PIRATE PARTY IDEAS

PIRATE PARTY INVITATION IDEAS:

• Take a piece of parchment or resume paper and print the party details on it – dip the edges in tea to give it an old look and then burn the edges (carefully) – roll up and tie with gold ribbon or take the scroll and stick into a beer or water bottle (labels removed) along with sand and small shells – hand deliver to guests

• Address invites to the guests by their made-up pirate names

• Print out a map on one side to get to your house but use certain landmarks along the way and with a big X to mark the spot of your house – have all party details on other side – dip into tea to make look old and then crumple and flatten …

PIRATE PARTY DECORATION IDEAS:

• Spray paint a Styrofoam ice chest and fill with loot bags and jewels – wrap a chain around it a couple times with a lock on it

• use nets and shells on your main tables as decoration

• Use stuffed toy parrots as centerpieces

• Have a Peter Pan movie playing on the tv

PIRATE PARTY GAME IDEAS:

• Use black eyeliner for drawing stubble and mustaches

• Apply temporary tattoos or have an artist draw them

• Pin the Patch on the Pirate game (like pin the tail on the donkey)

• Have a pirate treasure hunt with maps and clues to take them to the buried treasure

• Put a plank of wood over a small wading pool and let kids walk the plank without falling in – place a plastic alligator into the pool

• Play a game of Cannonball pop – tie a piece of ribbon or yarn onto each child’s ankle with a black balloon to the end – the object is to break everyone else’s balloons without having their own broken – when your balloon gets popped, your out of the game

• Fill a plastic storage bin with sand and hide jewels and goodies in the sand and let each child take a turn looking for treasures

• Give each child a piece of black construction paper and let them use a silver marker or paint pen to create their own symbol that represents their name – attach to a dowel rod and it becomes their flag

• Let the kids create their own telescopes by using empty toilet paper rolls and decorating the way they want and using small pieces of cellophane at the end and attached with a rubberband around the end

• Hire or ask a friend to be your official “pirate” and take pictures of each child with the pirate

• Give the kids their own small wooden box that they can paint and cover with jewels

PIRATE PARTY FAVOR IDEAS:

• Eye patches

• Pirate tattoos

• Pirate hats

• Skull bandannas

• Red sashes for their waist’s

• Mardi gras beads

• Compasses

• Gold coin candies

• Tattoos