Swashbuckling Good Times!!!

Sawyer decided that he wanted to do a pirate party for his birthday. Off I went to pintrest to do some recon, and I think it all turned out really well!! The following is our swashbuckling good time and the ideas we used :). We decided that first up would be the cannon ball fight. I used sponges that i dyed black to make them cannon balls. Word to the wise...Yarn does not work. Use zip ties and use toenail clippers to trim them short.

also would recommend that you use the smaller sponges. They just seemed to work out better then then the larger ones. (p.s it took forever from me to squeeze the dye out till it ran clear... so start days in advance :)

Soooo much fun. The kids loved it. We played "BIG" pirates vs "little" pirates. AKA they really enjoyed pegging the adults with cannon balls.

Next up was "walking the plank" the kids took turns sliding down the slip n slide. Again a big hit :)

Pre-party pirate face. We painted mustaches on anyone that wanted one. I made the pirate hats with fabric from Walmart. (2.88 a yard!!!)

My pirate boys!! ARRRRGHHHGHHH

The Friends that wanted to get pirated up!!! We had so much fun with them.

More plank walking

This was fun. I found this on pintrest, too. (LOVE PINTREST). I took a diaper box and spray painted it brown. Duct taped the inside so that the sand didn't seep out. Then we put their party favors inside and filled it with sand so they had to dig for their treasure!!! We went on a treasure hunt and to find the treasure box. Seriously the kids LOVED this. They collected all the "Booty" and then divided it equally later.

This was my very first cake!! I used my sister-in-law Tiera's supper yummy pudding, choc chip cake. Baked it 2 round cake pans, cut them each in half and then glued them together with the frosting. With a lot of freezing in between, and then shaping it, after it wasn't so soft. Cover it with chocolate butter cream (again pintrest), throw on a pirate sale, and VIOLA!!! Pirate ship. (Is it prideful to be so proud of myself ...? That isn't the definition of pride...right?)

And then the portholes become canons for the candles when it was time to blow out the candles.

So cute, right!!!!?? Well this was my first friend party and i think it went really well. But I was exhausted when it was over. Sawyer loved it, so it was worth it!!!