I knew the sweet Momma-to-be is a BIG fan of anything and everything Dr.
Seuss… It’s evident throughout a very whimsically decorated guest bedroom that
features each and every Dr. Seuss book, plush creature and accessory. She, of
course,  mentioned decorating baby’s room Dr. Seuss themed decor. Naturally the
Dr. Seuss party theme was implanted in my mind. Well,  for a few months, party
planning was left to simmer on the back burner until the baby’s gender was
revealed – of course this would affect the direction of the baby shower I’d offered to
help plan along with some other very sweet neighbors and the Mom-to-be’s best
friend from college.

Guys – guess what?!? It’s a GIRL!!! Now enter a tiny wrinkle in my over-the-top Dr.
Seuss party plans… How do you make a primary color Dr. Seuss shower theme
work for a little girl? Through some lucky fabric finds and creative thinking, I believe
we achieved the perfect Dr. Seuss themed shower for a baby girl and Momma!

Buffet table with hand-sewn table cloth & runner.

The buffet space had to be one of my favorites! This is where I got especially
lucky with the fabrics. I found a buttery yellow textile with teeny-tiny pink, blue and
green polka dots. The table runner fabric was a fabulous find from the remnant bin
– crisp white featuring embroidered stripes in the exact same colors as those little
polka dots & butter yellow in the base cloth! This is the kind of thing that gets my boat a rockin’, if you know what I mean. And the types of things the Hubs will
never understand. The polka dots and stripes coordinate perfectly – and I mean
perfectly –with a couple of items that one of the other hostesses located; napkins,
paper plates (not a big proponent of paper goods at showers, but there were almost
40 guests, y’all!) and the fantastic “Baby Shower” banner hanging in the photo
above.

A close up of the buffet table top – food, decor & linens

All of the hostesses contributed to our fabulous spread – each food item was
given a very Dr. Seuss-ish name, written on that fun pink cardstock. For example,
we had “Mini Green Egg & Ham Quiches,” “Grinch Dip” aka spinach dip, “Poodle
Noodles” pasta salad, “Deviled Green Eggs” and more! Naming the foods was so
much fun.  Other than those food items, our very Seuss tablescape featured
an “Enjoy!” pennant banner crafted from extra fabric, candles, a favorite book and
of course, a Dr. Seuss plush animal, many of which were borrowed for this soiree
from the Mom-to-be’s vast collection.

Here are some other favorite details from the Dr. Seuss baby shower:

A detailed shot of some favorite food items:

The “Thing 1 & Thing 2” cupcakes had to be *the* cutest treats ever – my Magician
in the Kitchen Aunt Peggy, made these scrumptious cupcakes (vanilla on vanilla – the
future Mom’s fav flavor) and colored the batter & icing to match the colors of Dr. Seuss’ Thing 1 & Thing 2 creatures – I added the blue cotton candy as a topper to represent these little creature’s crazy blue hair!

Our beverage table – the highlights of which were “The Blue Seuss” and “Who-Berry” punches.

Many of the Mom-to-be’s favorite Dr. Seuss books were on display in sweet little vignettes with their coordinating plush characters.

A favorite detail of many of the guests was our fun “Candy is Dandy!” display, complete with cellophane baggies meant to be filled with all of the sweet treats & tied up with a coordinating ribbon – much thanks to a creative co-host.

Here are some of our youngest guests filling their baggies.

A personal favorite detail of the shower – this fun “photo booth” created with vibrant
fabric, ribbon, colorful frames and Seuss-like accessories.

Here’s the Mom-to-be & me having fun with the photo backdrop & Seuss accessories.

I was especially proud of my mantle decor – featuring two of the future Mom’s favorite Dr. Seuss books and, of course the creatures that are highlighted in them! And this pennant banner was made from fabrics used throughout the party decor – printed letters in a Dr. Seuss font (downloaded for free) and a sweet sonogram picture of baby girl!

Another one of our crafty co-hostesses created these beautiful scrapbook pages to make the perfect stationary for each guest to write a very special note to little baby girl. This was a very popular activity and something that the future Momma will treasure forever.

Finally – the party favors. Earlier on in the day, we all played a shower game – a “baby” music guessing game. We played a CD with about 14 “baby”-themed songs, i.e. Gwen Steffani “Hey Baby,” “Be My Baby” by The Ronettes, etc. and each guest had to guess the correct song title and artist to win a $15 iTunes gift card. At the end of the party, each guest took home a copy of the CD, personalized with these custom Dr. Seuss labels created just for this soiree.

Finally – ending with a favorite photo of mine of the sweet Mom-to-be near the very Dr. Seuss buffet table.

I know she had a wonderful time & she just wouldn’t stop raving about how
perfect the shower was for her – a success!