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Get crafty with the kids this week for Read Across America! Here are fun and creative projects that celebrate everyone’s favorite children’s author, Dr. Seuss.

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Dr. Seuss Crafts For Story Time

Hi my crafty friends! I hope you are doing well today! I’m so glad you landed on today’s Dr Seuss Kid Craft Roundup post. You are going to have a blast checking this one out!

Fun fact for you right now – did you know that Dr. Seuss’s birthday is coming up on March 2nd?

Yup! Every year in celebration of the amazing children’s book author, educators and parents alike, get together to celebrate Read Across America Day. It’s a HUGE nationwide reading event and it is a good excuse to wipe the dust off your books and get lost in his stories with your child!

Since the beginning of Glued To My Crafts, I’ve been slowly in-cooperating several different Dr. Seuss themed kid crafts into our archives.

And since our website archives has really grown in the last year, I wanted to do a quick Dr. Seuss themed roundup post, just in case you missed any of them and/or needed some inspiration for some crafts to do in honor of the special day {cause with an event like this – a good craft is in order!}

All these Cat In The Hat, One Fish, Two Fish and Lorax themed crafts & activities are super simple and perfect to celebrate reading with young people. Especially during Read Across America Week. All of which can be found right here on Glued To My Crafts!

Our Read Across America Art Projects:

An orange paper craft handprint Lorax keepsake features googly eyes, yellow paper eyebrows, a brown pom-pom nose, and yellow handprint mustache cutouts. The blue background is dotted with stars. Text reads Lorax Keepsake Idea.

Lorax Handprint Keepsake

A copy of Dr. Seuss’s One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish on polka dot paper, surrounded by two handprint fish crafts with googly eyes and red yarn hearts—perfect inspiration for Dr Seuss Kid Crafts. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is written at the bottom.

Handprint Fish Puppets

Two craft figures made from painted toilet roll, each with blue paper hair and smiley faces, are inspired by Dr. Seuss’s Thing 1 and Thing 2—perfect for a fun toilet roll Thing 1 themed activity.

Toilet Roll Thing 1 & 2

A children’s book titled “Fox in Socks” is next to a dr seuss fox craft—a paper plate orange fox made with tissue paper, googly eyes, and construction paper ears—displayed on a teal background with white star patterns.

Paper Plate Fox

A Cat in the Hat book, a fork painted Cat in the Hat-themed craft with googly eyes and a red-striped hat, a purple plastic fork, and red yarn on a table with FREE HAT PRINTABLE!!! text at the bottom.

Fork Painted Cat In The Hat

A book and yarn balls on a table, perfect for inspiring Dr Seuss Kid Crafts.

Popsicle Stick Fox

A Paper Bag Leopard craft decorated with colorful spots, black nose and mouth, and yellow ears lies on pink and purple paper beside the "Put Me in the Zoo" book by Robert Lopshire.

Paper Bag Leopard Puppet

A yellow spotted animal made from craft sticks, googly eyes, and paper ears is shown on a blue background next to the Put Me in the Zoo book. This cute put me in the zoo craft is perfect for storytime fun. Text reads, PUT ME IN THE ZOO CRAFT.

Popsicle Stick Leopard

A Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish book sits on blue patterned paper, surrounded by three colorful triangle fish crafts with googly eyes and two red yarn hearts—perfect inspiration for Dr Seuss Kid Crafts. Gluedtomycraftsblog.com is at the bottom.

Popsicle Stick Fish

A children's craft project inspired by The Lorax book, featuring a brown paper Lorax with a yellow handprint mustache, googly eyes, and orange textured paint created using a potato masher stamped craft technique, plus assorted supplies and a blue plate of orange paint.

Potato Masher Stamped Lorax For Dr. Seuss Story Time

A paper craft setup inspired by Green Eggs and Ham with a book, glue, cupcake liners, a coffee filter, and a blue sheet labeled “GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS.” Perfect for Dr Seuss Kid Crafts, the green cupcake liner resembles green eggs.

Use white coffee filters, green cupcake liners and school glue to make GREEN EGGS on paper

A children’s book titled Put Me in the Zoo lies next to a colorful paper plate leopard craft, decorated with bright colored paper spots and yellow tissue paper. The scene is set against a light lavender background.

Paper Plate Leopard

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Fork Painted Cat In The Hat

Oh, The Places Photo Ornament Craft

Oh The Places Ornament – Free Printable!

This Paper Plate Cat In The Hat craft for kids features a white paper plate with a drawn cat face, black paper whiskers and ears, and a tall red-and-white striped hat. Perfect for celebrating Dr. Seuss Cat in the Hat! Background is a chalkboard.

