Master Jack was turning four, I was thinking of a theme for his party. it was just after Christmas, so the shops had Christmas items on sale. I saw some gold coins and thought “Ahoy there me hearty!” 8) I can make a treasure chest. And we can have a pirate theme. It was easy … Read more
Pirate 1st birthday party ideas and photos by: Angelica from San Diego, CA About two months before Sebastian’s Pirate 1st Birthday Party, I bought a child penguin tail tuxedo for $3.00 at the Salvation Army thrift store, along with a bag of gold military buttons for 25 cents, gold color trim for 25 cents, white … Read more
Birthday party theme ideas and photos by: Margaret from Farmington Hills, MI For my son’s birthday, he wanted a Pirate party. There are a few good birthday party theme ideas for invitations; what I did was printed them on an almost yellowish type of paper (so it would look old…without having to soak in coffee … Read more
Childrens birthday party ideas and photos by: Christy from Cedar Rapids, IA We had this pirate party twice now. Once it was very hot and we had 30 kids (my favorite one of the two). The other was 5 kids and nice out (harder to keep entertained). Out of all the childrens birthday party ideas … Read more
For decorations I used many birthday party theme ideas I read about from this website. I found lots of pictures online from Pirates of the Caribbean , and other pirates and put them on our hallway walls and all around the house. I made a big treasure chest from an empty cardboard box and glued … Read more
I made a mural in our living room (one of the birthday party theme ideas I do every year, each time I change it according to the theme of the party). The mural was of a big pirate ship in the water going towards an island with a palm tree and a big black X … Read more
We then went back in the house and played “Pin the X on the Treasure”. I made a big treasure map similar to the one for the invitation. I made red X’s for each child with their name on it. Then we had a treasure hunt. Each child received a small swatch of wrapping paper. … Read more
My homemade creation that took the most time was the picture frame/water balloon target. I used a light wood board and hand-painted Jake and Issy with Skully (the parrot) and I painted a gold coin to have the hole done where the kids will put there faces to take their pictures and at the same … Read more
The invitations were done with the treasure map background and the show’s characters in the front with few lines here and there of the show, like “YO, HO! LET’S GO!” and “AHOY MATEYS!”. I wanted to have a combined party for my 6 years old boy and my 4 years old daughter because their birthdays … Read more
I told neighbors and friends to save paper towel rolls for me so I can create telescopes to give to the kids for the treasure hunt game. I painted them black and cut cereal boxes cardboard and painted gold for the top and bottoms. I didn’t like the idea of a regular treasure hunt game … Read more
Once everyone was there, we had story time. I wrote a basic story, and the owner of the theater elaborated it on it and told it to the children. The story was basically about a beautiful little princess whom everyone loved. The little girl was going to celebrate her birthday, so everyone in the kingdom … Read more