'Fifteen men on the dead man's chest - Yo-ho-ho, and a
bottle of rum!' All hands on deck for the swashbuckling adventure of a
lifetime!
Ahoy Matey!
Prepare for an adventure on the high seas!
Get ready with our many ready to hang cutouts and banners around the room.
Fish netting adds that nautical touch draped in various areas. Scatter some gold
coins on your table. Don't forget lots of balloons and crepe streamers for that
festive touch.
Greet each party guests with a paper pirate hat and eye patch.
Pirate Prop
Pirate Bandit Props
Pirates Calico Jack and Bonnie Blade
Face Painting
Let everyone have their very own Pirate face with a Pirate face
painting activity.
A Pirate Coloring Contest or
Poster Kit are a great activities when it's time to tame those little swashbucklers down a
little.
Musical
Islands
Like musical chairs, only use a piece of paper cut in the shape
on an island in place of the chairs.
Pirate Decorations
Pirate Ships & Island Props
Pirate Hideaway Prop
Cannonball Pop
Have each child a balloon. With curling ribbon attach a balloon around each childs ankle.
At the start of go each child will try to pop the other guests balloon without having
his/hers popped. The one left with the unpopped balloon wins. Caution: have children
remove their shoes to keep anyone from getting hurt.
Treasure Activity Kit
Schooner
Spear a wooden skewer through a small piece of paper to make a schooner sail and set it in
the middle of a hot dog. Add a few Goldfish crackers.
Treasure Chest Cake
1 box (16 oz.) Pound-Cake mix
1 can (16 oz.) Vanilla Frosting
Yellow Food Coloring
1-1/2 cans (16 oz. each) Chocolate Frosting
3 Pretzel Rods, trimmed to 3-1/2" lengths
Assorted candies such as foil-wrapped coins, chocolate nuggets, kisses, etc.
26 brown M&M's Minis
1 cup Graham Cracker Crumbs
Prepare pound cake according to
package directions. Cool.
Place cake on serving platter or foil-lined cardboard. With long side facing front, cut
cake in half horizontally at an angle. Set lid aside.
Hollow out a well in the middle of the base cake. Set aside scraps. Frost the base with
chocolate frosting (don't frost the well).
To make a woodlike effect, simply run a fork over frosting.
Insert pretzel rods vertically inside the well. Fill well with some of the candies.
For lid, cut an 8" x 4" rectangle
from cardboard and cover with foil. Spread chocolate frosting on top, bottom, and sides.
Place cake on top of foil covered cardboard for support.
Place lid over cake, using pretzel rods and back edge of bottom cake for support.
Tint the vanilla frosting with the yellow food coloring.
Pipe a single line along bottom edges and double lines along top and center.
For nail heads, place the M&M's around the treasure box and in a row down center of
lid.
Make a keyhole in the middle of lid with some of the chocolate frosting.
For sand, mix the cake crumbs from the well and graham cracker crumbs together and spread
around cake. Fill with remaining candies allowing some to fall into sand.
Makes 8-10 servings.
Peg Leg Race
Divide your guests into two equal teams. Form two lines and stand two children side by
side tying together their legs. After everyone is tied together have them race to a
specified mark and back again. The team that finishes first wins.
Treasure Chest Piñata
A treasure chest is bursting with treasure. Fill with one of our Piñata Fillers and candy
and let them pillage and plunder. Also makes a great room decoration or centerpiece for
the table.
Treasure Island
'Fifteen men on the dead man's chest - Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!'
All hands on deck for the swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime! Treasure Island has
captivated children for decades and remains
Robert Louis Stevenson's most famous book.
With the legendary Long John Silver leading a mutinous pirate crew, children won't want to
miss the boat on this classic tale of treasure and treachery.
