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These drink 2-Liter or wine bottle labels are perfect to add to the display for a Pirate birthday party, Halloween party, Ocean themed party, or other event. They are great conversation starters and people are amazed at the fun bottle names. This bundle is for Pirate fans. It includes labels that will fit 2-Liter, wine and some liquor bottles. I have included the labels in 3 sizes. The larger ones are approximately around 5" x 7" and the smaller labels are approximately around 4" x 6". They can be enlarged or reduced further by adjusting your printer settings. The third size will fit the new coca-cola product bottles and some juice bottles and they are approx. 3.35" x 4.33". Upon purchase, you will receive an email with a a link that has a PDF compressed download(s). Then open the link and print on copy paper, 65 lb card stock, sticker paper or parchment card stock. The files are not editable. So just download and print. There are 12 labels in this bundle but use what you need. Please note that this is a download that you print on your own or send to a printer company. No physical product is mailed. Download is sent immediately to your email with link(s) upon receipt of payment. Download is PDF compressed file(s). NOTE: ****Major Gates Logo WaterMark is NOT included on purchased downloads.**** This Pirate Bottle Label Download Bundle includes the following: 1.) Shipwreck Serum 2.) Deadman's Delight 3.) Captain's Cola 4.) Captain's Cider 5.) Pirate Treasure Twist 6.) Pirate Punch 7.) Blackbeards's Brew 8.) Ocean Brew 9.) TNT Tonic 10.) Cannon Ball Cola 11.) Caribbean Sea Seltzer 12.) Seaworthy Infusion **This is a download and no physical product is mailed.** Products made and labeled by Major Gates are trademarked. By purchasing this item(s), you agree to not distribute or resell the file(s) contained in this download. These are for non-commercial, personal use only. By purchasing, you are agreeing this is for personal use only and will not be resold for any reason. Please note that colors may vary depending on your printer, ink, and/or choice of paper. Please set printer to best quality settings for best results. Major Gates is not responsible for color variations and there will be no refunds if you experience color variations once printed. I do not claim ownership over any characters in this digital file. Copyrights and trademarks of the character images belong to their respective owners and are not being sold. I only charge for my art design that I created and the creative service time organizing, editing, and creating a digital template, not the images being provided.
My son is OBSESSED with pirates! I knew exactly what his party theme was going to be this year. The walkway up to the front door...like a little map! Once they got in there was a pirate banner (from Target) and a pirate flag (made by me). The first thing they grabbed when they came in was a pirate map. I made the map an outline of the activities of the party. So before we started something, I would tell them "Check them map! What's next?" They seemed to like going and grabbing their maps to see where they were going next. First on the map...Dress like a pirate! They each got a bandana for their heads, an eye patch, a spyglass, and a sword. Plus a bag to store their loot. Next up: Breakfast! Each kid got a pirate pancake face plus milk or chocolate milk. Next on the map: Gather coconuts! This turned into pop the coconuts (since they were just balloons) and then my husband started blasting them in the faces with the balloon air. The kids thought this was hilarious! Next on the map: Walk the plank! The kids loved this! They kept getting in line to walk it over and over again. Next on the map was firing cannons at each other, which were just black balloons. I didn't get a picture of this but they threw balloons until they got bored and then started stomping on the balloons. Next on the map: Cake and presents! I got the idea for the cake from HERE. I made a smaller and not so fancy version. But I liked that there were cupcakes instead of a cake to slice up for the kids. Then they fought "Captain Hook" for the treasure! Captain Hook finally admitted defeat and gave up the treasure box, filled with chocolate candy bars and coins, necklaces, Ring Pops, and all sorts of goodies! The kids filled their bags up with yummy treats. And that was it! Then they played until their parents came to get them! I think they had lots of fun! Need more pirate party ideas? Visit my Party Ideas Pinterest board.
Client wanted to save a little money, so we used paper flags and gold foiled coins for these pirate cupcakes. They are topped with crushed graham crackers for the look of sand!
