Preston's Pirate Party

For the last few months, Preston has been obsessed with Disney's "Jake and the Neverland Pirates." So, we decided to make his birthday party pirate-themed. Thanks to Hobby Lobby, it was quite an easy task.

I love doing streamers and this banner was too cute to pass up.

You can't tell, but the cupcake liners have pirate stuff on them. This "red" frosting took an entire bottle of red food coloring (and over and hour of stirring, or at least it felt like it) and it still looked a little mauve to me. But thankfully no complaints from the kids. Phew.

We started the games off with "walk the plank." They had to walk across this wood beam and try not to fall into the "ocean" that was full of hungry sea creatures. The first time, there was no blind fold, but it was way too easy. So of course we had to kick it up a notch! We also had the boys pretend they were sharks while their friends walked across. I think it really scared one of the kids. Oops.

Next we did a pinata. The boys beat it up pretty good. It had lots of candy inside and the first clue to the next activity: the pirate treasure hunt.

Here's our treasure map.  The boys found swords in the battleground, the hats in the scary forest (our one tree out front), and the final clue in the graveyard (the sandbox). 

They found the pirate treasure in Jake's hideout (Preston's room).

"Ahoy mateys!" Here's the pirate friends: Jaron, Adelyn, Annalise, Kade, Noah, Teagan, Tayson, Preston, and Stanley.

Preston was very grateful to get a few new toys.

And he got more that night during his party with the family.

It's great to be five!!