Pirate Party Ideas + Decorations
Pirate Party: Arghh you ready for a Buccaneer Bash? Looking for a fantastic way to celebrate your little Pirate lover? With hooks, gold and plenty of wood…these ideas are perfect for a pirate themed birthday party!
What’s more fun than searching for pirates gold and walking the plank? Perhaps having a stink eye contest and watching pirate clothed four years olds sword fight for the title of Captain.
For Mason’s fourth birthday, we broke out the pirate gear.
Ok so seriously…Pirates are cool. It’s funny to me that real pirates are a rather unsavory group, but yet, they can be so cute as a costume or party theme.
I recently styled a super fun swashbuckling pirate party. This party was also featured in the debut issue of Carousel Magazine. (Which is so cool because it is our first print feature!!)
Pirate Decorations
I had such fun styling this party. One of the best parts about this party was the fabric ripping. Usually with a party, I am meticulous about lines and symmetry.
Call it OCD if you will, but everything has to be just so. Pirates, however, are NOT neat and tidy people. They would not have clean lines and symmetry. So fabric ripping and crooked lines ahoy!!
Check out the details:) Hope you love it!!
Pirate Supplies
There are so many fun little details you can incorporate into a pirate party.
I loved mixing the pirate patterns and being able to mix up the textures. We included plenty of wood and burlap and even some sand (brown sugar) and water (blue ruffled fabric).
My favorite piece of the decor was the pirate ship we built from cardboard and covered with the wood grain patterned paper.
I used a wooden ship steering wheel and anchor as well.
The pirate’s treasure was kept “securely” locked away in this cute treasure chest!
The fondant cupcake toppers were made by Edible Designs by Letty. The adorable cookies were made by Sweet Art Sweets. The pirate shirts were made by Little Pitter Pat. The pirate hats were made by Pixie and Penelope.
Pirate Themed Activities
The kids enjoyed climbing on a giant play-set with rope ladders and ship steering wheels. They had sword fighting contests, and a cannon ball water balloon battle.
When it was time to cool off, they enjoyed using their pirate activity pages.
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Pirate Food Ideas
Of course, we can’t forget the delicious pirate themed food, right? Looking for more pirate food ideas?
Our Pirate loot included cannon ball cake pops, pirate cake pops, red velvet cupcakes with cute pirate fondant toppers and chocolate cake.
We also had gang planks (blueberry yogurt, graham crackers), pirate sugar cookies, gold doubloon sugar cookies, crunchy bones (white frosted pretzels), lollipops and black spot whoopie pies.
To drink, our little pirates had Pirate’s (root) Beer, Pirate’s (ginger) Ale, and Bilge Water. I used old wine and liquor bottles to serve the root beer and ginger ale to give it that authentic feel.
For the cake, I ordered a plain white frosted round cake from a local grocery store and wrapped with burlap and added a pirate’s hook to the top. So easy and super inexpensive!!
Pirate Party Tableware
Here are some awesome and super simple to use pirate party supplies to help you set up your party:
Pirate Party Tableware from Target
Pirate’s Map Party Tableware from Target
Pirate Tableware from Oriental Trading
Pirate Plates from Meri Meri
Wanna throw a Pirate Party?
The Printable Pirate Collection is available for purchase in my shop.
Here are some helpful links for planning a pirate party:
Conclusion for Pirate Birthday Ideas:
If you are looking for an amazing party theme, you definitely need to check out all the awesome things you can do with pirates. Styling a pirate party is perfect for a pool party or boy’s birthday party.
These fun games and decorations and adorable food ideas will definitely get you into the pirate party mood!
If you love these ideas, please pin this image to your birthday Pinterest Board:
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Love it all ! And how amazing is the background with the paper medallions !!!
Congrats for a beautiful party
The treasure chest is so cute! The kiddos looked like they had a blast!
Oh wow! You are amazing! This party is incredible! I’m sure the kids loved it!
He did such an amazing job on this party it looks just perfect I may use the same next year thanks for sharing
Pirates and tootoos- I love it! This would be so fun.
Those pirate t-shirts are so cute!! I love dressing my kids up for the themes of their birthday party – it just makes it even more special and celebratory!