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Your child will love these fun and easy pirate birthday party ideas which include easy DIY crafts, a pirate map and treasure chest, and delicious food.
Finally the pictures are in!! I am very excited to show these pics because they are my first attempt, along with my friend, at planning a birthday party all around. I made the cake with my v…
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My husband has a man crush on Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. So when said husband turned 40, I threw him a pirate costumed dinner party. He dressed up as Captain Sparrow and guests were invited to dress as any other pirate (generic or cosplay.) For simplicity, all my inspiration and details came from only the first movie in the series. Here are some ideas on how you can can throw an epic pirate themed costume dinner party like ours that's perfect for adults or can easily be tweaked for kids! The Invitations It always adds a bit of je ne sais quoi to build up anticipation for a party and put forth a task or problem to be solved. For this pirate themed birthday party, send out invitations to yer mateys under the premise that Captain Jack Sparrow is looking for a new crew and there will be a chance to show their mettle at a specified time and date. Be sure to outline the dress code and tell them to come prepared! (See wording example in the image below. Illustration was purchased here.) Our invitations were coffee stained, edge burnt, rolled up, tagged and tied with a piece of leather. Then they were hand delivered to each person’s mailbox whom we wanted to invite. (See how to age paper with coffee and salt here.) The Decorations Before guests arrive, post another bit of paraphernalia outside your door to build more anticipation for what might be awaiting them inside. Did you notice? The wording on the posting shown below comes from the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie! (Illustration purchased here.) Upon entering the house, guests can be greeted with a large pirate flag (which becomes a perfect spot for photos), and ragged black sails undulating from the ceiling above (black plastic tablecloths with slashes in them. A very cheap trick with major impact.) This pirate flag was handmade by projecting the skull image onto a black king size sheet, traced with chalk and then painted with inexpensive acrylic craft paint. Cover any large space, like a bar, with netting and empty liqueur bottles stopped with candles and corks. (I had spent a few weeks ahead of time collecting the bottles from friends and neighbors.) The fish netting I found here. Another wall could hold a pirate map (found here), or any other pirate information you think is interesting or humorous. Since this party was for adults, I thought it might be of interest to post bits of information about real pirates in history. And since pirates often had nicknames, I made up this chart (which you can download and print on your own cool paper here) and posted it among the historical pirate information. It was a hit! If you don’t have skeletons, I recommend borrowing a couple from a friend if you can. They'll fill up any empty spaces you have and infuse humor into the room. The fellow shown below, I positioned holding chocolate gold coins, one in his mouth and a couple in his hand. Halfway through the evening I noticed someone had eaten the chocolate offering from the skeleton’s hand—something I thought was both funny and totally appropriate! And lastly don’t forget the mantle. Place more bottles, books, candles and whatever else you might have laying around that feels pirate, ocean, or ship themed. On mine, I made sure to include portrait skulls of the pirate brethren, Morgan and Bartholomew. The Centerpieces and Place Settings Since we’d set up three, 6 foot tables end to end, I created two different centerpieces and set them out in an alternating fashion down the row of tables. First, you can’t go wrong with skulls and drippy candles for a pirate theme. The black skulls seemed to disappear on the black table, so using a dry brush technique I painted gold on areas that needed highlighting. The little skulls needed to look less like white plastic and more like bone. So those got covered in wood stain, then I wiped it off in places where I wanted it to be lighter. Both techniques worked well. Here’s a link to a helpful video with instructions. Second, platters of apples MUST be included too. This is the only food we see Captain Jack Sparrow eat in the first movie, and captain Barbosa would literally kill to eat one, so it makes for a very fitting table decoration idea. And as for the place settings, I suggest you put the first activity (a questionnaire) folded upon the plate with a feather pen. (These are cheap to make if you buy a box of pens and a package of feathers at your local craft store and make them yourself.) It gives guests something to do while waiting for the party to get started...this activity will be explained shortly. ALSO on the plate, under the questionnaire, place a small score card for keeping points. Here’s a link to print the score card. Four Pirate Party Activities Since the pirate guests are essentially “trying out” to become Jack Sparrow’s new mates, each person will be earning points throughout the evening. Those with the most points at the end will be the new crew! 1. SCROLLS FOR EXTRA POINTS First, DO NOT let the birthday boy or girl know what is written on the scrolls. In fact, don’t tell them about this activity at all. As guests begin arriving, welcome them and ask them to draw one scroll each. The scrolls contain a small task that can be performed at any time during the evening and will award them an extra 5 points. (The guest may choose not to do it as well.) The guest can trade scrolls but can only do one scroll that evening. Some examples of tasks include: • Raise yer glass and give a toast, end it with “Drink up me hearties yo, ho!” • Bend the knee and kiss a ring on Captain Jack Sparrow’s hand and say, “Captain Sir, ye have me loyalty.” These ended up being hillarious! Our Captain Sparrow was happily caught off guard, as were the guests, when most of these tasks were performed. Here is a link to the tasks you could consider including in your evening. 