Coolest Pirate Games for a Pirate Theme Birthday Party
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If you're throwing a Pirate party, here are some of the coolest Pirate Party Ideas.
Find the Crocodile
Tick tock, find the croc. With a little imagination, an egg timer makes a suitable crocodile (remember peter pan? the ticking crocodile…) Have pirates (the kids) try to locate the hidden croc by its tick, before the bell rings.
Hook the Treasure
Here's one of those really funny pirate games… Prepare ahead of time brightly-colored plastic drink cups (16 oz or large enough to fit a kid's hand into) and cut an X hole in the bottom. Then push a wrapped candy cane halfway down into it. Voila! A pirate's prosthesis! Now empty a large bag of pretzels into a bowl. Now let's see how many pretzels the kids can fish out with their "hooks" in 60 seconds.
Treasure Hunt
This is one of the classic pirate games. It's extremely fun and interactive!! The kids love it…. You can get a complete treasure hunt activity set, or put one together on your own.
You can make up practically anything for clues. Here's an idea that'll suit a group of different ages - use nursery rhymes for the clues. For example, the first clue can be: "The itsy, bitsy __________ climbed up the __________ _________. Spider and Water Spout are the clues. Once they figure this out, the next clue can be hidden (taped to the bottom of) a rubber black spider taped on the gutter in your back yard or on some sort of water spout. Another clue can be Jack & Jill went up a hill to fetch a _______ __ ______. The next clue can be floating in a vile in a pail of water. Another idea for a clue can be: Mary Mary quite contrary, how does your ________ grow? Hide this clue clue in your garden. Get the idea? At the end of the hunt, find an interesting place marked with a large X to hide a treasure chest filled with a goodie box with each kids name on it. This way the kids won't all be grabbing for the loot, while the little kids get nothing.
Walk the Plank
Take a long thick board and mount each side on bricks or books (if you want more of an effect, and you don't have a real pool or ocean for that matter in your backyard, take a kiddie pool and put it underneath the plank. Have inflatable alligators swim in it and that's your alligator pit.) The older kids can be blindfolded and see who can "walk the plank" without falling into the "alligator pit". Other kid pirates can have squirt bottles and can be instructed to squirt the plank walker if they touch the ground. If you decide that your group of kids is likely to be overly excited and you don't want them to possibly hurt themselves, you can also draw a plank on a sidewalk with chalk and have the kids walk inside the lines.
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Bobbing for Apples
Hang cored apples at the kids height (you can do this from a piece of long wood, which can be held up securely with a ladder and the side of the house), then the kids have to bite the apple with their hands behind their back. It's a simple and classic game, but the kids love this sort of pirate games.
Pan for GOLD
If you don't have a sandbox, take a kiddie pool and put sand in it. Then take pebbles and spray paint them gold and bury them in the sand. Prepare foil pie plates with holes punched in the bottoms for the kids to sift through the sand for the "Gold".
Sword Fight
Most of the kids will want to sword fight like the real pirates, so here's a safe solution! Set the stage for a duel. You can have the birthday kid and a guest start, while the others watch and anxiously wait their turn to "do battle". Each kid is given a breadstick for a sword and the object of the game is to break your opponent's breadstick without breaking your own; when you have nothing left but a stump you must surrender and the next challenger steps up. The person who stays the champ the longest is the winner. (Something you should tell the kids beforehand: that they are only allowed to hit the other person's breadstick, if any other body part gets hit the person is disqualified!).
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This is an adaptation of "Pin the Tail on the donkey".
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Pirate Bean Bag Toss
Take a piece of plywood about 2'x3' and sketch a very large skull and crossbones. (Don't worry if your artwork's not that great - kids won't care.)
Cut ...
Ships Ahoy Pirate Game One person is the Captain who calls instructions and the children have to follow. Start with a few instructions and add more on as the children get to ...
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Swab the Poop Deck Pirate Party Game This is a relay game where you divide the kids into two teams. With a broom or mop in hand, each kid will have to swab an inflated balloon through a simple ...
Bucko or Foe
This game is more suited for older children, mainly teenagers. I made it up for my partners 21st, yet to see how it goes.
Basically I'm giving all guests ...
Musical Islands It is just like musical chairs but instead make island shapes out of paper or card and tape them to the floor and then when the music stops they have to ...
Pin the Eyepatch on the Pirate This game is played just like pin the tail on the donkey, except with an eyepatch. Have fun!
Skull Hunt Pirate Party Game
Hide the skulls all over the yard or inside your house. The child that finds the most skulls wins!
Play this game like an Easter egg hunt.
By the ...
Marshmallow Catapult Pirate Party Game Make a catapult out of a clothes pin and a plastic spoon. Have two groups of kids on opposite sides of the room build a "ship" out of plastic cups by ...
Joe The Bad Pirate Treasure Hunt Game
A some what normal treasure hunt game, where the kids are driven around and around the house and garden, while hunting for the treasure.
We live in an ...
Blind Man's Bluff Pirate Party Game
All you need is a blindfold!
Have the birthday child be the "blind man," and blindfold him or her. Have the other children join hands and form a circle ...
Cannon Ball Toss Pirate Party Game Fill a black balloon with water. The children stand in a circle and throw the balloon as quick as they can without dropping the cannon ball ... BANG.
Pop The Canon Ball Pirate Game Blow up a large amount of black balloons, approx 2-3 per child playing. In a couple of the balloons (before blowing them up) put a piece of paper that ...
The Pirate Ship Race First of all you need two cardboard boxes, one for each team. Each team is made up of two people, one sits in the box, and the other pushes the box. On ...
Pin The Tail on the Crocodile Pin The Tale on The Crocodile (a simple game). The nearest wins a prize! Nice and easy!!
Ships Captain Pirate Game One player is chosen as the captain. S/he calls out orders to the rest of the players who are the crew. If a player does not follow an order correctly,...
Bubble Swordfight Activity Issue a fake (preferably) foam sword to every party-goer on arrival (or create your owns out of long balloons, this site has instructions for making a ...
Protect Your Pirate Flag Game
Get 2 pirate flags - a red and black one (or 2 different colors).
Divide the kids into 2 teams. Have them decorate the flags. Stick the pirate flags in ...
Skull Toss Water Balloon Game Have the kids divide into two person teams and line up in two lines facing each other. Fill up some balloons with water and draw skulls on them with markers....
Pirate Eye Spy An awesome and fun pirate game for young kids to play. All you need is toy telescopes which you can get from Crazy Clarks or Big W. Have the kids all hide ...
Pirates Treasure Hunt Make a treasure map suitable for the age of the children. For my grandson's (4th) birthday party I made a treasure map for 3 teams. An adult leads the ...
Pin the Cross on the Treasure Map Pirate Game Draw a treasure map with details such as palm trees, lakes and animals. Tear the edges to age and if you really want an authentic look burn the edges briefly ...
Pass the Pirate's Parrot or Monkey Game
You'll need: A stuffed parrot (or monkey)
Music in a music player you can stop randomly
Played similar to Hot Potato
Gather kids in a circle and ...
