Pirate Party Ideas

Big Seed has a favourite t-shirt - it's a pirate treasure map.

I promised him and his best friend a pirate party just for them.

I downloaded some amazing free pirate party printables from Cottage Industrialist here, 

and also made a similar snack map to here.

Incase of all types of weather I had several activities ready:

I could not find any gold coins in my supermarket so I wrapped foil 

around these giant chocolate buttons.

I hid these in the garden for a treasure hunt.

The boys made telescopes out of coloured card and then used them to find 4 pirate ships in the garden.

I found some images on Google, printed, laminated and tied them up in the garden.

Pirates like a lot of necklaces... so we made some of our own.

They stuck some pirate ship images and sequins and things to a "medallion" tied with string.

Here is Big Seed wearing his pasta necklace with images of pirate ships on card also strung on.

These had holes punched into them.

Check out his dirty face from eating all those chocolate coins!

Children find it easier to thread with wool if you tape a little sellotape around the end of the wool

to simulate a needle.

Little Seed checking out his "bling".

We also opened some treasure rocks, but didn't get round to designing some flags
for their pirate ship ( garden slide).
(Other pirate theme ideas include coin rubbings, decorating treasure boxes, and making treasure maps.)

Instead they played in the huge muddy puddle...
transferring water from the puddle to wheelbarrows, etc;
to stop the ship from sinking!

This was their favourite part of the day.
It was a joy to watch. They were completely covered in mud.

But I am glad I didn't have a real party of 10 boys!