2. HOW WELL DO YE KNOW THE CAPTAIN AND THE PIRATE WAY OF LIVIN'? Remember the pamphlet I had at each place setting? Here’s a better look at the front. Each one had a different quote from the movie printed on the back. The instructions inside tell the players to “Try to to make yer answers match those of [the birthday person’s name].” They get points NOT necessarily for answering the questions correctly...but if their answers MATCH those of the party’s captain. Now there’s a twist! Give guests time to work on this as you are waiting for others to arrive, they can also work on it during dinner and you can give them time a little after. Then go around the room, and have each pirate say aloud their answer to each question in turn, the captain answers last. In our group, some answers were funny, silly, and even revealing! I can’t give you the link to the front or back of the pamphlet because I paid to use the stock illustrations. But I’ll share the link to the image on the front so you can purchase and create the pamphlet yourself. Link to skull ring image (front.) 3. FINDING GOLD First you'll need a gold piece to show everyone. This could be a chocolate gold coin, or a piece of Aztec gold emulating the one from the movie, whatever you want as long as it’s gold. Just don’t make it any smaller than a quarter. Explain to your pirate guests that Captain Sparrow needs a crew that is good at finding gold—obviously. If you are the MC for the evening, you'll be hiding the gold coin first. Send the pirates out of the room while you hide the coin. Bring them all back and play starts. Rules: The coin must be hidden in plain sight. Make it easy. Players shouldn't have to touch, move, open, or stand on anything to see it. The coin will be hidden within a certain boundary (our boundaries were the living room and the dining room.) Don’t try to be too tricky in finding a hiding place, else you run the chance of game play taking too long. After some searching has gone on hints can be given. The first person to find said coin will leave it in place, and shall quietly sit down without revealing where they saw the coin. The second player to see it does the same. If you have a small number of guests, play can go until everyone has found the coin. We had 12 people in our group, so play ended at 6 people finding the coin otherwise it would have gone on too long. Assign points accordingly. (In our game, the first person received 3 points, the next 2 people got two points, and the next 3 people won one point each.) The next person to hide the coin can either be the looser of the game or the pirate with the most points so far that evening—not fair but—pirate! 4. PIN THE X ON THE MAP You can’t have a party theme that inherently includes eye patches and a map and not play “pin the X on the map!” (Map found here.) But this game gets a little tweaking. Explain that if the pirates want to be part of the crew they need to know how to read a map so good they can do it with their eyes closed AND guess where the Captain might want to go next. Pass out the Xs and have the players write their name on them. Then, tell the birthday person pick out a place on the map without revealing it to anyone. Now the players must guess where that place might be and put their X in that spot while being blinded—or rather, while wearing TWO eye patches (patches purchased here.) AND they must get to the map while walking a plank! Each time they step off the plank, they loose a point. Guests may shout out “ to the left” or “right a little more” to help their mateys. The plank can be outlined by masking tape on the floor. I recommend the plank be about 10 inches wide and around 5 adult steps long. (Ours was bit too long and way too narrow. We ended up guiding the players by hand so they wouldn’t tip over. Though, it was a little funny—we all looked a bit drunk wobbling down the path but there wasn’t a drop of alcohol being served that night.) After all Xs have been placed, the Captain goes last, blind like all the rest, and tries to place his X on the location he picked out earlier. All the players with the closest Xs to the Captain’s gets points. Remember, no feeling around on the map. The first touch is where the X gets placed. But DO warn the player when they’ve reached the wall. And don’t forget to spin them before setting them free. A link for a print out of Xs you can cut out is here. WINNING AND ENDING THE EVENING WITH PHOTOS OPS Have yer mateys add up their points. Those with the highest scores get a place on Captain Jack Sparrow’s new crew. You can give prizes or not, and I’m sure you can think of all kinds of ideas for that. The map and the flag double as a great place for your new crew-mate photos. Do this toward the end, maybe while cake is being served, and don’t be shy—play a little for the camera!
