pirate theme birthday party

If your little pirates are an energetic crew, then ensure your Pirate Party is ship-shape with these Pirate Birthday ideas. You’ll find sea-worthy pirate party games and birthday activities that will ensure your swashbucklers have hours of fun and keep you from wanting to walk the plank! 

Planning & Invitations

What Do I Need For the Party?

In addition to basic Pirate party supplies, like plates, cups, napkins and decorations, you may want to consider purchasing, borrowing or renting the following items for your Pirate party:

• Old Storage Chests


• Costume items

• A pirate-themed movie, such as Pirates of the Caribbean (PG-13), Muppet Treasure Island (G), or Hook (PG)


• A pirate ship cake pan


• Sand


• A pirate ship piñata

Pirate Party Invitations

If you have the time to make your own invitations, here are a few ideas to consider:

• Send a message in a bottle! Thoroughly wash and dry old soda bottles. Write your party details on a slip of paper, roll it up, and slide it inside. Make sure the paper is rolled tightly and secured so it will easily slip out of the bottle once your guests receive it. 

• Make a treasure map invitation. Cut a jagged edge around a piece of brown construction paper to give the paper the illusion of being burned. Draw a crude map of your neighborhood on one side, with a dotted line leading from one edge of the paper to a big X, marking where your home would be. Write your party details on the opposite side of your map.


• Punch a hole in the corner of a card-style invitation and attach it to a bag of Pirate gold nugget gum. Hand-deliver these to your guests.


• Cut the shape of a skull and crossbones out of black construction paper. Write your party details in gold pen.


• Include creative wording for your party details, such as:

Come sail a ship on the Seven Seas,
With Captain James and his crew!
We’ll steal some gold and bury our treasure,
Then relax with some grub and brew!

Decorating & Food Ideas

Pirate Party Decorations

To get your guests in the mood for buried treasure and sea battles, consider these options for decorations:

• As guests arrive, give them each a black bandana and eye patch to wear during the party. You can even dot on rough beards with face paint and clip gold hoop earrings to their ears.

• Make a treasure chest to place in one corner of the party area. Cover a large shoebox with brown construction paper and strips of gold foil. Fill it with shells, plastic necklaces, faux jewels, and gold coins.


• Hang fishing nets from the walls and ceiling.


• Cover the tables in the party area with blue tablecloths. Sprinkle sand, seashells, and faux pearls on top.


• Make a skull and crossbones out of white construction paper and black markers, and hang it on one wall of the party area.


• Balloons are a must at every party! Fill the party area with bunches of blue and black balloons!Add pirate-themed Mylar balloons to a few of the bunches.


• Perch a stuffed parrot on a table, chair, or shelf in the party area.

Pirate Party Food Ideas

Get creative with your party food by serving theme-specific treats. For a Pirate Party, consider the following ideas:

• A fun main dish to serve to your sea-faring travelers is chicken or turkey legs – without utensils! Let them eat like real pirates!


• Place a few cranberries and gold nugget candies in the bottom of a clear plastic cup. Make blue Jell-o to pour into the cup. The end result will look like a bit of ocean and sunken treasures.


• Tint a bag of Chex cereal green with a little food coloring. Mix with goldfish crackers and call it “Swimming with the Fishes Snack”.


• Make “Sea Water” by coloring pitchers of apple juice with blue food coloring, and serve with shaped straws.


• Cook seashell-shaped pasta and spinach linguini and serve chilled with a little butter. Call it “Seaweed & Shells Pasta."


• Serve root beer in frosted mugs or goblets.


• Make a simple pirate cake by baking a 9" x 13" cake and frosting it in grey frosting. With decorator icing, draw a treasure map, complete with a compass, a dotted line trail, and an X that marks the spot. Or, use our pirate ship cake pan instead!

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Party Favor Ideas

Pirate Party Favor Ideas

Thank your guests with a treasure box full of party favors! To find a large variety of pirate party favors, visit our Pirate party page and click the "Party Favors" tab or the "More Fun Stuff" tab. Some of the favors we have include:

• Eye patches and pirate earrings


• Gold coins


• Pirate pop guns


• Pirate gummy candy


• Pirate rings


• Inflatable swords


• Pirate sticker books and temporary tattoos


• Pirate hats


• Fun-shaped candy and lollipops

Also check out our complete favor sets and personalized products such as zipper pulls, placemats, and stickers.


