Birthdays are a big deal. Especially when you’re turning five and especially at our house. To celebrate turning a “whole hand” my son requested a pirate birthday party. Bring on the pirate hats, eye patches, treasure chests and a bounty of other pirate booty. Here’s how the party came together:
Walk the Plank!
- On our patio door I draped a piece of black netting and strung a triangle shaped banner made of red and black sheets of patterned scrapbook paper.
- Using Publisher, I designed two signs and mounted them to pirate themed scrapbook paper. The images on the signs were clipart available in Publisher.
- For the island centerpiece, I staged some beads and gold coins I found at a party supply store with a hook, pirate spyglass and sword from my kid’s toy box. From the hook, I tied three Mylar balloons.
- The island cover is a black plastic table cloth and a yard of striped, black and white fabric cut into a table runner.
- The banner in front of the island was made with a Cricut and a variety of scrapbook paper. I cut strips of pirate themed fabric and tied them in between the banner’s words.
Welcome me hearties!
Guests are warned as they approached our house for the pirate birthday party……
- X marks the spot-I used red duct tape to make a giant X in front of the door.
- The chest was from our basement, we use it was blanket storage. I used a yard of black fabric with white polka dots and tucked it over the top of the chest. More beads, coins, a pirate party hat, toy sword and a skull from our Halloween decorations adorn the top of the chest.
- Black netting (from the same package used on the patio door) lays over the open chest. The sign reads, “Beware as you search for gold, Captain Paxton is turning five years old!”
- Find the vertical sign on the front door here.
Ahoy!
Sail-I used one-inch PVC pipe that I spray painted black to make the basic structure. Both the base and the vertical part of the sail are the shape of an upper case letter I.
- The base is covered with a piece of pirate themed fabric that was left over from the island banner. I raided the boys’ toy box again for the hook and sword at the base of the sail.
- Two pieces of black and white, striped fabric (same fabric as the table runner) are the vertical part of the sail.
- A similar triangle banner to the one on the patio door hangs across the sail.
Shiver Me Timbers
- Red and white striped placemats on a black plastic table cloth.
- Paper pirate plates go on top of slightly larger black plastic plates.
- Red plastic silverware in skull and cross bones napkins and secured with scrapbook paper napkin rings.
- Guests drank root beer from bottles that I replaced the labels on. I also removed the bottle caps from the root beer and shoved generic cork stoppers I purchased at a craft store.
The birthday cake was the hit of the party. I followed a pirate cake making tutorial but made modifications. I’m not good with cake fondant, so I covered the cake with frosting. To create the ship’s sails, use scrapbook paper and tape to wooden skewers. Place pirate figurines on and around the cake. I used a cardboard cake board and wrapped it in a left over piece of black table cloth. Left over black netting, gold coins and beads rounded out the centerpiece.
The birthday boy is adorable in his custom made pirate shirt. With gifts opened and guests gone, the entire family needed a nap!
The birthday boy and his pirate birthday party-goers were tuckered out after the day’s festivities. I love putting together themed birthday bashes, check out my barnyard and firefighter parties.
Happy Adventuring, Rochelle