Paper Plate Cat in the Hat

Oh, The Places Photo Ornament Craft

Places You Will Go Ornament – Free Printable In Post!

A colorful Places You Will Go Keepsake printable art features a blue handprint holding a red heart, a pastel hot air balloon labeled 2024, gold stars, and the text Oh, THE PLACES YOU WILL GO! on patterned paper. Banner says FREE PRINTABLE!!!.

Handprint Places You Will Go Keepsake

Paper Plate Goldfish Craft Idea For Kids

Dr Seuss Inspired Fish

A Horton Hears a Who! book sits on a teal, star-patterned background. Beside it is a Popsicle Stick Horton craft—a popsicle stick elephant with blue ears, curled trunk, and purple pom-pom—labeled Popsicle Stick Elephant.

Popsicle Stick Horton Elephant

Dr. Seuss Inspired Paper Plate Hot Air Balloon

Paper Plate Hot Air Balloon

Dr Seuss Paper Bag Cat In The Hat Puppet - Kid Craft

Cat in the Hat Puppet

Paper Plate Bug Craft Idea

Paper Plate Bug

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Dr Seuss Fish Canvas Painting

HANDPRINT LORAX ORNAMENT FOR DR. SEUSS WEEK

Clay Handprint Lorax Ornament – use felt for his mustacheFelepha

Popsicle Stick Cat In The Hat – Dr Seuss Hat Inspired Kid Craft Idea

Popsicle Stick Cat In The Hat

Paper Plate Dr Seuss Green Eggs - Kid Craft

Paper Plate Green Eggs and Ham

A paper plate Lorax craft features an orange tissue paper face, big yellow mustache and eyebrows, googly eyes, and a brown pom-pom nose on a colorful painted background. The text reads "paper plate LORAX.

Paper Plate Lorax w/Handprint Beard

Popsicle Stick Socks - Fox In Socks Craft

Popsicle Stick Socks

Paper Handprint Fox In Socks Puppet

Handprint Fox In Socks

The SIMPLEST Paper Plate Thing 1 & 2 Kid Craft Idea

Paper Plate Thing 1 & 2

Chalk Art Thing 1 & 2 - Dr Seuss Kid Craft Idea

Chalk Art Thing 1 & 2

Paint Splat Truffula Trees

Paint Splat Truffula Trees

DIY One Fish Two Fish Costume For Dr Seuss Week

Simple One Fish, Two Fish Costume Idea

Popsicle Stick Thing 1 & 2 - Cat In The Hat Craft

Popsicle Stick Thing 1 & 2

One Fish, Two Fish - Thumbprint Dr Seuss Kid Craft Idea

One Fish, Two Fish Thumbprint Printable

Popsicle Stick Lorax w/Handprint Beard - Kid Craft

Popsicle Stick Lorax w/Handprint Beard

Paper Bag Lorax Puppet - Kid Craft

Paper Bag Lorax Puppet

Potato Stamped Green Eggs w/free printable template

Potato Stamped Green Eggs

Super EASY Go, Dog. Go! Paper Plate Dog Craft Idea

Go, Dog. Go! Paper Plate Kid Craft

Fork Painted Lorax Craft Idea For Kids

Fork Painted Lorax Craft Idea

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CUPCAKE LINER FISH – use the book cover for inspiration

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Paper Plate Truffula Tree – add a jumbo popsicle stick

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Cupcake Liner Green Eggs and Ham

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Handprint Cat and Lorax

Torn Paper Hot Air Balloon Craft for Kids – Dream Big!

Torn Paper Hot Air Balloon

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Fork Painted Cat In The Hat

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Handprint Thing 1 Keepsake Craft Idea For Dr. Seuss Week

A Dr. Seuss book lies on polka dot paper next to a Dr. Seuss Kid Crafts project—a paper plate painted with red stripes as a hot air balloon, with a brown basket holding a child's photo. Text reads @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS.

Paper Plate Hot Air Balloon Craft Idea

A copy of The Lorax by Dr. Seuss is displayed with a handmade Truffula tree craft—a fun Dr. Seuss Kid Craft—made from orange cupcake liners, a pink pompom, and a striped purple-and-black stick on polka dot paper.

Use cupcake liners to make a truffula tree

A blue elephant inspired by Dr Seuss Kid Crafts is drawn with a handprint, detailed in black lines and glasses, holding a pink duster. The artwork sits on white paper against a teal, star-patterned background.