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For my son's 4th birthday we had a Jake & the Neverlands party complete with tons of games! Kirsten and I like to make as much stuff as we can and challenge ourselves to make most of it out of "junk" or leftovers from our office. Come on in....... "Dress like a Pirate and Walk da Plank" My husband screwed two boards together, Tyler and I painted the words, we had the crates, blue tarp from wal-mart, small crocs from dollar tree and the rest is below.... The croc was made from green bubble wrap we found in the mailroom at work. The croc legs are made from cardboard boxes painted green, glued and tied with yarn. We made the croc body "sections" with rubber bands and the spikes on his back are cut from a rubber hand we found at the dollar store. Googly eyes and white styrofoam balls from hobby lobby. Pirate hats made from black foam sheets. The original plan was to cut these using the cricut but that didn't work (even with a deep housing blade) so we cut a template and traced onto the black foam sheets. These were super easy to cut out by hand. Embellished with red glitter glue. Measured and secured with elastic (dress rehearsal required!) Jake's spyglass. The spyglasses were made out of paper towel rolls, black paper and gold duct tape. Super easy! We secured the black paper to the rolls with hot glue. Again, dress rehearsal required. ;-p Every pirate party needs swords but we didn't want to fork over $3 per sword for the party and we wanted them to be a little safe (the kids ARE 4...) so we decided to make our own out of cardboard. I cut a sword template with my cricut (two cuts taped together) and we found the perfect box by our freight elevator. We traced the swords and cut with a box knife. We gave the swords stability with some popscicle sticks and painted them blue and red (black handles). Testing the sword stability. (LOL!) I'm gonna stop right here and make a note about our crafty blog name, Corporate Crafters. Do you see the view in most of these pictures?! It's pretty nice, huh?! ha! Kirsten and I do the majority of our crafting during our lunch hour in the vacant office next to mine. We are here 9 hours a day with an hour commute each way......when else do we have time to do these fun things?! You wouldn't believe the amount of stuff you can get done in 1 hour! Back to the party...... "Shark Infested Waters" The object of this game was to "hook" as many necklaces as you could before the sharks attacked! Green tub is from our farm, sharks from dollar tree, beads from oriental trading and my sis in law, hooks..we made! Red solo cup, wire hangers, foil We made the hook part out of wire hangers and pushed them through the bottom of the solo cup. Make sure and leave enough hanger so the kids can grab and hold the hook inside the cup. Cutting the wire was SO hard. I had to used all of my body weight to make a "simple" cut. Kirsten captured a bit of this on video..... Dress rehearsal. (I texted this picture to several of our friends asking "arrrrgh you ready to parrrty?!" At this point, I think I had forgotten that this party was not for me...hehe.) "Trolling for Booty" We always have fishing at our parties so we tailored this for a pirate party and added crocs to the sheet. The kids used a real fishing pole and caught Jake fruit snacks from HEB. "Tic Toc Croc Bean Bag Toss" Kirsten painted this bad boy!!! The red is a table cloth so the bags would fall behind. We also used this as a photo booth of sorts. "Buried Treasure" The treasure box was not one of our favorites projects UNTIL it was done and now it's one of our favorites. I don't have any crafting pictures but we wrapped a paper box with brown paper, outlined with gold duct tape, drew planks with a black marker, secured a pirate hat to the front, and zip tied the lid on. I'm not a fan of sand so we used rice! The kids dug for necklaces, doubloons, rings and bracelets. Wal-Mart has Jake cups that we used to collect their loot. "Jake's Tattoo Shop" (tattoos from the dollar spot at Target) I didn't get a very good picture of the "ship rides" but you get the idea....... (tractor rides are also always a part of our parties so I made a mast, hung colorful streamers on the trailer and we called it a ship ride!) The masts were easy to make! I bought some cheap mops and back scratchers from the dollar store and secured them together with hot glue and twine. The red and white striped fabric was from Wal-Mart. I secured the fabric to the cross bars (back scratchers) with hot glue. Jake printable from the Disney website (safety pinned) One of my favorite games was the "Cannonball Fights" I used large cardboard boxes and covered them with table cloths, zip tied a mast on each and called them ships. I was trying to make the cannonballs safe for little ones so I ordered pirate and ship themed beach balls from oriental trading! The games were a huge hit amongst the kids and adults! Decor post here.
