Planning a Pirate Party

Walking the plank has never been so fun. The Princess Cupcake and I were part of the motley crew of landlubbers who commandeered the local aquatic center for Captain Drew’s 4^th birthday.

When you get an invitation like this:

With scorched edges. In a bottle.

With pirate rings.

And pirate tattoos (both girl and boy skeletons).

And skeleton candy.

It would be sheer tyranny not to report for duty.

Pirate Momma Sabrina and her trusty crew set this mutany into motion in nearly 15 minutes. Because when you have a destination party, sometimes that’s all the time they give you. But you’d never have known…

Beside the chlorine seas, the ship’s decor was complete with pirate balloons

while the flags flew high

above the pirate ship

and the table set for a feast with pirate plates

waiting to be filled with the grub — which of course was displayed in treasure chests and pirate buckets

filled with pirate’s booty and pirate cake pops.

Wash it down with some Seadog Grog

and then grab a handful of cannon balls and peppermint planks.

The fruit set sail in a watermelon ship next to chocolate covered marshmallows

while the cupcakes kept guard over it all.

Matching lollipops, paper straws and utensils,

to duel the skull sandwiches,

candy cannon balls, and matching cake.

Oh, the cake!

Everyone left with sword cookie bounty in chevron bags

But wait, there’s more treasure… maps and real compasses!

Don’t leave yet. Get dried off for a bit more fun… there’s a photo booth – complete with costumes for pirate princesses

and fake moustaches for the preschool pirates

Hey, who’s that old guy?!

Oh yeah, the Puma Pirate. Sheesh.