Shiver Me Timbers!! It's a Pirate Birthday!! Arrgh!

Arrrgh Mateys!!!!  Captain Gabe is 7 Years of Age and we celebrated in Swashbuckling Style for this Pirate Birthday Party!!  Check out the Bounty Below!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  The Table Center Piece display was made with Christmas Garland that I cut into "necklaces" and randomly threw about the table.  We have had these Silver Goblets in our Family for Generations and I'm glad they got some use!  Then just toss in some Gold Doubloons, a Treasure Chest filled with treasure and a few Jake the Pirate figurines.  Very easy!  My hubby kept saying that it looked like something out of Goonies. :) (Booby Trap, That's what I said!)

I love this Subway Art!  If you love it too, you can get it at my Etsy Shop as well as a lot of other great Party Decor Items!

 

 

 These were the Party Favors that I handed out.  Everyone got their very own Pirate Sword!  Luckily all eyes and fingers were in tact at the end of the party! :)

 More party favors!  The adults hid these at the end of the party so the kiddos could search for the buried treasure!  They had a lot of fun!

 FOOD!! What's on the table you ask?  Well let's make the rounds...

 Sea Water: This is just plain water with a few Blue Raspberry Powerade Drops in it.  Delicious!!

 

First Mates: I saw these guys on Pinterest.  I couldn't resist!  IT was a big hit and better yet, the kids loved them! It's just Bananas, Red Napkins (or fabric) and a Sharpie Marker!

 Pirate Jewels: Grapes in different colors! Yum!

 Silly Pirate!  G Picked this one out of all the designs that he saw for Pirate Cakes.  He thought the teeth were very funny and kept talking about the silly Pirate cake.  I skipped the Fondant this time and just used Store Bought Frosting in Cinnamon Roll.  I covered the cake and then died the rest of the frosting black with the Wilson Food Gel and piped on the Eye Patch and Decor.  The "Bandana" is made of Red Sugar and the Teeth are Mini Marshmallows.  It is a basic 3 layer 8" round cake and I used some extra cake from when I leveled it for the "nose" portion.  It tasted Delicious!! 

Here's what it looked like with all the candles in it! 

 I had some left over cake batter and we were expecting a lot of kids and parents, so I whipped up a few cupcakes as well. :)  Here's my Buried Treasure Cupcakes!

This Cupcake is just chocolate Cake Mix, Blue Icing all over and then Graham Cracker Crumbs on half of the cupcake.  Then push a Gold Doubloon into the "Beach" and you're done! Every Cupcake is a winner!! :)

 Dead Man's Fingers: Hot Dogs.  I cooked them in the Crock Pot to make it easy and to keep them warm! Just pile them in and cook them on Low for 4 hours, or High for 2 hours.  NO WATER NEEDED! They cook in their own juices.

 Cannon Balls: Black Olives

 Pirate Ships: This looks GREAT! It's just Blue Raspberry Jello and Orange Slices.  Then I made the flags with my new Silhouette Machine and hoisted them up on Toothpicks.

 Fish & Chips: Goldfish Crackers and Sun Chips.  You have to have a salty snack too, and what kid doesn't like Goldfish?

 The Decorations are made out of Wrapping Paper Cardboard Tubes and Plastic Table Cloths! The Crow's Nest is just a generic green pot that came with a Christmas Poinsettia that I covered in Brown Packing Paper. The Flag is a Chopstick and some Black Cardstock that I cut out.  And then I added the "G" from my Silhouette machine.

 My little Pirate had a great time!

 And here he is with Daddy dressed as a Swashbuckler Himself!

 M couldn't resist having a little fun also!

 Here's what the invite looked like.  I used more Brown Packing Paper and sent it through my printer.  Then I tore it and crumpled it and mounted it onto cardstock.  Made it look like a map to the big event! :) G helped with the crumpling part of it.

Well, I hope you enjoyed the Pirate Party Tour.  Feel free to use any of these ideas to throw your very own Pirate Birthday.

