Ahoy, Mateys!

I asked Kirsten what she wanted to do for her birthday party a few weeks ago and she wasn't sure but she did want to invite boys. Sooooo, no princess girly party:) We decided to do a pirate party. Huge success! We delivered pirate map invitations that were burnt around the edge and rolled up and put in a bottle. We asked the kids to wear a striped shirt or any other pirate stuff that they had. The day of the party, I went on a treasure hunt of my own to find some piratey things for the picture backdrop. I had the door in my house already and I horked the chest from my mom's house and then I had to go to Price and was gone for a few hours. When I got back, my awesome sister, LeAnne, had found all the rest of the stuff and set it up in my house! So now are we glad my dad never threw anything away? Yeah, because this was a pretty awesome setup. And LeAnne was so creative to come up with all the stuff!

I made the hooks with a paper cup and a piece of cardboard cut out like a hooked and covered with tinfoil. When the kids came, they decorated their hats and then we took a picture of each of them by the piratey stuff.

We had this ship cake and the kids went on a treasure hunt and their treasure was a little tin box shaped like a treasure chest that I had painted brown filled with root beer barrels, chocolate coins and candy necklaces.

P.S. If you want to do a party like this I can send you a copy of the invitation I used and give you info on how I made the cake, etc. Also, it is hard to find chocolate coins unless you order them online or buy them at Christmastime. I found mine at Walmart in the Christmas candy section. I also found the tin boxes at the dollar store and they were Christmasy. In other words, you might want to buy some of the stuff now if you want to find those items at a store.