Did your Dr. Seuss birthday cupcakes look like this?

Mine did not.  I am happy to say we did take the time to make cupcakes for Dr. Seuss’s birthday.  However, after I saw this picture from Beau Coup Cupcakes, I thought ours looked rather pathetic.  Oh well, it is the thought that counts.  Plus baking with kids is always fun.

Yes I am the type of mom that lets my children lick the spoon with batter and/or cookie dough on it.  It grosses my husband out.  Knock on wood, no one has ever been sick from the raw eggs, so we continue to do it.

Besides decorating cupcakes, I found a few other Dr. Seuss food and snack ideas to make during our week long Dr. Seuss extravaganza.

Idea of the Day:

Make Dr. Seuss themed food.

Green Eggs and Ham

1.  Scramble the eggs.

2.  Add a couple of drops of blue food coloring.

3.  For the ham, simply brush it with a few drops of green food coloring.

Cat in The Hat Snack

1.  Put a Ritz cracker on a plate.

2.  Spread a little bit of vanilla frosting on the cracker.

3.  Place a red gummy lifesaver on the frosting.

4.  Add a little more frosting.

5.  Place a white or clear gummy lifesaver.

6.  Continue adding the frosting (simply as glue) and the red and white gummy lifesavers to complete the hat.

Wiggly Fish

1.  Read, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.

2.  Make several different colors of Jello according to the directions.

3.  Pour each flavor into a shallow pan.

4.  Use a fish shaped cookie cutter to cut the Jello into fish shapes.

5.  Optional: add small pieces of fruit to the Jello mixture before it cools.

Pink Ink for The Yink

In the story, One Fish, Two Fish, the Yink loves to drink pink ink.

1.  Add strawberries to milk and blend them in the blender.

2.  If needed, add red food coloring to make it more pink.

Cat in the Hat Pancakes

For a healthier Cat in the Hat food (the Ritz cracker one does not sound appealing to me), try this idea…

1.  Make pancakes.

2.  Get out some whip cream and strawberries.

3.  Let the kids build their own hat by stacking the pancakes, whip cream and strawberries.

Schlopp Sundaes

1.  Read, The Thinks You Can Think.

2.  Make ice cream sundaes called Schlopp.

3.  Let the kids put the cherry on top!