Dr. Seuss’ ‘The Lorax’ Themed Birthday Party
With four boys, you’d think that would mean A LOT of birthday parties.
I used to have visions of perfectly planned out, whimsical themed parties.
As the kids grew, they pretty much let me know I’d lost a marble or two. I’m lucky if the older boys let me comb their hair on their big day.
All totally normal I’m told, but I still don’t have to like it. Do I?
That being said, I’m taking full advantage of the youngest son’s obsessive love of things and getting in as many themed birthday’s as I can before I’m stuck with just super heroes, and then nothing but cake, ice cream, pizza, and presents.
Since he first got it for Christmas, the youngest son has been in love with The ‘War-ax’.
I had flirted with the idea of Toy Story, but as I watch his love of this famous Seuss’ character continue to thrive, logically I knew nothing else would do.
That being said, while I enjoy having a ‘theme’ especially one so close to his little heart, I do have four kids and there’s only so much I can do.
While I wish I had the time, and energy, and let’s be honest… motivation to throw the super elaborate parties some of my friends do where everything is planned out, coordinated, and theme-centric (virtually down to the tp in the bathroom), I just can’t.
Son # 4 walked in, took one look at the few simple treats in store for him, and his face literally lit up. Now, if only I could keep him thinking I’m that cool forever.
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax Birthday Party
The Lorax face was made using a pumpkin template that I traced onto construction paper.
The pumpkin template can be found here.
Orange Hawaiian Punch made his ‘body’. I did have to explain that punch, in this instance, is something you drink and not something you do.
The ‘UNLESS’ quote printable can be gotten from A Little Delightful.
The I speak for the trees picture was made using lollipop sticks, a sharpie, sparkly pom poms, and a glue gun.
Since my son absolutely loves The Lorax movie, and it’s adorable cast of characters, I knew I wanted to have some themed goodies to snack on.
We opted for Teddy Grahams (as Barbaloots), Goldfish (representing the Humming Fish), Marshmallows (their most favorite treat), and yellow and orange Reese’s Pieces to represent The Lorax himself.
Also, to note, when setting out snacks at a party, vases, bowls, glasses and jars all make cute serving dishes.
Of course, the youngest son had to have a ‘War-ax’ cake.
Again I used the cut out pumpkin template to ‘trace’ the basic outline with a tooth pick.
The eyes were made using life savers, smarties, and miniature chocolate chips. We also made him his very own Truffula tree forest.
Again, these cupcakes were made using lollipop sticks that I had ‘sharpi-ed’ Truffula bark onto.
Tufts of cotton candy made the ‘wooly’ bits.
While I had seen these cupcakes in several party posts, there was on lesson they all failed to mention that I had to learn the hard way.
Cotton candy melts, especially in a moist atmosphere.
These were what the cupcakes looked like about an hour after being tufted.
Pretty depressing, right?
I felt a brief wave of panic when I checked on them before I went to bed the night before the party and originally discovered their sorry state.
However, I was easily able to re-do the sticks and waited until just before I was ready to serve cake to re-tuft, and they stayed perfectly fluffy up until the moment they were greedily gobbled up.
So, son # 4 thought he was pretty much the luckiest little boy in the whole world when he saw his special cake and cupcakes.
I know this because he told me so himself the next morning when he borrowed one of my rings and proposed to me.
