Don’t be alarmed, I am not actually suggesting that you adopt a real live pet. Unless, of course, you want to, then by all means, adopt away.
We are in that phase of life where we fully get that a pet does not fit into our daily schedule. We had a stray cat living in our yard for a few months in the fall and I’m not going to lie – as far as cats go, he was pretty awesome.
But just like I knew it would, the hype of having a pet wore off quickly and even though they enjoyed cat cuddles, they weren’t overly invested in the pet. Thankfully our neighbour found the stray a lovely forever home.
The girl one, though, is still obsessed with cat stuffies of any sort and so her recent birthday turned into a Kitten Adoption Party. It was actually a lot of fun to plan and my daughter totally took over all planning.
Even if you weren’t having a birthday party I thought the idea of a pet adoption party would be a fantastic excuse to have a party at any time, and a great way to collect donations for the local humane society.
The first thing we did was purchase a small stuffed kitten for each guest coming and put them in the adopt-a-kitty basket. Online we found adorable adoption certificates that were fillable that we printed for each cat (they had dog versions too). We then purchased stretchy, no line hair bands to use as cat collars. Small bells were a perfect addition to put on clasps and match to a collar.
Small cardboard boxes made for adorable cat beds and throughout the party, each guest got to adopt a cat and then choose specific bling for their cat.
Another fun addition is that we used felt, a glue gun and hair bands to make cat ears and drew on black noses and whiskers. We then took portraits of each cat and their new “owner.” It was a lot of fun and would be a great party to throw anytime.
