10 Fun and Fabulous Ways to Celebrate Dr. Seuss’ Birthday

Did you know that March 2nd is the birthday of the famous and beloved author, Dr. Seuss? Take a minute out of your day, either the day of, or leading up to, and celebrate the day with your little ones. These 10 fun ideas will be a great addition to your day to help show your appreciation to him and the all-time classic stories we all grew up reading.

1- Green Eggs and Ham Tray from His 4 Homeschooling

2- Thing 1 & Thing 2 Push Pops from The Country Chic Cottage

3- Fishing Game from Heck Fridays

4- The Sneetches Activity from I Can Teach My Child

5- Fox In Socks Bottle from Mad In Crafts

6- Lorax Paper Plate Craft from A Night Owl

7- Cat In The Hat Toss from Motherhood And Other Adventures

8- Truffula Tree Treats from The Seasoned Mom

9- Dr. Seuss Bingo from Circus Berry

10- Color Sorting Activity from Celebrate Every Day With Me

When my daughter was younger I would spend a lot of time trying to come up with activities she could do in the car on long road trips and things to entertain her when we were waiting at restaurants and things that didn’t involve screens.

But it turns out there are a lot of great activities you can do with just a piece of paper and a pen.

What Do We Do All Day has a great collection of pen and paper games, including some that can be done with just one person, though they’re all more fun if you have at least two.

There are some classics on here like hangman and dots and boxes, but there are also quite a few I hadn’t heard of before.

I don’t want to spoil the whole list for you because you should definitely click over there and look around, but I will share about the one that you see pictured above.

This game is called Bridges, and you start by making the big random shape and the dividing it into a bunch of sections (the post says 30-50 sections is ideal but I think this one is smaller than that).

Each player gets their own color marker and you take turns drawing bridges from one space to another, crossing a third. Once there’s a bridge, no other bridges can start, end or cross in those spaces. Keep going until no more bridges can be built, and the person who makes the last bridge wins.

Check out the post over at What We Do All Day for more great ideas for no or almost-no prep games you can play with your kids or that kids can play together. I’d love to know if you have a favorite paper and pen game, whether it’s on this list or a different one.

[Photo: What We Do All Day]

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