Handprint Elephant Keepsake Idea

Use yarn and cardstock paper to make a quick bookmark

Use yarn and cardstock paper to make a quick bookmark

Use torn paper to make truffula trees

Use torn paper to make truffula trees

Cupcake Liner Bird Idea

Cupcake Liner Bird Idea

Handprint Green Eggs Keepsake Idea

Handprint Green Eggs Keepsake Idea

Craft a Torn Paper Cat in The Hat Fun for Read Across America

Torn Paper Cat In The Hat Craft

A book titled Put Me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire is on colorful paper with two red yarn hearts and a yellow paper craft animal inspired by the book’s character—perfect for Dr Seuss Kid Crafts. The handle @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is at the bottom.

Spotted Leopard Keepsake Craft Idea

Use a piece of kitchen sponge to stamp a LORAX on paper

Use a piece of kitchen sponge to stamp a LORAX on paper

Paper Plate Hot Air Balloon Craft Idea

Paper Plate Hot Air Balloon Craft Idea

Handprint Lorax Keepsake Craft Idea

Handprint Lorax Keepsake Craft Idea

Potato Masher Stamped Lorax Craft Idea

Potato Masher Stamped Lorax Craft Idea

A copy of The Cat in the Hat book sits beside a paper plate craft resembling the cat’s hat, painted with red stripes and a black paper brim—perfect inspiration for fun Dr. Seuss Crafts. Colorful construction paper decorates the background.

Paper Plate Hot Air Balloon Craft Idea

Use Orange Playdough & Craft Yarn To Make A LORAX

Use Orange Playdough & Craft Yarn To Make A LORAX

Use A Slice of Pool Noodle & Green Coding Labels To Make GREEN EGGS

Use A Slice of Pool Noodle & Green Coding Labels To Make GREEN EGGS

Use Small Paper Plates and Green Cupcake Liners To Make GREEN EGGS

Use Small Paper Plates and Green Cupcake Liners To Make GREEN EGGS

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Cupcake Liner Rainbow Fish

A Lorax-themed Dr. Seuss craft features an orange Lorax face made with bubble wrap print and yellow paper hand shapes for a mustache, with googly eyes, beside a copy of The Lorax book and crafting supplies.

Potato Masher Stamped Lorax Craft Idea – use handprint cutouts for his beard

Use cupcake liners, craft sticks and craft felt to make a LORAX puppet

Use cupcake liners, craft sticks and craft felt to make a LORAX puppet

Use plastic eggs, craft felt and pom poms to make GREEN EGGS for story time

Use plastic eggs, craft felt and pom poms to make GREEN EGGS for story time

A flat lay of a Dr. Seuss The Lorax book, glue bottle, cup with yellow mixture and wooden stick, plus four paper straws with yellow blobs topped with sprinkles on blue paper—perfect inspiration for Dr Seuss Kid Crafts. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS text is at the bottom.

Puffy Paint & Paper Straw Truffula Tree Craft Idea

Pool Noodle Stamped Lorax

Pool Noodle Stamped Lorax

Pool Noodle Stamped Brown Dog

Pool Noodle Stamped Brown Dogs

Pool Noodle Stamped Truffula Trees

Pool Noodle Stamped Truffula Trees

Use torn paper to make truffula trees

Use torn paper to make truffula trees

Use torn paper to make a TREE to pair with the Lorax book

Use torn paper to make a TREE to pair with the Lorax book

Use torn paper and handprint cutouts to make a LORAX

Use torn paper and handprint cutouts to make a LORAX

Potato Masher Stamped Truffula Trees

Potato Masher Stamped Truffula Trees

Use craft foam eggs to pair with the book Horton

Use craft foam eggs to pair with the book Horton Hatches The Egg

Fork Painted Truffula Trees

Fork Painted Truffula Trees

Toilet Paper Roll Stamped Truffula Trees

Toilet Paper Roll Stamped Truffula Trees

Spatula Stamped Lorax Craft Idea

Spatula Stamped Lorax Craft Idea

A flat lay of a Dr. Seuss-inspired craft featuring colorful handprint fish on a blue background. Each fish is made from a paper handprint with googly eyes and orange paper mouths. Surrounding the craft are supplies like Elmer's glue, scissors, googly eyes, and red yarn hearts. A copy of "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish" by Dr. Seuss is visible, along with the watermark "@GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS

Paper Handprint Fish Craft Idea – pair it with One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

A flat lay of a Dr. Seuss-themed craft featuring fish made from colorful cupcake liners on a blue background. Each fish has a googly eye, an orange heart-shaped mouth, and a rectangular tail. The scene includes supplies like Elmer's glue, scissors, googly eyes, and yarn hearts, with a copy of "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish" by Dr. Seuss. The watermark "@GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS" is visible.

