss party decorations online. Some of our favorites are below:

• Dr. Seuss Balloons
• Dr. Seuss Wall Decal Set
• 5-foot tall Cat In The Hat
• Cat In The Hat “Welcome” door decoration

Dr. Seuss Centerpieces

When you’re setting up for the party, you can really make the tables something special.

A lot of the Dr. Seuss books have really defined color schemes. The Cat In The Hat is red, blue, white; The Lorax is orange and yellow. Use those colors to create your tables.

Use blue and red tablecloths at your “Cat In The Hat” themed table. In the center, put our DIY The Cat In The Hat Centerpiece. If you don’t want to make one, you can purchase the Cat In The Hat’s hat and put in the center of your table.

For a Lorax-themed table, use our Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax Centerpiece Tutorial. You want to make a centerpiece adorned with Truffula trees with an image of the Lorax. Since he’s yellow and orange, yellow and orange tablecloths are perfect for this.

Near that table, put Truffula trees made from pool noodles and tissue paper to complete the theme.

Dr. Seuss Party Foods

Don’t forget about the food and drinks.

Some go to Dr. Seuss party food ideas are green eggs and ham. But, honestly, does anyone want to eat green eggs and ham at a party? Probably not.

If you just want to make your traditional party foods — penne alla vodka, salad, chicken — that’s fine. Just be sure to serve everything on Dr. Seuss Dinner Plates so you can keep with the theme.

In One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish there’s a character called a Yink and he craves pink ink, so you can make a pink lemonade and call it “Pink Ink Drink.” For a fun snack, put Go-Gurt yogurt tubes on it and label it “Oh! The Places You’ll Go-Gurt”.

For some on themed snacks, you can put and red and blue Swedish fish in put them in a bag to represent One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish. Or, if you don’t want to give out gummy candy, you can fill the bags with Goldish instead.

For green eggs and ham, take square pretzels and put a white candy melt on top of them. Put it on the oven at 350 F for five minutes until the candy melts are soft. Stick a green M&M in the center. Then, serve them next to pieces of cooked bacon.

For dessert, my cousin ordered a cake from a local bakery. If you want to bake your own birthday cake and cupcakes, then stick these Dr. Seuss cupcake toppers on top of them.

Even better, you can purchase Dr. Seuss edible pre-cut wafer rounds and then stick them right on your frosting.

Both of those are really eye catching and will stand out at your party. Just be careful that your dessert isn’t too pretty to eat … because then no one will want to eat it.

Dr. Seuss Party Favors

Edible favors are always my best suggestion. Everyone wants a to go snack, so send your guests off with some Dr. Seuss snacks.

You can make make a white shortbread cookies with a green yolks made from a shortbread ball in the center to be your green eggs from green eggs and ham. If you don’t want to make your own cookies, you can order Dr. Seuss cookies online.

You could fill ziptop bags with various colors cotton candy and call them truffula seeds. Or, put the cotton candy on top of paper straws to look like truffula trees instead.

Or, if you had to purchase all those Dr. Seuss books for decorations, you could give those out to your guests as a favor. That way, you don’t have a handful of copies of The Cat In The Hat laying around your house.

If you do that, have the person who the party is for write a thank you note on the cover of each book. That would be adorable.

Purchase Dr. Seuss Party Supplies Online:

If you don’t want to DIY your party supplies, that’s fine. You can purchase Dr. Seuss party supplies, like the Dr. Seuss Balloons above, from the following stores online:

• Amazon
• Etsy
• Oriental Trading
• Target
• Walmart

Be mindful of a store’s minimum cart total to qualify for free shipping. Also, don’t forget to choose instore or curbside pickup to avoid shipping charges.

What great ideas for a Dr. Seuss party ideas do you have? Let us know in the comments.