The Monkey's school didn't have an official birthday party for him, but they did declare today "Crazy Hat and Sock Day". I wish I took a picture of her this morning, but time slipped away. Just know that she wore slipper socks and a big red yarn hat.
We didn't think socks and hats were enough to celebrate one of our favorite authors, so we decided to make cupcakes. And not any old plain cupcakes. We wanted to make Truffula Tree cupcakes. If you aren't aware, Truffula trees are from the Lorax. The Once-ler cuts down the trees to gather material to make his "Thneeds", which is something "everyone needs".
You can find these cupcakes all over Pinterest, but I got the idea from Tablespoon.Com. They do a great job decorating their cakes. We did it the quick and easy way. I think you can get the point from the picture: bake 24 cupcakes, add green coloring to vanilla frosting, add cotton candy to the top of a pretzel stick, and put the stick in the cupcake. One word of advice: Add the cotton candy on the day you plan to serve the cakes. Cotton candy will lose its "fluffiness" when left out overnight.
We took it one step further, and made Lorax cookies...courtesy of Pinterest! All you need are Nutter Butters and frosting. Truth be told, I think most of these look like ducks!
Until next time....
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