  

Games and Activities

Treasure Cake Hunt Send your partygoers on a quest to find the hidden cake with this exciting treasure hunt.	Sea Battles Let your little pirates test their aim and see which team can keep its ship afloat the longest.
Walk the Plank Have your guests work together to see who can walk the plank to the finish line first.	Message in a Bottle Create a unique and imaginative story with your guests in this fun message game.
Fishing for Gold Double the fun for your guests with this fish-themed craft and game combo.	Pirate Hat Craft Have your guests create pirate hats to wear during the party and take home as favors.
Pirate Charades Keep your guests guessing in this game of charades with a swashbuckling twist.	Blind Man's Bluff Get your guests singing and laughing as they dance around the "blind man."
Bail out the Boat Have your guests work together in this splashy outdoor race.	Balloon Swordfights Engage your guests in an exciting - yet safe - battle with our balloon swordfight game.
Pirate Coloring Page Your guests will love decorating our printable Pirate coloring page

Thomas theme birthday party

HAPPY "CHOO CHOO" DAY!!

disney cars birthday party ideas

source : Ethan's Birthday party

ice cream birthday party!ain't this delicious??

Planning & Invitations

What Do I Need For the Party?

In addition to Ice Cream party supplies, like plates, cups, napkins and decorations, you may want to consider purchasing, borrowing or renting the following items for your Ice Cream party:

• An ice cream maker

• Ice cream sundae glasses


• Ice cream toppings such as sprinkles, nuts, whipped cream, candy, cherries and hot fudge


• Lot of flavors of ice cream


• Ice cream cones or waffle bowls


• Ice cream scoops

• A blender for making milkshakes


• A piñata


• You may also want to see if your local ice cream truck can stop by during the party!

Ice Cream Party Invitation Ideas

Scoop up the excitement early in the planning stage by sending your guests creative invitations. You can purchase or if you have the time, here are some delicious-looking options.

• Include a small treat or toy with your invites that fit the theme. For an ice cream party you could include a spoon, a packet of rainbow sprinkles or some ice cream flavored candy.


• Create a banana split or large ice cream sundae filled with toppings (or order one at a restaurant) and then take a photo. This photo can be the front of your invitation. On your computer you can use photo manipulation software to write "We All Scream for Ice Cream!" on top of the photo. Print out enough copies of the photo on cardstock paper and then print the party details on the back of each photo.


• Draw or use a computer illustration program to create a dessert menu. Along with food and ice cream you will be serving, the menu can feature the date and time of the party. Print out enough copies for your guests and mail with a plastic spoon.


• Cut the shape of an ice cream cone out of construction paper. Glue a large round picture of your child on the top of the cone. Now add a red construction paper cherry on top of the photo. Write the party details on the cone. If you'd like, you can include a cute rhyme on the card such as:

Who screams? Alex screams!

We'll all scream for ice cream!

So grab a scoop and loosen your belts,

Then celebrate fast before the day melts!

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Decorating & Food Ideas

Ice Cream Party Decoration Ideas

• Make your party room look like a 50s ice cream parlor. Decorate with bar stools, small tables and chairs for all your guests. Play music from the 50s and 60s in the background. Serve food diner style and ask an adult to take orders at each table. You can even print small menus that list the food choices and the name of your ice cream parlor!





• Create a mini ice cream truck by placing a cooler on top of a wagon. Inside the cooler you can place a lot of ice and novelty ice cream bars. Write all the ice cream selections on tag board and tape it to the front of the wagon. Give your guests fake money that they can use to "purchase" their ice cream treat.


• Use popular ice cream flavors as an inspiration for your balloon and streamer colors such as pastel orange, mint green, chocolate brown and light yellow.


• Tie balloons to metal ice cream scoops.


• Create a banner that reads "I Scream for Ice Cream!" Use long craft paper, markers and ice cream stickers.


• Serve snacks in banana split boats or ice cream dishes.


• Create ice cream cone balloons! Inflate helium latex balloons in pastel colors that resemble ice cream such as white and pink. Attach the balloons to balloon weights with curling ribbon. Cut out a paper cone from brown construction paper and wrap it around the ribbon and base of the balloon to create an ice cream cone. Tape the cone along the side and to the bottom of the balloon. Make sure not to use too much construction paper so as not to pull down the balloons.

