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So, what should you do this weekend?

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The weather is gorgeous. Start the weekend early with my picks for family fun!

Friday March 16

Stop by the Friends Used Book Sale at the Knoxville Convention Center. Doors open at 11 a.m. and it’s Buy 1, Get 1 Free . Not bad when you consider there are thousands of books for $2 or less.

Make a St. Patrick’s Day Hat. Call Smart Toys and Books and see if they have any room left in their popular Mommy, Daddy and Me Art Classes at 10 a.m., 11 a.m. or noon.

Toddlers love to shake their diaper-clad bottoms, let them dance at Jitterbugz Mommy & Me Dance Class at Cutie Tooties on Kingston Pike at 11.30 a.m.

Saturday March 17

Celebrate St Paddy’s Day with some green-themed crafts from my Pinterest picks.

Celebrate 75 Years of Imagination with Dr Seuss , from 11 a.m. at Knoxville Center Mall, including crafts, goodies and more. Read my post here for more info.

We missed out on making the Disney hats at the Disney Store last week and spotted them later, they were really cute! This week as part of their month-long celebration win prizes when you play their Trivia Game and join the Dance Party from 11.30 a.m. More details here.

For more Spring Break ideas, check out my post here and of course there are always more ideas in my calendar . What does everyone have planned for the Spring Break?

Psst! I’m slowing building up an album of local photos using Instagram, take a peek here. Someone had drawn a large Pacman game on the path at Fountain City Park and there was a guy entertaining the kids making balloon creations today! Anyone else use Instagram?

Dr Seuss Birthday Party Fun

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We stopped by the preschool classroom for a spot of crafting this morning. After the Christmas ornament making late last year, I realized you have to be super organized when it comes to crafting with four year olds. How do those pre-school teachers keep their cool?

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Anyway, we have a bit of a coffee habit at home, so I decided to keep the Espresso pod boxes and saw a craft similar to this Lorax face online. To make things easier I flipped the boxes inside out and hot glued them back together. Then cut out felt mustaches, eyebrows and cardboard eyes. The kids applied paint (helpful tip, Minute Maid lemonade lids make great paint pots). Then they glued on the Lorax’s facial features. They couldn’t wait to pose with their creations, so a couple of eyebrows fell off, but nothing that a dab of glue couldn’t fix!

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And while it dried we enjoyed a snack of what else, but Swedish Fish and red and blue Jell-o. Now, my kids don’t actually care for Jell-o. Crazy, I know! I wonder if it was just popular with kids from the 70s and 80s? Anyway, I promise this is the last Dr Seuss post for a year. If anyone goes to see the movie, do tell us what it’s like!

A Pinterest-ing we will go: Dr Seuss Birthday Celebrations

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Dr Seuss party celebrations have been kicked up a notch with the feature film The Lorax due for release on March 2. So I scoured Pinterest for lots of gorgeous inspiration. I know, any excuse, and I wasn’t disappointed. This should keep me the kids busy until it’s time to start on Easter Crafts.

And the moustache craze continues, why not make a few of these Lorax moustaches and set up a photo booth like the one above for the kids?

This snack is yummy and educational, practice counting with this one fish, two fish treat!

Kids love plain ol’ pipe cleaners, twist them into these cute Dr Seuss characters.

Handprint art never gets old and here it is reinvented as Thing 1 and Thing 2.

Dr Seuss’ Cat in the Hat signature hats are cute, but for something different try these cute party hats in Seuss-like colors.

Truffula Trees out of play-doh and pipe cleaners, craft heaven for little hands.

These Thing 1 and Thing 2 cupcakes are easy to make, just top with blue cotton candy.

Find links to more Seussical inspiration on my Pinterest Board here.

Do you celebrate Dr Seuss’ birthday at home or school? Do you have anything special planned or have you created something cool for past celebrations?

 

 

Free Dr Seuss events, activities and other goodies

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Oh the places we will definitely go and the things we’ll do this year. My kids have been so excited about the upcoming release of The Lorax on the big screen and since we’ve been on a big reading kick, I’m all about exploiting the Dr Seuss excitement!

Dr Seuss’s Birthday is coming up on March 2. Why not get into the festivities with some Dr Seuss themed activities at school or home? And did I mention that I’ve stumbled across a couple of freebies?

Dr. Seuss Storytime: Reading of The Lorax at Target Stores. Read Across America is buddying up with Target for a special storytime on February 25, 9 a.m.-11 a.m. Take the kids to your local Target for Dr. Seuss Storytime to hear a live reading of The Lorax. The celebration also includes free goody bags, fun activities and more.

‘Cat in the Hat-a-thon’ Multimedia event On March 2, 2012 PBS is hosting a ‘Cat in the Hat-a-thon’ Multimedia event. Watch the two-hour marathon featuring two new episodes of The Cat in the Hat Knows a lot About That. Video clips from all four episodes featured in THE CAT IN THE HAT-A-THON will be available for free online at PBSKIDS.org/video and on the PBS KIDS Video App for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

Be sure to check out the Birthday Party Builder Tool on the PBS Kids Shop website.

Barnes and Noble The Lorax Storytime. And on Saturday March 3rd at 11 a.m., thanks to Read Across America again, Barnes and Noble is hosting a special storytime showcasing the Lorax book as well as NBC/Universal’s The Lorax. Barnes and Noble is located in the Suburban Plaza, 8029 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919, 865-670-0773

 Freebies:

Starting today, visit any participating IHOP and kids 3-12 get a free Lorax bookmark (while supplies last). Plant the tree seed paper on the bookmark and help IHOP plant 3 million trees.

Downloadable The Lorax Activity Book on the Energy Star Website

Free Truffula Shuffula mobile game to download from the iTunes store

Free The Lorax matching game at Stoneyfield website.