To plan a successful pirate party for kids, prepare in advance by deciding on decorations, games, activities, and favors within a budget. Create fun treasure map invitations and brainstorm game ideas such as making pirate hats and treasure chests, playing musical chairs with a pirate hat, and having a treasure hunt game. Party favors can include pirate-themed toys and food can be simple dishes like hot dogs and cake shaped like a pirate ship.
With the popularity of movies like Pirates of the Caribbean and its sequels, kids love anything to do with pirates. To plan a pirate party for kids, it’s important to prepare well in advance. Determine what decorations, games, activities and favors will be used for the pirate party. Decide on the budget of the party so that you set limits on the money spent on materials and supplies.
After deciding on the date of the party, create a fun invitation that will be sent to the guests. One creative idea is to design a treasure map invitation. He creates a pirate treasure map on one side of the invitation and lists important party details on the other side.
The treasure map can be hand drawn, printed from the internet, or created using graphic design software. Once you’ve created the invitations, roll them up and tie them with brown string. Then put them in shipping tubes and ship them. Party invites should be sent out at least two to three weeks in advance.
Once you’ve created the invitations, start brainstorming ideas for games and activities for the pirate party. For example, most kids would like to make pirate hats out of black construction paper. Going to a website like The Best Kids Book Site will allow parents to print out patterns for a pirate hat as well. Pirate hats are simple to make and are an ideal party activity for kids of all ages.
Another useful craft to make at a pirate party is a treasure chest. Gather enough empty shoe boxes so that each guest has their own. Then, cover them with brown construction paper. Purchase fake jewelry from a store like The Oriental Trading Company or other stores or websites that sell craft supplies.
Parents can also purchase cardstock and colored foam so party guests can use the items to decorate a shoebox to look like a pirate’s treasure chest. Provide the kids with fake gold coins so they can fill the chest with loot. They’ll enjoy gluing fake jewelry and other items to the shoe box to create a real pirate treasure chest.
No party is complete without party games. A pirate-themed party is no exception, so plan a variety of games and activities to keep guests busy. One idea is to play a variation on the game of musical chairs. In the pirated version, instead of sitting on chairs, players pass each other a pirate hat.
Buy a pirate hat at a costume store or make a card version. Find a CD that offers a variety of pirate songs. Have the children sit in a circle on the floor and give one of them the pirate hat.
As the CD plays, guests pass the pirate hat around the circle. When the music stops, the child holding the pirate hat is “out” of the game. The last person to hold the pirate hat wins and receives a small prize.
Another excellent game to play is a treasure hunt game. Provide guests with a treasure map made from pieces of a crumpled brown bag. Children must follow the treasure map to locate a small “treasure” that was previously hidden. Another good alternative is to play a boardwalking game. Place a long piece of wood on the floor and let the children walk across it. After guests cross the board, they can receive a small prize.
Pirate party favors can include gold foil-covered chocolate coins, fake gold coins, toy spy glasses, and other small pirate-themed toys. Party food can be a simple dish like hot dogs, fish sticks, a cake shaped like a pirate ship, and ruby red punch.
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