Pirate Party!
We just celebrated my kindergartner's 6th birthday! He has been talking about and planning a Pirate Party for months! We had so much fun preparing for such a fun theme. Try to include your children in the making of many of the party props, invitations and even the menu! The party was a huge hit and we had a beautiful day to enjoy all of the outdoor activities! However, you could do this party indoors if needed. I have outlined the party and menu for you and I hope you enjoy the post and gather lots of fun ideas for your little pirate's next party! Let's Set Sail!...
Party Outline:
Treasure Hunt ~ Pirate garb in Treasure chest:
Swords, eye patches, earrings and bandanas
Pirate Coins ~ Every activity completed earns 1 Pirate coin, used for purchasing lunch at the Tavern
Treasure Hunt ~ Hide the treasure chest and let the kids search with or without a map. Now they can dress like a pirate. And begin Pirate Camp!
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Tattoo Parlor
Mustache Face Painting
Three Legged Races
Sack Races
Bobbing for Apples
Dig for Treasure (Pirate coins and pennies for gumball machine)
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Pirate Lunch Tavern ~ Buy drumsticks, root beer, sliced apples, corn salsa, root beer ice cream,
Pirate Lunch Tavern ~ Buy drumsticks, root beer, sliced apples, corn salsa, root beer ice cream,
Pirate Flag cupcakes
Tent~ Sing Happy Birthday and Open Presents
Roast Marshmallows on Fire pit
Take Home Treat: Caramel Apples and Pirate garb
Crinkle Dyed Pirate Invitations
My friend Rebecca Bateman shared this fun paper aging method with me. The invitations turn out adorable! They have a great look and feel and are so much fun to make!
1. Print desired amount of party invitations written in your best 'Pirate lingo' on regular 8 1/2 x 11 white copy paper. Rip straight edges off invitation to give it a worn look.
2. Wad each invitation up into a ball~ Let your little pirate help you with this! He or she will love it!
3. In a small glass bowl, mix about 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce and 1/8 cup water. Dunk each crinkled up invitation in Worcestershire dye and saturate paper. Gently remove. Gently unfold and lay on a old beach towel in a safe spot to dry.
4. Once invitations are dry, roll up and tie with a string or seal with wax seal. You could also fold it to fit in an envelope. ( It would be really fun to crinkle-dye the envelopes too. ) I rolled up our invitations and attached them to a root beer bottle so they could be left at the door easily if someone wasn't home when we delivered them.
Invitations are ready to deliver |
Tutorial:
Cut down the center of the paper |
Fold flag in half
30 Chocolate Cupcakes |
The first reason I love these cupcakes is because they are super yummy. It's just a great chocolate cake. The second reason is because the recipe makes enough cupcakes for a big party. I thought the black and white cupcakes would make a fun Pirate color combination. The third reason is because taste even better when eaten the next day, so go ahead and make them the day before you set sail!
2 cups flour
2 ½ cups sugar
1 cup unsweetened cocoa
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup sour cream
1 ½ cups buttermilk
2 eggs
2 tablespoons white vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Prepare 30 muffin cups with paper liners. In bowl of electric mixer add all of the dry ingredients and whisk together with a hand held whisk. Add all of the wet ingredients and beat on medium with electric mixer until thoroughly combined, for about 3 minutes. Pour ¼ cup of batter into each muffin cup. You may be able to get 31 cupcakes from the batter if you scrape your bowl really well. Bake at 350 for about 18 minutes. Remove from oven and cool completely. Remove cupcakes from pans. Frost with Chocolate Buttercream frosting.
Seven Minute Frosting
PIRATE TAVERN ~ Pirate Coins accepted here! |
Aaarrrg! |
Yo Ho! |
Pirate treasure!
Root Beer Ice Cream
14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
2 liter bottle Root Beer
Pour Root Beer and sweetened condensed milk into a large pitcher or into ice cream maker. Mix thoroughly and freeze in ice cream maker. Transfer Root beer Ice Cream to a freezer proof container and freezer until ready to serve. Note: I like to keep a commercial brand of ice cream container ( the round plastic kind) to keep homemade ice cream in. They are the perfect size!
Face Painting |
Roasted Corn and Black Bean Salsa
For this fabulous salsa I
combined all the best ingredients from two friend’s recipes...Holly and Tammy.
4 cobs fresh corn, or 15
ounces sweet corn, drained
3 green onions, chopped
3 tomatoes, chopped
2 avocados, chopped
1/4 red onion, chopped
¼ cup fresh cilantro,
chopped
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoons red wine
vinegar
1 teaspoons coarse salt
½ teaspoons fresh ground
black pepper
This is one of the BEST birthdays my girls have ever gone to. Thanks for sharing your darling pictures and absolutely delicious recipes! Can't wait to make some of these foods for my mateys.
ReplyDeleteThanks Tracy! You are so sweet! It was such a fun party! Thanks for all your help!
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