Ice Cream Party Food Ideas

In addition to pizza, chicken fingers or hamburgers, you can add some ice cream inspired treats into the mix. Here are some tasty suggestions.

• Hotdog Split: Place a hot dog that's sliced in half horizontally on a bun open face and serve inside a banana spilt boat. Surround the hot dog slices with ketchup, mustard and relish or with chili or macaroni and cheese.


• Use an ice cream shaped cookie cutter to make small shaped sandwiches. You can serve peanut butter and jelly or lunch meat on whole grain bread.

• Serve fresh piping hot waffles with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.


• Serve veggies in ice cream sundae dishes or banana boats.




• Set up an ice cream bar where children can make their own sundaes. Provide a variety of flavors and toppings.


• Create milkshakes to order by combining vanilla or chocolate ice cream with different flavored syrups in a blender with 1 cup of milk. Serve with a silly straw in a tall cup.


• Make ice cream sodas or root beer floats.

Ice Cream Cake Recipe

Here are directions for making an easy and delicious ice cream cake. For this recipe you will need a box of cake mix, a tub of whipped cream, a box of crumbled Oreo cookies and a carton of ice cream that comes in a rectangular container.

1. First, bake two 9" x 13" cakes with your favorite cake mix.


2. Let the cakes cool.


3. Remove the ice cream completely from the tub.


4. Slice the ice cream in half horizontally using fishing line or thread. Then, place the ice cream side by side on top of one layer of cake.





5. Sprinkle the crushed Oreo cookie crumbs on top of the ice cream. Press down lightly on the crumbs so they go into the ice cream a bit.


6. Carefully place the other layer of cake on top of the layer of cookie crumbs.


7. Trim the cake so that it's the same size as the ice cream.


8. Freeze the cake until it is very firm.


9. Before serving, frost the cake with whipped cream and decorate as you choose.

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Party Favor Ideas

Ice Cream Party Favor Ideas

Thank your guests with delicious looking party favors! Some of the favors ideas include:

• Ice cream shaped straws


• Ice cream lip gloss


• Ice cream putty


• Ice cream cookie cutters


• Ice cream stickers


• Ice cream punch cones


• Popsicle shaped lollipops

  

Games and Activities

Ice Cream Coloring Craft Younger guests will love coloring and decorating their own tower of ice cream.	Ice Cream Catch Children will use party hats and foil balls to play a creative game of catch.
Ice Cream Cone Relay Players pass cones filled with water down a line until their team's glass is full.	Go Bananas! What team can make a banana split the fastest?
Sweet Shoppe Bingo Get ready to win with the sweetest game of bingo you've ever seen!	I Scream for Ice Cream Guests color and decorate their own ice cream cone wrappers using our free printable templates.
Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes Bake and serve cupcakes inside an ice cream cone!	Rainbow Sherbet Cake Make delicious rainbow sherbet cake with this easy to follow recipe.

HAPPY ICE-CREAM DAY!!

toy story birthday party

What Do I Need For the Party?

In addition to basic Toy Story 3 party supplies, like plates, cups, napkins, and decorations, you may want to consider purchasing, borrowing, or renting the following items:

• Cowboy hats or Woody costumes


• Plastic space helmets, wings or Buzz Lightyear costumes


• A moon bounce


• A pony


• Toy Story action figures


• Buzz Lightyear blasters


• A mini claw machine with toys inside


• Arcade games like skee ball, electronic basketball, bowling, foosball, plastic darts or air hockey


• Toy Story movies

Toy Story Party Invitations

Put your guests in the party spirit with custom made invitations for your party. Here are some ideas to inspire you:

• Ask guests to bring their favorite toy for show and tell!


• Include a gold coin in every invite and say they are for the Planet Pizza arcade!


• If you make your own invitations, include a cute rhyme! Of course, you can use the one below.

Come to our party with Buzz Lightyear and Woody.

You'll eat yummy food and go home with some goodies!

The space ranger time is 2 o'clock.

Brody's Toy Story party will totally rock!

Decorating & Food Ideas

Toy Story Party Decorations 

Decorate your Toy Story party to look like Woody's Roundup, Andy's Room, a toy store or outer space! Here are some other ideas to inspire you.

• Hang paper airplanes from the ceiling with fishing line so the planes look like they're flying.


• Have Toy Story movies playing in the background on a low volume.


