Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day!!! This morning my son was frustrated with me getting ready for school. He said “Arrrgh – MO-OM!” I laughed and said “Oh, you already knew it was International Talk Like a Pirate Day!” With two boys, we love pirate stuff here. And because it’s a pirate day, I thought it would be fun to share the birthday party we did for my now 6 1/2 year old when he turned 5.
The Invitations:
We ordered these from Oriental Trading. You could easily make your own with labels and a bottle.
The Decorations:
The Cake:
The Games:
When the kids came, there were pirate hats for them to decorate so they could dress up like pirates.
We played pin the treasure on the map.
And had great fun playing Pirate, Pirate, Captain (Duck, Duck, Goose – I love that game! It works for almost any party!)
I mentioned on Facebook a couple of weeks ago that I’m now working with the Cub Scouts as the Advancement Chairman. My church is a big supporter of Boy Scouts and all of the Cub and Boy Scout leadership positions are given as callings or assignments. My first Pack Meeting was last month and we had the Raingutter Regatta. So, of course, we had to have a Pirate theme to go with it! One of the things we did was assign all of the boys a pirate name. When they received their award, we called them up with their pirate name. These are the Pirate Name Tags I made:
I’m linking this post up to these parties.
Melissa Ryan says
Such cute ideas. My mom just last night mentioned that she still wants to do a pirate party for Destructo’s birthday. She wanted that for his first birthday, but I vetoed and got a Kentucky Derby birthday theme.
http://www.adventureswithcaptaindestructo.com
BrittanyLane says
My kids hauled around that darling invitation for months and months. You always do such fun parties! I can’t believe how little Averie looks in those pictures.
Phil and Darby Hawley says
Oh my goodness! What a fun party theme! Great job!
Amy CookingAdventures says
Too fun! I thinking about doing a pirate theme for my son in January!
Ashley @ Hillbilly Princess Diaries says
such a cute birthday party! My nephew is having a pirate party for his 4th birthday next month & yours looked so fun! :)
Etcetorize says
Looks like a super fun party! I had to go back up and reread the beginning of your post. At first I thought ‘wow, she really got into this talk like a pirate day’! haha. Thanks so much for sharing at Etcetorize this week!
Jennifer @Miss Maggie's Place says
This is so adorable. I love those cupcakes! I’d love to feature you on my new party blog. Miss-maggiesplace dot com. If your interested email me at missmaggiesplace at yahoo dot com.
Emily says
wow, so cute! Today is my son max’s birthday too!! I am not doing anything as cute as you though :O) I would like to invite you to come link up at my Tasteful Tuesday party that is going on right now through friday morning.
Carrie Barron says
What a fun party idea! Thanks for sharing!
Blessings,
Carrie
Aimee @ ShugarySweets says
Cute party ideas!
Liz says
Great party theme!
Jess from Coxs Corner says
This is such a good idea! I love that it was posted on talk like a pirate day! I’m so pinning it to do next year with my little ones! I bet my little man would get a kick out of it! Thank you so much for sharing at Artsy Corner! I seriously can’t wait to see what you share next week!
Jill @ Create.Craft.Love. says
Great party! I love the pirate theme! I love the invitations! You did such a great job!
Becolorful says
Such fun ideas. It’s obvious that everyone loved it. :D
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Lindsay @Artsy-Fartsy Mama says
What an awesome party! Love everything about it, you did a great job!
Keep up the amazing work :)
Thanks for sharing at Artsy Corner!
Barbara Hiatt says
What a fun party!!! I love the pirate theme! Thanks for joining the party at Keep Calm and Link Up!
Barbara at Chase the Star
http://www.chasethestar.net
Michelle's Tasty Creations says
Shatzi,
Love the pirate theme! Looks like everyone had a blast. Thanks for sharing at Creative Thursday :)
Michelle
Heidi@OneCreativeMommy.com says
I’ll be featuring this fantastic idea later today at OneCreativeMommy.com. Please stop by and grab a featured button if you’d like. I can’t wait to see what you link up this week!
Paula says
This is a great party! We’d love for you to share this at our party! http://housewivesofriverton.blogspot.com/2012/10/riverton-housewives-round-up-35.html
Kimberly @ A Night Owl says
Thanks for linking up at Create & Inspire last week. Tonight we’re featuring YOU! Can’t wait to see what you have to link up this week! xo, Kimberly
Mackenzie says
I have an aspiring pirate lover more and more over the past few months. I am saving this for future ideas in case we have a pirate bday party too! :) So many great ideas! Thank you for sharing this on Saturday Show & Tell on Cheerios and Lattes last week! You are featured favorite this week! Can’t wait to see what you have for us this week! Have a great weekend!
Mackenzie :)
cheeriosandlattes.com
Carrie @ My Favorite Finds says
So cute! Stopping by to congratulate you for being featured on A Night Owl Blog :).