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It's a Pirate Party! Here's a comprehensive post on my son's Pirate Birthday Party, organized into sections: Invitations, Activities, Games, Food/Menu, Cake, Favors, and Decorations. There are so many things you can do on your own with a Pirate theme, stay on a budget, and still have it looking good. Most of the kids in attendance were three-year-olds to eight-year-olds, and they were all entertained fairly equally. So hang on. It's a rather long post, but hopefully you will get some ideas on what (or what NOT) to do for your own party. INVITATIONS: These pirate ship invitations are unbelievably simple to create. A sail shape is cut around the printed party information, embossed to make it look like a piece of linen, and hole-punched so a bamboo skewer can slide through it. The skewer is anchored by a big marshmallow that is wedged between the sides of the black ship. I wrote the kids' names on each pirate ship in white, inside a white stamped frame. Luckily we only had to mail a few of these out. For those, we instructed the recipient to use their own marshmallow to hold the sail up. For the others, my son had a ball being "mailman" and delivering the invitations personally to his friends. It instructs guests to "say 'Aye' if ye be attending" Captain Jack's party (naming him Jack really came in handy here!) You'll see the font and clip art from the sail on other things throughout the party to tie it all together. Now it's party time! ACTIVITIES While the kids are arriving we have two activities - a pirate tattoo station (operated by the helpful Daddy sitting on the floor who was quickly enlisted into action) and an ocean-in-a-bottle craft (run by the helpful mommy on the right who was asked ahead of time to lead this one). It took me a couple years of being totally exhausted during our parties, and not having any photos of them, to realize ... I could actually ask others for help!! Running activities and crafts, serving food, collecting wrapping paper, taking photos, scooping ice cream, it all can be outsourced. As a mom attending parties I would rather help out than stand around. Much, much better this way! You can see the ocean-in-a-bottle craft on the counter above. These are fun to make, and fun to play with! The oil and water stay separate, so when you tilt the bottle back and forth it looks like waves tossing the little fish and shells around. Here are instructions: Save your empty plastic water bottles, pre-fill them one-third full with vegetable oil, and write the children's name or initials on the cap. Putting names on the cap ahead of time will help avoid any confusion later. At the party, let the kids pour blue water into the water bottle (using a funnel), and add various small sea creatures. You can get packs from the dollar store, or I just raided my childrens' collection. We also took apart a shell necklace (anyone remember these from the late 70s?) and let the kids put the tiny shells in. If you're up for it, I've seen glitter used too, but the kind I tried just floated on top and didn't do much for the mess it caused. When all the kids have made their oceans, have your helpful Mom friend take them to an out-of-the-way place and hot glue the caps onto the bottles. You don't want them leaking all over! Once all the kids arrived, it was time to initiate them into service. They are joining a pirate crew to find some long lost treasure. Everyone gets a new pirate name. In our party, we had Connor the Cannon, Fishfood Kaitlyn, Dirty Cale, Old Sealegs Tessa, Evil-Eye Rhett, Mandy Man-Eater, Bones Brayden, Landlubber Layla, Gold Toothe Humza, Three Fingers Nuha, One-Eyed Christopher, Peglegged Joey, Sword Swallower Dayyan, Fishlips Mona. And the two babies in attendance were Poopdeck Matthew and Toothless Luke! Each child got a skeleton necklace with their pirate name on it. The dollar store sells the skeletons 3/$1, then I