• Place a cowboy hat at each place setting.


• Decorate the party table with green plastic army men.


• Use Toy Story action figures as balloon weights. You can give these out as prizes too!


• Provide each child a pair of 3D glasses if you're using our Toy Story 3 party supplies.


• Use a Buzz Lightyear or Woody pillowcase as a chair cover for the birthday child.


• Decorate in lime green, blue, white and red for a Buzz Lightyear party or red, gold, cow pattern, and denim for a Woody party.


• Have the birthday child or adults dress as characters from the movie (Buzz, Woody, Jessie, army man, Ken, or Barbie)


• Set up the room like Pizza Planet and offer arcade games like skee ball, electronic basketball, bowling, foosball, plastic darts or air hockey for the kids to play. Hand out gold coins to use as game tokens.

Toy Story Party Food

Easily incorporate Pizza Planet into your Toy Story party by ordering or making pizza for your guests. Another option is to have a cowboy barbecue with Woody over a campfire with hotdogs and marshmallows. Here are some other Toy Story food ideas for snacks and dessert.

• Space ice cream


• Mr. Potato Head Rice Krispies® Treats. (Use Cocoa Krispies® cereal in the batter. Form into flat oval shapes then add marshmallow eyes. Use gum drop for ears, feet and hands. Add a mustache with icing!)


• Toy story snacks (crackers, cookies, fruit snacks) may be available in grocery stores 
• Star-shaped sugar cookies


• Martian-Mallows (white chocolate covered marshmallows)

For the cake, you can ask your local grocery store if they have a Toy Story themed cake or decorate your own using various candy and small Toy Story action figures.

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Party Favor Ideas

Toy Story Party Favor Ideas

Thank your guests with a variety of cool party favors! To find a large variety of Woody and Buzz party favors, visit our Toy Story 3 party page and click the "Party Favors" tab or the "More Fun Stuff" tab. Some of the favors we have include:

• Mini Slinky Dogs


• Buzz Lightyear flyers


• Army men


• Toy Story 3 stickers and temporary tattoos


• Toy Story punch balloons


• Cowboy and cowgirl hats


• Fun-shaped candy and lollipops

Also check out our complete favor sets and personalized products such as zipper pulls, placemats, and stickers.
  

Games and Activities

Toys Coloring Page Hand out this free coloring page at your party.	Martian-mallows Make white chocolate covered marshmallows that look like the aliens from Toy Story!
Sheriff Badge Craft Children will decorate their own sheriff badges to wear and take home with this fun craft.	Space Race Your little astronauts will have to race to keep up in this fun outdoor activity.
Candy Airplane Craft With just three types of candy, your guests can build their own candy airplane!	Woody's Round Up In this game, guests will pan for gold then exchange what they find for small toys.
Sergeant's Quest The army Sergeant has lost his troops and needs your help to find them all!	Space Goo Recipe Make gooey space slime with this galactic recipe!
Toy Story Costume Guide Use this costume guide to help party guests arrive dressed as their favorite Toy Story character!

HAPPY "WOODY"DAY!!

birthday vendors : the birthday cake!

what is birthday without birthday cake?

thus it is the most important things to set up with to make sure everyone is happy with the birthday party, especially the birthday boy/girl.

here are some cake makers who have delectable collection of works that i can guarantee you will not regret..

Ferrari cake by  mamamin.wordpress.com

Thomas cake by Choffles

strawberry shortcake by madaboutcakes

4 tiers strawberry shortcakes by sugar&paste

 LV handbag cake by bigsmiles kitchen

10 tips to a successful party

I love throwing parties for my kids. Birthdays, holidays, meeting the kids from school, or even just great weather are all reason enough for me. I enjoy the party prep and I have fun seeing their anticipation as the big day approaches, but their happiness at the event itself is my biggest payoff.

Sometimes after parties, parents will ask how I pulled it all together, and as their own child's special day comes closer, I've gotten phone calls and emails asking for suggestions or asked to lend I hand. I'm always flattered, and since putting together celebrations is something I enjoy, I am happy to help.

I don't want to say my parties are the pinnacle of perfection; the people from Martha Stewart haven't tried to hire me to their staff, but here are my top 10 secrets to party success.

