Pirate Party Supplies, Theme Decorations and Party Planning Ideas

Shiver me timbers! Your little Swashbucklers will treasure this party for years to come!

Party Supplies and Decorations

 
Pirates

Pirate's Treasure Deluxe Pak
Ahoy! Gather all ye young mateys for a treasure-filled birthday with our pirate partyware. Your Deluxe Pak for 8 includes a large toy telescope for the birthday child, invitations, plates, cups, forks, spoons, placemats with games on back, 16 napkins, centerpiece, solid-color tablecover, mylar balloon, 18 assorted balloons, 50 yards of curling ribbon and 3 rolls of 81' crepe paper streamers in 3 colors, cake topper, cake candles and 8 plastic gold coins.

Pirate's Treasure Basic Pak
Includes invitations, plates, cups, forks, spoons, placemats, 16 napkins, tablecover and 18 balloons.

Pirate's Treasure Favor Boxes
Before they set sail, supply the crew with a bounty of good fortunes. Each box includes an eye patch, 3 plastic gold coins, a 4" parrot bean bag, anchor tattoo, mini toy telescope

Favors & Prizes

Fun Games, Activities And Crafts

Treasure Hunt Party Activity
Send your guests on an adventure in search of long-lost treasures! This Birthday Express exclusive activity can be set up in a variety of ways, depending on the age and maturity level of your party guests. Activity includes one 6" gold treasure chest, 8 mini telescopes, 8 soft plastic rings, 8 gem necklaces, 4 pearl necklaces, 6 gems, 4 transparent whistles, 8 candy necklaces, 24 plastic gold coins, and 8 golden goblets. Treasure chest measures 5½"L x 4"W x 4"T. Ages 4 and up

Crafts & Activities
Theme related children's crafts and activities for children's birthday parties.

Pirate Treasure Hunt Activity

Pirate Treasure Hunt Activity
Send your guests on an adventure in search of long-lost treasures! This Birthday Express exclusive activity can be set up in a variety of ways, depending on the age and maturity level of your party guests. Activity includes one 6" gold treasure chest, 8 mini telescopes, 8 soft plastic rings, 8 gem necklaces, 4 pearl necklaces, 6 gems, 4 transparent whistles, 8 candy necklaces, 24 plastic gold coins, and 8 golden goblets. Treasure chest measures 5½"L x 4"W x 4"T.

Captain Hook’s Message Mix-Up
Seat your guests in a circle. The birthday child thinks of a message that he thinks the Captain would want to send to a deckhand. (i.e. Scrub the deck or you’ll walk the plank). He then whispers it to the person on his left and it travels all the way around the circle. The person on the birthday child’s right then tells the message out loud. Then the birthday child tells their message out loud. Expect the unexpected when you learn the original vs. the final mixed-up message! Try again with another player starting a new message and continue until your guests are ready for a new activity.

Guess the Amount of Treasure
This activity is sure to keep your partygoers guessing. Fill a container (jar, plastic treasure chest, etc.) with lots of jelly beans, m&m’s, or your child’s favorite candy. But make sure you count them before the party, and write down the number. When the guests arrive have them try to guess how many candies are in the "treasure chest." Have each child write their name and their guess on a separate piece of paper. At the end of the party announce the winner. The jar of candy makes a sweet prize!

"X" Marks the Spot
Before the party, make a different colored "X" for each child on your guest list. Mount a treasure map on a wall in your party room (with a treasure chest drawn on it). One at a time, blindfold each child using a bandanna, spin him/her around, and point them in the direction of the map. Have each child try to mark their "X" on the spot where the treasure is located. The person whose "X" lands closest to the treasure wins!

Hunt for the Buried Treasure
This exclusive activity offered from Birthday Express.com is a great way to entertain your guests. All children love to hunt for prizes and our pirate treasures are the best! If you haven’t purchased the Birthday Express Treasure Hunt you can still play by hiding shiny pennies and small plastic prizes in a sand box, and allowing the children to search for them until all have been found!

Floating Pirate Ships
Pass out one large balloon to each guest. Have everyone blow up their balloon and offer your help in tying them. The object of the game is to keep the balloons floating in the air as long as possible. This activity is a great way to start or end any party!

Musical Islands

Like musical chairs, only use a piece of paper cut in the shape on an island in place of the chairs.

Face Painting

Let everyone have their very own Pirate face with our Pirate Makeup Kit. Paints approximately 10-15 faces. Easy to apply and easy to remove with soap and water.

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.

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.

Pinatas

 

Treasure Chest Piñata
Your guests will love the loot they discover when they break open this chest of treasure. A removable sticker marks the hidden location where candy should be inserted. Piñata fillers and pull-string piñata kit sold separately.

 

Treasure Chest Piñata Fillers
This special assortment of piñata fillers includes 45 items that your pirates will be eager to get their hands on. Includes faux pearl necklaces, squirt fishes, glitter bracelets, telescopes, gem-studded goblets, candy bracelets, soft plastic rings, and gold-covered chocolate coins. (Treasure Chest Piñata sold separately.)

Piñatas

 
Pinata Fillers

Kids love the excitement of trying to break open a piñata and see the treasures rain down. This 96-piece assortment of toys and candy is perfect for eight guests, and will bring even more fun to your piñata activity.

Pull-String Piñata Kit
Turn your piñata into a pull-string for a gentler piñata activity. Kit includes trap door release and 20 pull strings.

Tasty Treats And Menu Ideas

Pirate Cake Decorating Kit

Pirate Cake Decorating Kit
Includes 6-1/2" edible image, 3" pirate figurine, and 10 gold candles.

