Pirate Birthday Party

Kids pirate birthday party with lots of ideas for pirate cakes, pirate themed food, pirate games for kids and more!

Pirate Birthday Party with LOTS of clever ideas! #birthday #partythemes #kids

This party was sooooo much fun to plan! Our boy was turning 5 & he loved pirates so....




Pirate Party Invitation


So bummed I didn’t take a picture of the invitation – what was I thinking?!?! The party invitation had Goofy's picture in a pirate costume with the words "Beware of Pirates." The party details were on the back. 

This is the cake table with yet another pirate flag & some pirate plates.


Pirate Birthday Party Ideas for Kids


Pirate Birthday Cake



Pirate Birthday Cake





Pirate Themed Food



For food I made a Watermelon pirate ship with balled watermelon, cantaloupe & grapes inside. I got lots of ohs & ahs!


Pirate Ship shaped watermellon with fruit canon balls


We also served Walk the Plank Celery. It is raisons on peanut butter covered celery


walk the plan celery

Finally, we served Pirate Boats (hot dots) and Fish in the Ocean (gummy fish in blue jello & cool whip sea foam). The food was all a BIG hit!

hot dog pirate boats and fish in the ocean jello


These Krispy Pirate Pops were fun to make! They were the parting gift for the adults.


Pirate Rice Krispy Treats


Pirate Games


I also have framed What Every Pirate Needs (i.e. compass, eye patch, etc) and after each game the kids got another pirate necessity. The cake was fun to make! I made a small rectangle & cut off parts to make the island shape. I frosted & used coconut for sand. The ship was from a cake mold that I decorate with candy (including malt ball cannons!) I made the mast & sails on the computer. I piped blue frosting around the island & ship to make water. Finally, I added some of my son’s Play Mobil Pirate figures & whala!




Walk the Plank Pirate Game


All the kids "Walked the Plank" over our kiddie pool. So simple, but so much fun! We got lots of "Can we do it again?" 

Walk the Plank Pirate Game


Pirate Treasure Hunt


Being a pirate party we had to have a treasure hunt! I made picture clues since most of the guests couldn't read. They each took an adult with them and ran all around our house & yard. At the end was a treasure box with some chocolate gold coins. It was a BLAST!




Pirate Treasure Hunt


Pirate Birthday Presents





When Goofy woke up in the morning he came down to this fun inflatable pirate pool in our living room!  They had SO much fun playing in the pirate ship. In our family we have a tradition – the birthday kid gets a fun themed Mylar balloon – this year Goofy got the pirate skull – he LOVED it!


Pirate Birthday Presents



That was fun & exhausting (I was 6 months pregnant with Tinker Bell at the time!)! With a May birthday you never know if the weather is going to cooperate so we worried a lot up to the party - but it was a great day! I wonder what theme we'll do next year?



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Beth Gorden is a homeschooling mother of six who strives to enjoy every moment with her kids through hands-on learning, crafts, new experiences, and lots of playing together. Beth is also the creator and author of 123 Homeschool 4 Me where she shares 1000+ free printables, creative homeschool lessons, crafts, and other fun ideas to help preschool and homeschooling families have fun while learning and exploring together.