10. Start early. If you wait until a day or two before the party, suddenly the amount of work is overwhelming, and getting ready is not any fun because it is stressful. But if you start a week, or even 10 days early, you can spread it out, and just do one or two small tasks each day. Then the morning of the party, you can breathe and enjoy yourself, instead of turning into a frantic, cranky mother as you rush to string up the crepe paper.

9. Choose a theme. When I settle on a single thought I can direct my energies in one direction, and it is easier to think of games, decorations, party favors, cake designs, etc. It can also make remembering their day easier for them several months, or even years later. My seven year old can tell you what he did at his fourth birthday because he knows that they all tied into Disney characters. With no theme, parties may tend to run together in their minds. (Plus, it is cuter in the pictures! Everything matches!)

8. Let it be guided by your child's desires. It can be tempting to have the party you want (after all, you are the one doing the work) instead of the partyyour child wants. For example, I really wanted to do a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory birthday for one of my sons at his upcoming birthday. He thought it was a fun idea, but then told me that it would be better for his nextbirthday, because this time he wants a Sesame Street party. Okay. It is, after all,his birthday.

7. Set a budget, and stick to it. Children's birthday parties should not break the bank. Treat bags should not cost an arm and a leg to fill. Decide a reasonable amount for you to spend, and work within it. If you get creative, make rather than purchase the decorations, borrow some things from your friends, (remember to happily lend your items in return when they come looking for help) and get to know your local dollar store, you really can put together a beautiful, fun, and memorable day for your kids.

6. Watch your numbers. A basic rule of thumb is to invite as many guests as they child's age. If they are turning seven, then a guest list of seven should be enough. There obviously has to be a little wiggle room here, to account for siblings etc, but a party of 15 three-year-olds is going to turn into a hectic zoo.

5. If at all possible, try to hold at least some of the party outdoors. Loud, noisy children are easier to love where they aren't filling a room with their own voice. There is more room to play a physical activity in the yard then say, in your living room. Games are easier to clean up, the pictures turn out nicer, and you don't even have to mop up the icing from off your kitchen floor. Good reasons, all, to take it out back. (That being said, you should have a back-up plan in your head just in case you get an unseasonably rainy, windy, or cold day)

4. Write it down. Entertaining a group of kids for two or three hours takes a lot of planning and even a bit of strategy. You need mix up the quiet games with the loud games, with the crafts, with the snacks... The list of activities gets long fast, and if you write down all the things you want to do, and the order you want to do them, you won't miss something during the hustle and bustle of the party. I write it on a 3"x5" card and stick it in my back pocket. Whenever I need to know what is coming up, I just whip it out, and we stay on track.

3. Make and keep traditions. It is fun to have something that is always going to be at the parties you have. For our family, it is a pinata. We have pinatas at every birthday party we host. They aren't terribly difficult to make, you can fill them with whatever you want, and they are fun to smash. Granted, pinatas need a few days to make, but if you are starting early in your preparations, this isn't a problem. And if all else fails, you can grab one at a store for a little extra cash. If pinatas aren't your thing, fine, but find something that your kids love, and that you can see growing with them each year, and try to create a consistent element across all your parties.

2. Have enough help. On the day of the event, even if you have done all your prep and planning well, it is so much easier to pull it all off if you have an extra adult or two to help you out. While you are manning the craft, your husband, sister, mother-in-law, etc can be getting the materials for the next game ready. While you are taking pictures of the birthday boy with his cake, they can be getting the garbage bag ready for the napkins, paper plates, and plastic forks that will soon need to be disposed of. Things run so much more smoothly, and it lets you live in the moment a little more.

1. Relax. Remember that parties are supposed to be fun, happy things. If you are getting too wound up trying to make the perfect cake, design cute little decorations, or worrying that your daughter's hair stays in perfect ringlets, you are missing the whole point. Take a deep breath, and remember that those little details in the end, aren't what the kids will take away from this. They are going to remember the way their party made them feel like the most important person in the world, and that is what we are aiming for.

Elmo birthday party

What You Need

From your local party store:

Fork and spoon
Balloons
Round party trays for the fruit and vegetable trays
Tiny cups for the dips/eyes
Party favor items

From the grocery store:

Various fruit (we used strawberries for his face, oranges for his mouth and blueberries for his mouth and eyes)
Fruit dip
Various veggies (we used tomatoes for his face, carrots for his nose and black olives for his mouth and eyes)
Vegetable dip


AND IT WILL TURN TO THESE!!

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