Cupcake Liner Fish Craft Idea – pair it with One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

A fish-themed craft inspired by Dr. Seuss, featuring green potato masher-stamped fish with googly eyes and black marker-drawn fins on a blue paper. A red plate with green paint and a potato masher are visible, along with a Dr. Seuss book and a white "G" cutout with "GLUED TO MY CRAFTS" written on it.

Potato Masher Stamped Fish For Story Time Fun!

A craft inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss, featuring a white paper with three black marker-drawn egg outlines filled with green textured paint, mimicking green eggs. A red plate with green paint and a potato masher is visible, along with the book and a white "G" cutout with "Glued TO MY CRAFTS" written on it.

Potato Masher Stamped Green Eggs – all you need is white paper, green paint and a marker

A paper with four green paint prints resembling eggs, a white plate with green paint and a paintbrush, a green marker, and a Green Eggs and Ham Dr. Seuss book are arranged on a table.

Similar to above, use a flat spatula to make GREEN EGGS on paper

A handmade card with a red handprint balloon reads “Oh, the Places I Will Go!” next to felt heart decorations and a book titled “Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Graduation Edition.” The @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS handle is visible.

Got leftover craft foam heart shapes from Valentine’s Day? Use them to make hot air balloons!

A handmade bookmark shaped like a blue hand with a red arm and white face labeled STACEY lies on a Cat in the Hat book, surrounded by felt hearts on star-patterned paper. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is written at the bottom.

Use craft foam sheets and dot stickers for this THING 1 & 2 bookmark craft idea – his hair is a handprint cutout

A Horton Hears a Who! Dr. Seuss book, a bottle of Elmer’s glue, finished paper plate crafts resembling Hortons face, craft supplies, paint, and a @GluedToMyCrafts credit label are arranged on a table.

Potato Masher Stamped Truffula Trees for Horton Hears A Who!

A Dr. Seuss-inspired craft scene with two blue fishbowls labeled 1 and 2 on blue paper, red felt hearts, red crepe paper, glue, and a Cat in the Hat book surrounded by crafting supplies.

Potato Masher Stamped Thing 1 & 2 – use red crepe paper for their bodies

A children’s book titled “Put Me in the Zoo” sits beside a yellow paper with colorful painted circles. A plate holds blue, green, and red paint with a potato masher used as a stamp. ©GluedToMyCrafts.

Potato Masher Stamped Leopard Spots For Put Me In A Zoo

A flat lay of Valentines crafts: two blue painted paper plate faces with red paper headbands, felt hearts, mini envelopes, a Dr. Seusss Lovey Things book, and a fork with blue paint on a chalkboard surface.

TWO WAYS – use a paint splat method or a plastic fork to make HAIR for Thing 1 and 2

A children’s craft project shows a bird made from a painted coffee filter and paper, placed on a cutout hand. Nearby are a glue stick, marker, and the book Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman—perfect for Dr. Seuss Kid Crafts inspiration.

Use a small paper plate and cupcake liner to recreate this nested bird craft idea!

A creative Dr. Seuss Kid Craft inspired by “The Lorax,” featuring yellow and pink Truffula trees made with paint and fork prints on black paper. Nearby are a copy of “The Lorax” book, paint, and a fork for crafting fun.

Fork Painted Truffula Trees

A fun Dr Seuss Kid Crafts project inspired by Green Eggs and Ham, featuring green paint egg stamps made with a potato masher and two Dr. Seuss books in the background.

Potato Masher Stamped Green Eggs – all you need is white paper, green paint and a marker

Children’s craft activity inspired by Put Me in the Zoo: the book is shown next to a paper plate bear face decorated with colorful dots, paint dabbers, and yellow paper ears—perfect for fans of Dr Seuss Kid Crafts. Username @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS appears at the bottom.

Use a paper plate and dot markers to recreate this spotted leopard craft today!

Two handprint crafts resembling the Cat in the Hat, with red and white striped hats, googly eyes, and pipe cleaner whiskers, placed on a pink background with colorful confetti—perfect for Dr Seuss Kid Crafts fun! @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS text at the bottom.

Handprint Cat In The Hat Keepsake Idea – the one on the left is our version of a “gnome”

A blue elephant painted from a handprint holds a pink duster, with cartoon eyes and ears drawn on, perfect for Dr. Seuss Crafts. It stands on white paper with a teal star-patterned background. Text at the bottom reads @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS.

Handprint Horton The Elephant – use blue craft paint for this keepsake idea

A Dr. Seuss book, “Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?”, sits on colorful patterned paper. In front, brown painted craft sticks are glued together with a brown paper strip—perfect for fun Dr Seuss Kid Crafts! Website “GLUEDTOMYCRAFTSBLOG.COM” is at the bottom.

