One of the most fun parties for kids is a pirate birthday party but plastic surgey are so many ideas that you can use that it’s difficult water know where to start. Arrr! Here are some of the best pirate party ideas to make sure your child doesn’t have to walk the plank!

The best place to host a pirate party is outdoors as you are going to need some quite large props to set the scene and there should be enough room for eating, dancing and pretend sword fighting. If you have a large garden this would be ideal.

1. The first pirate party idea is props. A pirate party should always include at least two if not all items from the following list:

* A pirate ship – this can either be made from some wooden boxes or you can use a large wooden table, which the kids can then eat around. Use a long broom handle or post for a mast and some plain sheets for the sails. Also make a flag and paint on some skull and crossbones.

* A treasure chest – this can be made out of a large wooden or cardboard box and filled with plastic jewels and golden chocolate coins. Half bury the chest in some gravel for extra effect!

* Dead men – use large plastic skeletons and place around the garden as those who have lost their lives to the mighty pirates. If the children at the party are quite young it may be a good idea to give this pirate party idea a miss for fear of scaring them!

* X marks the spot – use some red tape or paint to create an X on the floor

Also make some flags and banners of skull and crossbones or pirates to further decorate your garden.

2. Pirate party food ideas:

* Chicken legs

* Hotdogs

* Golden chicken nuggets

* Fish and chips

Also for drinks use some root beer in mugs to make some pirate ale!!

3. Pirate cake ideas:

* Pirate face

* Treasure chest

* Treasure Island

* Treasure map

4. No pirate party is complete without some pirate games. Here are a few of my favorites:

* Treasure hunt- hide a small box of treasures in the garden and write out some clues on some scraps of paper. Read out the first clue such as “To find what you seek the area under the tree is where you should take a peek”. Then hide the next clue in that position and so forth.

* Pin the pirate on the treasure map – draw a treasure map on a large piece of paper, make sure you include the all important X, and hang on wall. Then make a small pirate and place a pin through the center. Each child takes it in turns to try and pin the pirate on the X.

* Pirate crafts or coloring – print out some coloring pages or make some pirate crafts such as cardboard hats or telescopes made out of cardboard rolls.

5. A great pirate party idea is to fill small treasure chests up with little pirate goodies such as chocolate coins, small treasures and pirate essentials such as an eye patch or small compass.

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