added baker's twine to make the necklace. A strip of paper with their pirate name is wrapped across the ribs to complete the necklace. Sorry for the poor quality of the photo ... I had to do an extreme crop on one of the party-goers to get a picture of the necklace! The head pirate (me, talking in a pirate-y voice) showed everyone the treasure map and explained that each location hides a part of their pirate costume, to be earned at the games later. We made the map from a Trader Joe's grocery bag, crumpled it up, and burned the edges. This put the birthday boy over the top - he LOVED watching the fire on his map. In fact, as I write this 6 months later, he has just run upstairs to draw his own map so we can do it again. His older brother was also inspired at the time and made his own map. Fun project! The birthday boy got to hold the map and everyone had to work together to figure out the clues. Some were harder than others. The bird cage was an actual decorative bird cage that sits on my end table which held the eye patches. But the rectangle with 3 squares represented our couch which hid the large swords underneath. Perfect for a variety of ages ... the three-year-olds get the birdcage clue, and the eight-year-olds can figure out what the rectangle with 3 squares is. Eye patches are hidden behind this pirate flag, and mustaches, swords, hooks, sashes, hats are hidden throughout the living room. We also hid gold coins throughout the house for filler activities as kids finished games/lunch/cake at different times. This came in handy, as the kids loved finding the gold coins throughout the party. GAMES 1) Captain Hook's Pretzels. This was a fun one! You have 30 seconds to hook as many pretzels as you can. This is good for a wide range of ages. The young ones (ages 3-4) do just as well as the older ones (ages 7-8). If you don't have a hook, you can use a black cup with a candy cane sticking out the bottom. 2) Shark-Infested Waters. This game is to see who can brave the shark-infested waters and grab as many coins and gems as they can in 30 seconds. We used the sashes I made for pirate belts as blindfolds. I was able to use the many plastic sharks, squids, octopus, etc. that my kids already own to patrol the water. The coins were left over from the large bag I bought to hide throughout the house, and the gems are from Michaels. The coins float and the gems sink so they take different skills to grab. 3) Tick-tock, Don't Get Eaten by the Croc. This runs exactly like hot potato ... whoever is holding the croc when the music turns off is out. Then repeat until the last child is left. Judging by my son's joyful expression holding the croc, I don't think he understood the rules very well! 4) Swab the Decks Relay. Divide into two teams, each team has 5 ping pong balls that they need to sweep over to the other side and back. I spray painted one set of balls gold so they didn't get mixed up. This is one of those games that sounded really neat when I read about it, but the execution wasn't so great. I think having a small area to play it in really hurt. It was pretty much chaos! Balls went all over and people got mixed up. Other games included: 5) Pin your Eye Patch on the Pirate Flag. 6) Musical Islands. This runs just like musical chairs, only the kids hop on an island (round shapes cut out of paper) instead of sitting on a chair when the music stops. After the kids finished each of the games, they got to receive a piece of their pirate costume. The mustache/beard combo was my favorite - it looked hilarious on everyone! They were easy to make too. I got some black fur material from Joann's (1/8 yard was less than $1), made a template, then cut them out. I read a bunch of different ways online to get them to stick, but since I didn't want to spend a ton of money I just used some double-sided tape and that worked well enough. After sticking the tape on the mustache, I pressed my finger on the remaining sticky side a couple times so it wouldn't stick so tightly to their skin. FOOD Here's the main food table the night before (technically, it was probably the morning before, maybe like 3:00am ?!?) I grabbed a frame that held a family photo and taped a sign over the glass that said, "Captain Jack's, Grub and Grog for Yer Hardies and Lassies." I used the same sail template with the skull and cross bones watermark and font to label each of the food items. The treasure chest full of pretzels from the Captain