Little buccaneers had to pass several tests before they could enter the fort. First they had to walk the plank. I took an old piece of wood and wrote 'Walk The Plank' on it. It was supported on one side by garden bricks and the patio stairs on the other side. Once they crossed the water (blue fabric under the log) - they had to find 5 gold coins in the sand pit (a wagon filled with sand with the coins buried inside). Then they had to get past the Master Pirate (a big inflatable Pirate).
I had the living room streamed with flags and chinese lanterns that were spray painted red and gold to create a ship-like feeling. We hung a pirate flag over one of our paintings and used that as a base for the birthday banner. His name was personalized using powerpoint, clipart, and by downloading a pirate font. The cake was shaped as a pirate ship. Amy of Amy's Sweet Cakes created this delicious cake.
Capt'n Daddy helped carve out an awesome watermelon ship complete with sails and canon balls (grapes). The rest of the food was also themed (popcorn and white cheddar sticks as bones, goldfish, capt'n crunch cereal).
No party is complete without a Pirate Pumpkin Head surrounded with red and black licorice and chocolates in skull martini cups. All the kids were handed eye patches, pirate vests, and pirate hats as they entered. They left with a treasure box filled with stickers, a telescope, a pirate bouncing ball, a kazoo, play doh, and a set of cards.
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