Trey has wanted a "Jake and the Never Land Pirates" party ever since Charlotte's Minnie Mouse party. I have never actually seen the show, so I used pinterest as my guide to create a fun pirate party.
I made my first birthday pennant banner. It was super easy and I figure the red and blue colors can be used for future birthdays.
We used Trey's pirate toys for decorations and I fell in love with burlap while setting up the decorations.
Jay made really cute food signs on the computer that we printed out for all the snacks. Totally unnecessary, but I liked having them anyways :)
When the kids first arrived they picked up pixie dust (glitter in small jewelry pouches with string to hang around their necks) and red headbands like Jake to wear.
For a craft, they each got to decorate a treasure chest. I had foam letters that spelled out their names and jewels for them to stick onto their chest.
Most of the kids decorated the outside of their treasure chests, but Trey kept sticking all the jewels inside his chest to be his treasure!
While some were still finishing the treasure chest, the bean bag toss board that Papa made for Charlotte's birthday was a big hit!
After some snacks, the kids went outside for games. It kept drizzling off and on all morning so we set up the outside activities on the covered front porch. We put sand in our water table and hid gold doublooms all in the sand. The kids dug for the treasure to put inside their treasure box. I don't have a picture of this, but Jay's parents brought over a board and two cement blocks to set the board onto. We called it "Walk the Plank" and the kids walked across the board.
Charlotte decided she needed more snacks after playing outside!
Trey got so many wonderful presents. He really doesn't need any help opening presents anymore, just help remembering to look at the card first so he can thank the giver.
Finally it was time for cupcakes and ice cream. Trey wanted to sit with his friends for the cupcakes and enjoyed everyone singing to him.
Charlotte had lots of attention from her big cousins at the party. Jacob was very patient feeding Charlotte some of his ice cream.
I made up these loot bags with pirate goodies. The kids got a spy glass, eye patch, gold doublooms, and pirate tattoos. They also got to take home their pixie dust, headbands, and treasure chest. My kids have been playing pirates with all the leftover party stuff ever since the party ended!