Hook game is put into service again (with fresh pretzels!) on the food table. The hook is left for people to use as a server. It was fun coming up with Pirate names for the food. It's the first time I've had wraps at a party, and I rather liked it. Small servings for the kids, and easy to make. These were re-named "Bone Slices." We also had: - Mac N Cheese - Cheesy Potatoes - Mummy Dogs (hot dogs wrapped in crescent rolls) - Cannon Ball Salad (grape salad) - Pieces of Eight (yellow and orange Jello Jigglers, cut in circles) - Shark Bait (goldfish) And orange slice pirate ships "floating" in blue jello. Super easy to make, and cute! I got the idea from pinterest here. Water bottle printables have been so popular, and I love the idea of customizing them for your party. So easy! Again with the same design as the invitations and food labels, I created strips for "Shark's Blood" and wrapped them around the bottle. A little Kool-Aid drink mix makes them all red. This was another favorite, although next time I'll get the smaller sized bottles. There were lots of 3/4 full bottles laying around, and I forgot to leave a marker to label bottles. BIRTHDAY CAKE Making a pirate ship birthday cake had me a little nervous, so I did this a couple weeks ahead of time to make sure it would turn out. I've never had a problem freezing cakes so I wasn't worried about doing this so far ahead. The best part is that it was amazingly simple to make. One box of cake mix (I add crushed mandarin oranges and the juice to spruce up the boxed cake mix) makes two round cakes. Cut these in half, stack the four layers on top of each other (frost in between), and with a large, sharp knife cut around the edges so they are smooth and even. Slice the rounded end off so the ship has a flat surface to stand. Frost the outside. The planks were cut from a sheet of fondant. Use black icing to outline the ship, write the Birthday Captain's name, make portholes for the cannons, and any other details. The candles made great cannons (the whole "fire" thing) and the birthday boy had a blast blowing them out. The sails again have the same theme as the invitations, food labels, and water bottles. We put big 4's on the sails for his new age. Because the cake wasn't overly big, I wanted to have some cupcakes in case we needed more servings. These turned out to make great islands! Crumbled cookies on top made the sand, and I used the silicone cupcake holders to give them some more color. Raiding my kids' toys provided several palm trees, sharks, treasure chests, left-over gold rocks and other piratey props for the scene. And here's the entire scene. Different shades of blue tissue paper made the ocean, and I propped the cake up on a box underneath. You can see the birthday boy running circles throughout the house before the party even starts (oh boy, already?!?) FAVORS When possible, I try to have party favors that aren't packaged as "favors" in a party store. For this party I thought it would be fun to give the kids their own bag of gold and other shiny treats. Plain white lunch bags have a skull and crossbones design that was cut out of material and stapled to the front. I only needed 1/8 of a yard of the skull and crossbones netting from Joanns for all the bags. The tops of the bags are tied with jute and have a heart and crossbones stamped tag with the party guest's name written inside the heart. Here's a look inside the bag. I bought a bag of smooth rocks from Home Depot for $3, rinsed them off, laid them out on a large sheet of cardboard to dry, and went to town with the shiny gold spray paint. It did take a little longer than I anticipated to make sure all the sides were coated. But still a very quick and easy project. I put a few shiny gold candies in as well, like Twix, Hershey's Almond bars, Hershey's hugs (those are gold instead of the silver for kisses), and mini Snickers. The bags all sat in a skeleton box I had for Halloween decorations, on top of a satin red material (also cheap from Joann's). Both of my boys still play with the gold rocks quite often. Anytime there's a scene with treasure to guard or hide they get called into action. In fact, the younger one was a little uncomfortable that we were giving away all this gold! Another mom told me her kids used the gold recently for a school project. So to summarize, the kids went home with: - favor bag of gold rocks/candy - pirate hat - pirate eye patch - pirate mustache and beard - pirate hook - pirate foam sword - pirate sash - skeleton necklace - pirate tattoo - ocean-in-a-bottle Although most of the kids were wearing the pirate accessories out of the house, in hindsight I should have had a bigger bag ready for anything they chose not to wear, and the ocean in a bottle. The cost of these favors for 17 kids was about $45, so only $3/child. DECORATIONS Many of the decorations are on the buffet that's right by our front door. It made a nice spot to put presents under, and was handy to pass favors out as people left (the top row of white favor bags are in the skeleton box). I was happy to use many of my son's pirate toys as decor. Above the white favor bags sits a pirate ghost ship, and another brown pirate ship is in front of the chalkboard. We had a few more ships and pirates scattered throughout the house. We ended up with several extra pirate eye patches, and since I had the Halloween decorations out, I took the opportunity to give every "face" an eye patch. So gourd people, ghouls, jack-o-lanterns, witches, all got enhanced. You can see the skeleton hanging from the stair railing with an eye patch. Quick and easy. A close-up of the chalkboard on the buffet with a birthday message for Jackson. You can see part of the brown pirate ship and a Halloween tree in the foreground, along with a globe I had from Crate and Barrel. All year we have a reversible banner hanging in the dining room. Most of the year the neutral side is showing and I put up letters spelling Merry Christmas, Happy Easter, Happy Halloween, etc. You can take a look at the Happy Valentine's version. But whenever there's a birthday in the house I flip the whole banner over and use the Happy Birthday side. I usually just put up a number for the age, but I happened to have a Cricut Die-cutting cartridge that has a pirate ship on it that I've been anxious to use. So I did that and die cut a number 4 for the sail. Not necessarily a "decoration," but I think it adds to the fun when kids see an adult in a theme-appropriate costume. That little red blob on my shoulder is a stuffed parrot. Way out of proportion, but it was the best I could do after shopping through their stuffed animal bin. The tray I'm holding has the pirate outfit pieces as they were being discovered during the treasure hunt (eye patches, mustaches, hooks, sashes). This is a "before-and-after" photo of sorts. The first photo is the birthday boy at his party in a state of undress. Just pants and a hat. No convincing could get more clothes on him. But it's his birthday, and that's how he rolls! The next photo is of him the day before in his full costume for trick-or-treating, Jack Sparrow dreadlocks and all. As the sign says, "All Ye Scurvey Dogs Must Walk the Gangplank or Ye Be Thrown Over!!" There was lots of gang-plank activity coming and leaving the party. The birthday boy's grandparents so kindly made this ramp and sprayed it black. Not only was it a hit at the party, but we've been using it all year and still have it on our front porch. The kids love it, and it's come in handy when moving furniture into and out of the house. Bonus! Above you can see one of the three Jolly Roger pirate flags we ordered from eBay. I think they were only $8/flag ... this was our biggest expense for the party by far! It's nice to have a first impression before coming into the party, and this is an easy and big way to do it. Not sure if you can see in the photo above, but the shiny circles of gold hanging from the ceiling are left-over gold coins that I hung in strands taped to invisible fishing line. These really shine in the sun and add a lot of sparkle. I hung several strings of coins inside too, in more out of the way places or up high. Good to have decorations at eye-level, which isn't always easy to do. Next time I would make the outside strings shorter so they don't tangle with each other in the wind. Also as you enter the party is a skeleton warning "Captain Jack's Hideout. Enter at Yer Own Risk. Pirates Inside. Arrr!" Well you've made it through this very long post! Another apology for any photo quality issues, or lack of photo composition. These were all taken for personal use before I started a blog. The free photo template above came from Rebecca Cooper of Simple as That. Also if you have any questions please let me know and I'd be happy to try and answer them. Thanks for stopping by! Arrr!
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