Cat In the Hat Costume!

Doesn't everybody like taking a selfie? I had too much fun making this costume and wearing it. I even went up to the school and stood in the car rider line greeting every student who came to school last week. March 2 is Dr. Seuss' birthday, so what better way to celebrate than read one of his stories?

I started the day reading The Cat in the Hat and was bored too tears. WOW. 220 words of boredom. Thing 1 & Thing 2 get a lot of hype for the few pages they are on---they cause havoc, but other than that they are kind of boring. I switched to the 56 word book, Green Eggs and Ham. Now that is a fun book to read; I now have it memorized! Ta-Dah. That is what happens when you read it 16 times in two days!

Making the costume proved pretty simple. I found some helpful pins on Pinterest, but when it came down to it--I made it myself. DH helped me with the head piece as I royally screwed that one up for the Grinch. He was patient and kind while helping me modify. I used a shirt from Wal-Mart and covered it with Synthetic fur from Jo-Anns. I had bought a 1.99 Kindergarten/Preschool nap time rabbit at GoodWill a couple of months ago. It came in perfectly for the tummy of the cat. Some red and white felt made the bow and the hat. Obe Wan was super worried I didn't have the correct amount of stripes on the hat--he wrote an informational story on the life of Theodore Seuss Geisel, so he is a walking/talking Encyclopedia for Seuss! I had to make sure I was correct or I was going to walk the plank, or in my case, eat green eggs and ham! :)

Cat in the Hat knows all about that!