My husband and I made all the food from Dr. Seuss books. My mother-in-law purchased a Honeybaked ham and made a side dish, as her foodie soul shriveled at the thought of people coming to her house to eat "Micaela food," so she wanted to make sure there was something edible available. (Although you can't blame her, it's a wonder I don't blow myself up when I fry J's eggs for breakfast every morning.) Here's the spread:
Here's a list of the food and books they came from:
Green Eggs and Ham: ham, deviled green eggs, eggs and ham quiche
Ten Apples Up On Top: apple slices
Go Dog Go: hot dogs (pigs in a blanket)
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish: Yink's Ink (pink lemonade), blue jello with candy fish inside
The Cat in the Hat: strawberry and banana kabobs, Thing 1 and Thing 2 cupcakes
The Butter Battle Book: rolls and butter
Horton Hears a Who: elephant ears
Yertle the Turtle: turtle tracks ice cream
I wanted a fancy fondant cake. I found a simple Dr. Seuss-themed fondant cake, emailed the picture in for estimates, and....different bakers quoted about $150-$200. My gentle, loving, slow-to-anger husband would've punched me in the face and then given me the cold shoulder for a year if I spent $200 on a cake for a one-year-old. So I ordered one from Publix for $40. AND it had a layer on top that worked as the "smash cake," so I didn't even have to spend another $10 on his own little cake.
Another fancy thing I wanted to do was get customized plates with his name and picture, and cups and napkins with his name. Everything was so cute and...about $100 for everything I needed. I didn't want to hear my husband talk about the time I spent $100 on paper plates for the next 50 years, so I went to Dollar General and bought red and white plates, cups, and napkins for super cheap and stacked them red-white-red.
Here are the before and after pictures of J and his smash cake:
Yes, he ate the whole cupcake and mountain of icing. Diabeetus!
I think this little boy had a great party!
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