I hope my son get’s into pirates so I can throw him a pirate party and use some of these ideas. The “black spots” made me laugh. Awesome ideas, it looks amazing!
This is the absolute cutest party! You have pulled off every component so well –– it’s beautifully styled :)
Such a great party! I love all the little kid’s costumes.. so adorable!
I love these pirate party ideas!! The color scheme is adorable and I agree with you on ripping the fabric, I did this for my sons 1st birthday to make his banner and it was very liberating to not feel as though it had to be “perfect”.
My two little toddlers love pirate anything!! This would be a total hit with them !! Love this :)
This party is incredibly creative! Adorable details! ❤️
I can’t get over how amazingly creative this is! I love it and am definitely keeping a pirate themed party in my future party ideas.
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Such a detailed and darling party! My son would have loved this when he was younger!
So cute and adorable love all the art pieces I love theme Birthday parties like this where you can get very creative putting it together vs just buying it all made at the store . The pirate cupcakes awesome
I love all the details in this party! I would have a hard time with things not being just right as well, but everything came out perfect! Little kids as pirates are just adorable!!
Such a cute theme! Their outfits are adorable!
Wow, this is such an amazing party! So many details, it’s all wonderful!
So fun Holly! I love all your little details. How long does it take you to set up a party. From experience with my own kiddos it takes me a long time. I can’t imagine how long with some much cuteness! Love that you used brown sugar for sand and made your own pirate ship out of cardboard. Fun fun fun! Thanks for the inspiration!
Everything is so cute! I’m planning a pirate party soon and these ideas have been so helpful :)
That is super cute party theme. You could use it for a boy and a girl. I know my niece and nephew would like that for their party.
Wow, this was actually incredible! The detail you went into for this party was aaaamazing. I can’t get over the cute cake pops!!
This is very timely. We’re actually looking for a different concept to a kid’s party. I like the pictures too. Thank you for this.
Oh my gosh, this looks like such an amazing party, and the kids all clearly had such a great time! The cupcakes are the cutest! :-)
wow that looks amazing! Those Pirate cake pops are the best!
Ahoy! This is one theme I want for the next birthday party here. I really like how black becomes so vivid and fun to look at, especially when combined with those fun decorations. Argh, me likey!
Ahhh, you made it look so incredible. It looks like everyone had a great time and I just love all the details. :)
Love your cake pops! I have tried that once and they did not turn out as good as yours! But we made a pirate ship out of apple pie and it was good! Great theme for a party!
Everything looks amazing, you did great! I debated between viking and pirate for our first boy but I’m definitely keep this as inspo for our next!!
This looks like so much fun! I LOVE the pirate cupcakes.
I love the cake pops! They are so cute!
Pirates are cool! I have two kids, ages 4 and 2 and was looking for the theme for my boys third birthday.
oh my gosh, this party is awesome! I love the bones :)
I love how stylist you made this pirate theme! The wall decorations look so amazing. A job well done :D
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Super fun party! I love all the decor and the costumes. I love the fan display on the wall.
This is such an adorable idea! My son would have loved this when he was younger, super cute!!
Oh my goodness, this is soooo cute. What a great idea!
The red and black palette is perfect, and I ADORE those cupcakes. And the pinwheels are the perfect wall decor. So fun!! :)
Do you want to throw my 29th birthday party for me this summer lol this is so cute. I love theme parties they are always fun plus allow you to be creative.
this is SO adorable! I can’t get over all the treats!
Her style is super cute! And the treats also! :)
This is so cute and creative!! I am doing a circus/carnival theme for my son’s next party!!
Oh my gosh can i come to every one of your parties???
OMG!!! This is just too cute! I’m planning a Pirates of the Caribbean birthday party next week for my soon to be 4 year old. These ideas are perfect!
This is such a cute theme for a birthday party. I have a friend who is looking to celebrate her daughter’s fourth next month. This post would definitely come in handy for her. I’ll be sure to share.
These are the cutest party photos I’ve ever seen! Absolutely love the pirate theme and all the adorable outfits and decor!
This is one of the cutest birthday themes I have seen in a while. Great post.
Oh, I just love it! What an absolutely incredible party!
wow this is such a fun theme! so many great ideas and creative details, i would love to come too!