Lovely: Pirates of the Caribbean Party

It had to be done. I mean, we are living in the Caribbean,

Crew is completely obsessed with pirates,

and parts of the movie Pirates of the Caribbean were filmed here in Dominica...

so it only seemed logical to do a

Pirates of the Caribbean Party!

We had Crew's friend party all planned out to be on Saturday, Feb. 4. We got a call a few days prior telling us of a baptism that we needed to be to. So his party got post-poned to Friday, February 9. Which seemed fine... until I realized too late that is was the weekend before Broc's test. Note to self: don't plan a party before any exam! Things to check before planning such an event! Oh well, it worked- it was just stressful trying to get everything set up and organized by myself- with a little Jack crying and pulling at my leg because he didn't want me to set him down. But it turned out great and the kids had a great time!

We sent out paperless invites since we don't really have the means here to buy cute paper and print in color! So while it wasn't what I would have normally chose, it worked.

The wording on the invite said,

"Yo ho! Ye be invited to join Captain Crew at his Pirate Party.

We be huntin' for treasure so don't be late!

Pirate snacks will be served for me hearties.

Please no presents for Captain Crew, just come and enjoy... if ye dare!

The last one there is a scury dog!"

It had been raining off and on right before the party started. Adding a little more stress- since the party was outside! But it stopped long enough for me to get everything set up. Luckily it didn't start up again until after the party was over!

Crew chose lemon cupcakes. So we had lemon cupcakes with a lemon/orange marshmallow cream frosting. (dang heat always melts my cupcakes)

The cupcake holders and toppers I got from here.
I had brought them back with me the last time I was in the states.

Well our resources are limited here, but thank goodness for pinterest. I found this cute idea for pirate hooks made out of plastic cups and aluminum foil! Genius! Pirate telescopes were made out of paper towel rolls. (I would have covered them with some cute pirate paper... but since we didn't have any here they just got to be brown!) Oh well the kids didn't notice!

The pirate hooks were a hit!

Gaston even came dressed like a pirate! It was adorable!

Crew with Marley, our old neighbor in Glanvillia.

Face Painting... mustaches of course! Every good pirate needs a black mustache!

They didn't seem to last very long as the sweat seemed to wash them off.

The lady pirates weren't about to have a mustache on their face so they got a pretty ta too instead!

Captain Jack Sparrow!

Even if they didn't last that long. Those mustaches made for some pretty cute pirates!

Pirate Snacks:

Scurvy Dogs {aka- hot dog slices}
Golden Treasure Mac & Cheese {homemade of course}
Pretzel Planks
Dead Man's Punch

Next me hearties had to walk the plank!
They had to walk the plank while keeping the marshmallow on the spoon.

Then they had to drop the marshmallow into a jar.

{Inspiration for this game came from a game we played at my 5th birthday party... dropping clothes pins into a mason jar.}

If they made it in, they got to eat a marshmallow!

Next, the pirateers found a treasure map! Of course when it comes to a pirate... there is always a buried treasure to be found!

huntin' for the golden treasure... trying to find the 33 steps that lead to the next clue

33 steps - FOUND!

After trudging through some mud and scaling down a scary staircase (literally) the pirates found the buried treasure!

X marks the spot!

The pirates with their loot! {This was about the time Crew was wanting to sing, "It's my party and I'll cry if I want to..." It was a long day for the birthday boy... no nap... and too much noise...}

The Pirates scored some gold rings, chocolate gold coins, pirate flag, pirate light up sucker all in a black skull and cross bones cup! Oh so fitting!