Pirate Party Ideas
The Pirate Party is an extremely popular theme for a birthday party. It's fun to be a naughty pirate for one day at least.
Invitations
Send out small bags of gold coins with a note saying...
Aaargh Matey!(Your child's name)has located a buried treasure. Sail on over to divide the bounty.
When:
Where:
Party Costumes
Dress up all the little pirates in costumes with bandannas, pirate hats, sashes, eye patches, and swords. Let them pick out a tattoo and apply it for them.
Entrance Decor
Tie balloons on the mailbox. Borrow a wooden boat. Set it by the front door. Rig a sail with a skull and crossbones. Have skeletons leaning over the edge and around it.
Place a skeleton on the steps by a treasure chest. You can make one out of a styrofoam cooler and brown spray paint. Glue gold trim on the edges.
Have pirate music playing.
You can set up a table with
Pirate Coloring Page to keep
the kids busy until all the guests arrive.
Decorations
Your colors for the pirate party are going to be black, white, and red.
Group balloons in 3's. Tie on back of chairs. Place randomly around room. Make a balloon weight with a balloon and some sand. Fill balloon with about 1/4 cup of sand. Tie in a knot.
Rent or borrow palm trees. Group in corners. Place treasure chests and skeletons beside them.
Use a black tablecloth with a fishing net over it. For your centerpiece, use a treasure chest open with jewels, pearls, crowns, and gold coins spilling out and onto the table.
Scatter sea shells and toy crabs in the net.
Hang black and red curly ribbon from the chandelier. Wind a fish net down and around. Hang crabs from it as well.
You can purchase pirate plates and cups, or use plain black or red.
Games
Treasure Chest Craft
Make your own treasure chest with this really cool craft project.
Treasure Hunt
Hide treasures before the party. Let kids search for them.
Tug of Pirate War
Divide into 2 groups. Half on one side of the rope, and half on the other. Draw a line. When you say ready, they pull. The team that loses ground and crosses over the line loses.
The Ship has Sailed
Let the kids take command of the pirate ship you have in the yard.
Treasure Toss
Set up coke bottles. Let the kids toss treasure crowns to ring them.
Food and Drinks
CakeFrost a 2 layer cake with light brown frosting on one side, and blue on the other. Lay a pirate ship on it's side like it has run ashore. Place plastic palm trees here and there. Have a small treasure chest with jewels spilling out.
Food
- Tuna fish sandwiches
- Fruit on plastic sword kabob sticks
- Skull cookies
- Goldfish crackers
- Cold crab cakes
Always popular at kid parties...
- Pizza
- Hotdogs
- Chips and dip
- Nachos
- Pretzels
Drinks
This is great and relatively healthy. It comes in bottles and a keg. We all know that pirates drink rum, so the keg would be great fun.
Favors
Send each child home with a small treasure chest filled with jewels, pirate stickers, gold coins, pirate key chain, and a thank you note.
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