Pirates are a popular theme these days, but even if your preschooler has yet to see Pirates of the Caribbean, they can get into the whole swashbuckling fun. You do not even need to wait for a birthday to throw a pirate party. Celebrate the start of summer or arrange to use some of the following treasure chest of ideas for a swim team party.
Treasure hunt
Pirates are all about the loot. In turn, what child is not fond of loot? Treasure hunts can be as simple or as elaborate as you desire.
Plan Pirate Activities
The pirate party I threw took place at our neighborhood pool so much of our pirate activities involved water play. If you do not have access to a pool or lake, consider holding relay races and making a craft or two. Pirates have energy to spare!
1. Captain Hook hand –
You will need:
Cut a hook shape out of cardboard. Do this beforehand to keep the activity moving.
Let the kids cover their hooks with foil.
Cut a slit in the bottom of each child’s plastic cup.
Slip the hook through the cup. The child holds the end of the hook to “use” it.
2.Tick Tock –While the kids are running around with their Captain Hook hands, hide a ticking kitchen timer. Hide it so that the kids can hear it but not see it. Direct their attention to the right location through a series of dramatic “You are getting hot” or “You are getting cold” exclamations. The object is to find the timer before the bell goes off. Plan on playing this many times if your kids are anything like the ones in my neighborhood!
3. Musical islands – Cut pieces of poster board into island shapes. Place the islands throughout the play area. Have all the little pirates find an island to stand on. Start music and have the pirates “swim the ocean” meaning they walk around the islands until the music stops. Once it stops each pirate has to jump to an island. After the first round, start removing an island each time until only pirate island is left.
Pirate food
You can go all out and make a pirate ship cake, or an impressive treasure chest cake complete with candy necklaces spilling out, or keep it simple. I went with the simple approach and served hotdogs that looked like squids.
Pirate favors
Easy favors could be whatever loot the kids find in their treasure hunt. Add to it with temporary tattoos, candy necklaces, gummy worms, or a pirate eye patch.
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