Yo Ho Yo Ho It's a Pirate Birthday Party!
11:16 AMI had grand ideas, I had planned for weeks, I worked non-stop and overnight to pull it off and in the end, I think things turned out pretty darn good. When my 8 year old insisted on having a party at home and inviting his friends I inwardly cringed. The perfectionist in me knew that I would have to go overboard and that I would obsess over ever detail, and I did. Everyone had a blast though and that is all that matters.
The Decorations
The Pirate Party Activities
We had indoor crafts planned and an outdoor treasure hunt as well. For inside activities, the kids made canvas drawstring bags that were used to put their goodies in from the party. I purchased these at Michaels and we used fabric markers and pirate themed stamps to decorate them. The kids also decorated wooden treasure chests from Michaels as well to hold their necklaces, rings and gold in. Lastly, we made colored sand bottles. The bottles and sand were purchased from Michaels as well.
Our outdoor treasure hunt was complete with a hand drawn map and led the kids to different stations where there was a fun activity waiting for them. First up was "Walk the Plank" where they had to navigate their way across. Next up was "Egg Smuggling" where they had to carefully race across the finish line with their eggs on spoons. We then headed off to "Cannon Fire" where each child took aim with water balloons at a target. Then it was of to the "Pirate Pop" where the kids raced to see who could sit on their balloon and pop it the fastest. The treasure hunt ended with a treasure chest pinata that rained treasure on the small pirates.
The Food
20 comments
This is AWESOME! You did such a nice job. Our birthday parties consist of playing at the park and eating cake. If they are lucky, they get a pinata. I never think to do games and such. You rock!
ReplyDeleteIt turned out awesome!! Congrats on an excellent birthday party!!
ReplyDeleteYou did amazing! I love the cake so much!
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome party! The details are great, the cake looks amazing and it was a blast. Love it.
ReplyDeleteThat's so awesome!
ReplyDeleteWow, I would never do all that for a party. I buy a cake and ice cream and call it good, lol. It looks like everyone had fun and the cake looks really nice!
ReplyDeleteI am doing a Pirate Party for Lochlan this year. These are great ideas! I am going to stumble to share with others, too!
ReplyDeleteThanks ladies! I just wish I had started working on some of the handmade decorations earlier, as it left me scrambling at the last minute lol.
ReplyDeleteyou did such an amazing job! I'm glad everyone had a fun time :)
ReplyDeleteYou did an awesome job. I love the cake! It is just adorable. I like how you had pirate themed games as well. Such a cute idea!
ReplyDeleteSo cute! I cannot believe you made that cake - maybe you should go into the party biz!
ReplyDeleteYes I made the cake, but it took me a ridiculously long time. I don't think the party biz is for me, but I am happy I was able to pull it together for my son. :)
ReplyDeleteWow, you did an amazing job!! I can't believe all of the details you put into the decorations, it all turned out so nice!
ReplyDeleteYou are such an awesome mommy. I bet he was PROUD. I LOVE the cake!
ReplyDeleteI love it! I am the same way with my kids parties and decorate my own cakes for them. Glad it turned out awesome.
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Love that cake! My dude loves pirates. This a great birthday theme idea!
ReplyDeleteThis looks great! I'm the mom who prefers a party at an outside location. It's less stress and clean up for me.
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What an awesome party!! I'm sure Jayden LOVED it - you can tell by the smile on his face.
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I would be honored to plan your next party Lorie. I think a Mickey cake would be perfect. :)
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