| Are you running out of ideas for your pirate themed | | | | roll-the-cannonball-along-the-plank game? Just try rolling |
| party, and are you about ready to walk the plank? | | | | your cannonballs (small, black, rubber balls) along the |
| Pirates are always popular especially around | | | | inclined plane and if guests can get them to land in a |
| Halloween, or at any other time really. There are | | | | tub full of water, they could win a prize. |
| groups of people who love to re-create pirate events. | | | | Giving out party favors to the children will be a big hit. |
| If you are enamored with pirates, then perhaps a few | | | | There's lots of things that you can use as |
| new tips for your next pirate bash, will garner you a | | | | pirate-themed party favors. You can create your own |
| whole treasure chest of praise from your family and | | | | and perhaps put the items in a little sack and tie it with |
| friends. | | | | string. If you're running short of time, there are plenty of |
| Unless you have a spare pirate ship or two stashed | | | | party favor kits out there as well. For pirate |
| away in your garage, reworking your living room and | | | | decorations inside and outside of your house, in the |
| house, including the exterior, will just have to serve. | | | | backyard for instance, you could hang a few nets up, |
| Decorating your entrance to welcome guests to your | | | | and create a few treasure chests. For the latter, you |
| party, and keeping in the theme you've chosen, will be | | | | could spray paint gold all kinds of old things that you |
| a great introduction to the fun that awaits inside. You | | | | found in your garage, and put them inside a trunk. |
| could decorate with spooky pirate effects outside, if it's | | | | Your food items for a pirates party could be a picnic |
| around Halloween. You may also want to put up the | | | | table covered with a rough cloth, and loaded with |
| more mainstream type of pirate props and goodies. | | | | platters full of bread, fruit, and anything else you can |
| Buccaneers that we have encountered in history | | | | think all of that would look appropriate to be served in |
| books may have been a highly notorious and | | | | the last couple of hundred years or so. For platters, |
| bloodthirsty, and not really the type that we want to | | | | you could purchase some inexpensive chargers, which |
| promote to our family and friends. Think more along | | | | are usually made from plastic and done up in gold or |
| the lines of Disney for your inspiration. Then even the | | | | red or black, and these are often placed underneath |
| smallest of your guests, will be surprised but not | | | | your plates and dishes for your regular meals. Just |
| scared. You can set up games outside in your | | | | make sure that your pirate food isn't dainty, because |
| backyard. What about making a | | | | pirates are rough and ready buccaneers! |