Similar to our “cat in the hat” tutorial, this one is for Mr. Brown!

Childrens art project inspired by Dr Seuss Kid Crafts. An open Dr. Seuss book, a donut-shaped sponge with paint, and a paper with orange sponge-stamped flowers and green stems. The handle @gluedtomycrafts is visible.

Pool Noodle Stamped Truffula Trees

A children’s craft project inspired by Are You My Mother? shows a blue cupcake liner bird with googly eyes and a beak on a popsicle stick—perfect for fans of Dr. Seuss Crafts—beside supplies and the book cover on a pink tray.

Cupcake Liner and Craft Stick Bird Puppet Craft Idea

A copy of The Lorax book is surrounded by decorative stars and paper hearts, plus an orange and yellow cupcake liner Truffula tree craft—perfect for Dr. Seuss Crafts fans—alongside the handle @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS.

Flatten out several cupcake liners and use them to make TRUFFULA trees

A children’s craft inspired by “The Lorax” features a book, a blue paper with colorful pom-pom flowers and green stems, and a red plate with yellow and orange paint—perfect for Dr. Seuss Crafts fans. Username @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is at the bottom.

Fork Painted Truffula Trees – the center are mini poms poms

A craft tray with Play-Doh, googly eyes, pom-poms, felt flowers, yellow yarn, a yellow felt mustache, mini trees, and a copy of “The Lorax” book—perfect for Dr Seuss Kid Crafts—labeled @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS.

Playdough Play Tray – place various elements in the tray so kids can “build” truffula trees

An orange paper cup Dr. Seuss Kid Craft, decorated with googly eyes, yellow paper eyebrows, and a yellow handprint beard to resemble a face, sits on a brick surface. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS text is at the bottom.

Orange Paper Cup and Handprint Lorax Craft Idea

A Dr. Seuss Kid Crafts project inspired by The Lorax, this yellow paper plate flower uses torn paper, gold glitter glue, and a striped straw stem. Wooden stars and craft supplies are arranged nearby. The handle reads @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS.

Paper Plate & Torn Construction Paper Truffula Trees – the trunk is a jumbo craft stick

A Dr. Seuss book, a bottle of glue, paint, and a paper with four painted lollipops made from mesh and craft sticks are arranged on a table. A gold plate holds painted mesh, and @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is written at the bottom.

Potato Masher Stamped Truffula Trees

A Cat in the Hat book, white glue, blue crepe paper, and a red sheet with blue paper strips and a paper plate face create a Cat in the Hat craft. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is written at the bottom.

Construction Paper, Large Paper Plate & Blue Crepe Paper Thing 1 Craft Idea

A fun Dr. Seuss Kid Crafts activity: make a fish from a blue sheet, an orange handprint, googly eye, drawn mouth, paper plate, glue, scissors, patterned papers—all inspired by the book A Fish Out of Water!.

Handprint & Paper Plate Fish Bowl Craft Idea

A children’s book titled Ten Apples Up On Top!, a bottle of Elmer’s School Glue, red yarn, heart cutouts, and a paper plate apple craft with a green handprint leaf are on a table—perfect for Dr Seuss Kid Crafts. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is at the bottom.

Paper Plate & Torn Crepe Paper Red Apple Craft Idea – add a handprint cutout for the leaf

A sheet of paper with red apple prints, a roller with red paint, a gold plate with paint, a green marker, apple-shaped cutouts, and the book Ten Apples Up On Top! by Dr. Seuss on a black surface.

Pool Noodle & Potato Masher Stamped Apples For Ten Apples On Top Book

A Cat in the Hat craft setup with red crepe paper strips on white paper, a glue bottle, a Cat in the Hat book, and a small paper circle, on a black background. @GLUEDTOMYCRAFTS is displayed at the bottom.

CAT IN THE HAT CRAFT IDEA – use red crepe paper AND white construction paper

Text saying LET'S GET CRAFTY! in teal letters, surrounded by colorful stars and heart shapes on a white background—perfect inspiration for making handprint clay ornaments.

Happy crafting, my friends! These Dr. Seuss-inspired crafts are a fantastic way to celebrate Read Across America Week and bring the magic of his stories to life.

Whether you’re making Lorax handprints, Cat in the Hat puppets, or Truffula trees, let your creativity shine!

Don’t forget to share your whimsical creations with us on Facebook or Instagram using #gluedtomycrafts. Let’s make this celebration as colorful and imaginative as Dr. Seuss himself!

A blue text on a white background, perfect for creating a charming the places you'll go keepsake.