Thursday, February 28, 2013

Seuss Inspired Meals

This week our lunches have been inspired by Dr. Seuss books in honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday. I posted lunches for Bartholomew and the Oobleck and If I Ran the Zoo HERE.

Boogs had a Seuss inspired breakfast one morning this week featuring The Cat in the Hat. The Cat's hat is made out of beet pancakes and bananas. I drew the Cat's face on Babybel cheese and added fresh berries to this breakfast. Boogs is not a super fan of beet pancakes, but he is a super fan of Dr. Seuss.




I thought I had read every Dr. Seuss book written but this was the first time I have read McElligot's Pool. Marco sits beside a small pool imagining all of the fish that will swim through an underground brook from the ocean to get to his baited hook. Boogs enjoyed studying the illustrations. He said the Dog Fish chasing the Catfish was his favorite fish in the book. I thought the Eskimo Fish from beyond the Hudson Bay were pretty cute. We had to have a fish themed lunch to go with this book. In the ELB lunchbox: almond butter & jelly fish and seahorse, Goldfish crackers, tomato fish eggs in broccoli coral, and goldfish colored mango.

After school, we got out our Playdough to recreate some of the fantastic Seussian fish in McElligot's Pool.


Our very own ocean of fish!

For more Seuss food fun take at look at the incredible entries in these two linky parties:

Bento Bloggers & Friends

Bento USA by AllThingsForSale.com

This post is linked to Throwback Thursday Lunch Linkup on Lunchbox Dad's site.


Be sure to check out the rest of the wonderful sites I link to on my sidebar! If you want to see more book inspired lunches on Keitha's Chaos, click on the "lunches" label at the end of this post or go to My Story Themed Lunches board on Pinterest. I would love for you to leave a comment to let me know you stopped by.

14 comments:

  1. Seriously Keitha-- I LOVE the Cat in the Hat Breakfast! So cute!!!

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  2. WOW! What a creative family! The fish are so adorable! Great job, Boogs.....and of course Mom too!

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    1. Thanks, Shannon. I keep trying to get Boogs to do crafts with me. He would rather play video games. :-)

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  3. Ok, that is just way too cute! My son and I may need a Seuss-inspired breakfast this weekend! Thanks for sharing. :)

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    1. Glad you liked Boogs' breakfast. Thanks for the kind comment.

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  4. His playdough is so cute... :)

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  5. I think he has inherited your creativity. I love the creatures he made. I will be sharing this post on Pinterest and Facebook.

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    1. Thanks so much for your encouragement and for sharing my posts.

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  6. Adorable ocean of fish!! Oh and the breakfast too! lol ;-)

    Thanks for sharing at Sharing Saturday!

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  7. Love the breakfast - I don't know the second book either - one to look out for - thanks!

    I've featured this on The Sunday Showcase: http://www.herecomethegirlsblog.com/2013/03/09/dr-seuss-activities-the-sunday-showcase.html

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