Adorable Pirate Play Day {A Little Tipsy}

T.G.I.F.!

 

Oh my friends, my friends.  I have been dying to share this latest and greatest Summer Camp idea with you!  Michelle from A Little Tipsy is a fabulous gal, and one of my favorite blog reads!  She's a blast in real life, too!  You're in for a treat with this CAAA-UTE idea!

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Hello there! I'm Michelle from A Little Tipsy and I am so excited to share my Summer Camp idea with you today!

With a house full of boys we are all about the pirates these days! My 3 year old and his little cousin LOVE the new show Jake and the Neverland Pirates so I had to go with a pirate book, "How I Became a Pirate."

I really tried to take a lot of my inspiration directly from the book.

We started off by making "sand" castles out of rice krispy treats. I sprayed the table and their hands with non-stick spray, gave them a big glob and let them go to town.

I gave them each an eye patch and a pirate hat (leftover from my little guy's bday party) to start the treasure hunt. I totally love how they look like Jake (spiky brown hair and a sword) and Cubby (blonde with a map) from Jake and the Neverland Pirates.



And what kind of treasure hunt would it be without a map?



I just drew a super rough sketch of our backyard on cream colored cardstock, crumpled it up and burned the edges. I tied it closed with some net from a bag of oranges. There is a little path with X's for different pirate tasks.

Their first task was to sail their ship.

-aka- inside out cardboard box taped to a point at one side.



They sailed to their next two tasks: walking the plank and the peg leg race.



Last, they searched for the big red X, strategically placed in a tree, where they found two little treasure chests full of "gold." Made by covering plastic baby food containers in brown card stock and filling with Reese's Pieces.

They also each got a gold piece (penny) to add to their treasure chest (tissue box covered in brown cardstock) for each task they completed along the way.

At the end we counted up their gold and they got to trade it for paint stick swords (pictured above) and spy glasses made from yellow and gray card stock.

I'm fairly certain my son thought it was the best day ever as he played with it all day, long after his cousin had to go home.

Thanks Alison for letting me be a part of such a fun series!