Pirate’s Brew Floats
This pirate grog will surely put the float in your boats! Pour root beer soda into tall glasses (filling only halfway). Place one scoop of vanilla ice cream into each glass. Carefully add more root beer and watch as the drink begins to foam. Serve with long handled spoons. You can also decorate your straws by cutting out a skull and cross-bones from black construction paper and gluing it neatly to the top of the straw.

Jell-O® Pirates
Purchase your child’s favorite flavors of Jell-O brand gelatin. Follow the directions to make Jigglers and use different shaped cookie cutters to create pirates, ships, and other fun shapes!

Pirate Ship Pizzas
For this spectacular recipe, you’ll need deli or French rolls, pizza sauce and toppings. In addition, you'll also need black construction paper for the sails, black olives and pretzel sticks for the port holes, and carrots for the flags.

Prepare the port holes, sails and flags ahead of time:

1. To make the port holes for eight pizzas, you will need 32 large black pitted olives and 48 pretzel sticks. Cut the olives into halves (horizontally) and make a small slit in the closed end of each half. Insert the pretzel stick into the small slit. Place one half of each olive on either end of the pretzel stick. This will make four sets of port holes for each pizza.

2. To make the flags, cut 12 carrot curls (thin, lengthwise slices of carrot, soaked in ice water overnight). This will make the carrots wavy.

3. To make the sails, use large pieces of white onion skin (or cut rectangular pieces of construction paper) and punch holes through it with a ridged straw, skewer or bamboo stick. Place the carrot flag at the top and stick into the tops of the pizza boats after they come out of the oven.

4. To make boats, slice rolls in half lengthwise. Hollow out a slight depression in each half to create a boat shape. Toast rolls in hot oven for about 15 minutes, or until crusts are crisp. Then, fill with pizza sauce. Space "port holes" across top of the bread (the olives should be on either side of the bread), and then add your pizza toppings. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes, or until cheese is bubbling. Insert sails with flags and serve.

Children's Birthday Cakes

Birthday Cake Recipes
We've teamed up with Pillsbury® to create the best birthday cake recipes in the world! And check out the fantastic cupcake recipes created at Birthday Express!

Cake Decorating
Cake pans, cake toppers, cake decorating kits and candles, not all themes available.

Bakeries and Professional Cake Decorators
Locate bakeries and professional cake decorators in your area to order a children's birthday cake to coordinate with your kid's theme party.

Decorating Tips

Pirate Mylar Balloon
Includes a plastic straw for filling the balloon with air, and a plastic cup to use with the straw to mount the balloon in a centerpiece. (Balloon measures approximately 16" in diameter.)

Balloons
Use balloons to mark the party spot; hang them on the mailbox, near the front door, or tie them to the birthday child's chair to mark the seat of honor. Place balloons anywhere that strikes your fancy. The more the better!

Pastel Personalized Banner
Your child's name on his or her very own Happy Birthday Banner! Our colorful 18" x 72" banner is made of durable plastic with handy metal grommets for easy hanging and years of use. You will be asked to provide the name(s) that will appear on your personalized banner when you check out. (Recommended for all ages.)

Primary Personalized Banner
Your child's name on his or her very own Happy Birthday Banner! Our colorful 18" x 72" banner is made of durable plastic with handy metal grommets for easy hanging and years of use. You will be asked to provide the name(s) that will appear on your personalized banner when you check out. (Recommended for all ages.)

Party Music

Birthday Party CD
Kids' Birthday Party Music CD
Add fun to your party with this wonderful collection of 18 songs. Includes favorites such as "Candy Man," "Lollipop," "The Name Game," "Yakety Yak," "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," "Disco Duck," and "Happy Birthday to You."

© 1994 Turn Up The Music, Inc.

Costumes

 
Pirates

Girl Pirate Costume
Set sail for some shipboard fun on the high seas dressed in this "ragged" one-piece outfit. Nylon-rayon-cotton. Imported. Accessories sold separately.

Seafaring Pirate Costume
(Seafaring costume is available on the right hand side of this page) Set a course for fun on the seven seas dressed in this pirate costume. One-piece suit includes red-and-white striped pants, white sailor shirt with blue piping and anchor embroidery, and attached black vest. Accessories sold separately.

Children's Costumes-Alien mask, arabian princess, army fatigues, ballerina, bunny, ladybug, mouse, quarterback football player, Tigger and Pooh costumes, Barney, Batman Beyond, Blossom, princess ballgowns, Blue's Clues, Buttercup, Buzz Lightyear, buzzing bee, Cat in the Hat, construction worker, hard hat, cowboy, cowgirl, Dalmatian, fairy costume, firefighter costume, Franklin the Turtle, Hippie, tropical island costumes, jet pilot flight suit, knight, pirate, race car driver, Rescue Heros costume, Robin Hood, Safari, Superman and more.

BuyCostumes.com has the largest selection of costumes in the world! Costumes and accessories for all of the upcoming holidays and occasions from 4th of July to Summer Luaus and for theme parties and plays, year round.

Hats and Bandanas

Wigs

Gifts

Find the perfect gift for any occasion. Choose from gift baskets, toys, home décor, sporting goods, jewelry and more. You can find a unique and thoughtful gift for weddings, birthdays, holidays, baby showers and every other reason.

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Say "CHEESE"

Be sure to take lots of pictures. You and your child will want to remember this special day.

1. Keep you camera close in hand through out the party so you don't miss a moment.
2. Get close, fill the frame with the subject(s) you are wanting to capture.
3. Take action photos, capture the thrills and emotions by taking candid pictures.
4. Focus on small groups or individuals, you do not need to have every guest in every photo.
5. When you have your film developed, order extra prints and send them to the parents afterward.

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