Birthday Season is Rolling Around Again

Hello!

It's been a while since I've posted, but I wanted to make sure to update you on this year's birthday themes!!

My boys are about to be 7 and 4! Can you believe it?!  It's amazing to me how fast time flies.  It feels like just yesterday we were bringing them back from the hospital.  Anyway...it's birthday time again and my boys have picked some really fun themes!  Of course, all the great birthday party pictures will come after the party, but I wanted to update you on the themes and a couple of things I've been working on.

M is into everything boy!  This includes all sports involving a ball, trains, cars and of course, SUPERHEROS.  And since the new THOR 2 movie just came out (a great one I might add) he's all into the AVENGERS and CAPTIAN AMERICA.  So, mommy is putting it into motion!!  I created this great subway art to display:

He loves it!  Do you love it too?!  You can get your own customize for your little Superhero on my Etsy Shop: Pvbs 31 Mom!  I'd love to create one for your party.

I also created a Happy Birthday Banner for him and some Food Tent Cards.  Some of the food items we will be having are:

Captain America's Shield - Fruit Tray
Thor's Hammers - Pretzels and Chunk Cheese
Arc Reactors - Bagel Bites with little Mozzarella circles in the center
Hawkeye's Arrows - Celery and Carrots in Ranch Dressing
Avengers Suit Up - Pigs in a Blanket
S.H.I.E.L.D Spinach Dip - You can probably figure this one out. :)
Hulk Punch - Your classic Sprite and Lime Sherbet wedding punch

His invitations are some of the cutest things I've ever seen.  Here's a sneak peek:

That's my little Superhero!!

For favors I'm thinking about making Superhero capes for everyone.  I found a great tutorial on Pinterest (the Holy Grail of party planning) and am contemplating it.  We are also saving frozen pizza cardboards, because M and I are going to paint them like Captain America Shields for everyone.  Seems great to me!  What do you think about our AVENGERS party?

Of course, since both my boys bookend the Christmas Holidays, I can't start thinking about M's party without planning G's party too.  They are after all only 3 weeks apart.  Funny thing, I never wanted a Christmas baby.  Always thought that would have been a bad idea.  God thought it would be funny to give me a Jan 9 baby for our first...then apparently He didn't think that was ironic and hilarious enough, so M was born December 21.  His due date was actually Christmas Eve, but we had a C-section scheduled a few days before.  Very funny, Lord. :)

So my precious G.  Some of you may remember his health complications and honestly, that's why I haven't posted much lately because we've been dealing with more kidney and heart stuff with him.  Also, once school started, all the teacher meetings and such have gotten in the way.  Regardless, G picked a PIRATE party theme this year.  This is great! Because I scooped up some pirate costumes for my hubby and G and some pirate accessories right after Halloween this year for cheap!  So here is G's subway art:

Of course, you can get this one customized for your little pirate on my Etsy Shop as well!  G's party is still in the early stages of planning, but of course there will be invites that look like a treasure map, and a treasure hunting game for gold coins.  The kids will "walk the plank" to enter the house and our house will be adorned with a big "X" to mark the spot of the party.  The favors for these little pirates will be some swords and eye patches and we will be making a "hook" craft for the kids to take home with them.  We will also read a book about pirates and eat some great pirate grub.

Some food items will be:
Fish & Chips - Goldfish and Potato Chips mixed together
Cannon Balls - Black Olives
Dead Man's Fingers - Hot Dogs
Pirate Jewels - Grapes
Pirate Ships - Orange Slices in Blue Jell-O
First Mates - Bananas Decorated like Pirates - I mean how cute is this?!

G's Cake will look either like a Pirate Ship or a Pirate Hat...I'm not sure which I will do yet.

Well, that's about it for now in as I continue to plan these amazing parties for my littles!

What do you think? Have a great idea I should incorporate for these parties? What amazing party themes have you thrown this year?! I can't wait to hear your comments!!

Want to see how the parties turned out?!  Check out the posts below!!

M's Avenger's Party