We've used the pirate theme more than once. Kyle
wanted a pirate map cake for his family birthday
party.The ocean base is a 13x9 cake frosted blue.  
One corner was covered in grahm crumbs for
sand.  A dark frosting was used to make dashed
lines over the map ending in a X on the sandy
used a small bowl to bake the cake. Cover with
used a small bowl to bake the cake. Cover with
chocolate frosting. Cool whip smoke. The lava was
chocolate frosting. Cool whip smoke. The lava was
melted hard red candies (like Lifesavers) splashed
onto wax paper. When it cools; it's hard again.
Stick lava pieces in cake (nice 3d effect). The
pirate ship was made of Air Head candy (which
melted in the heat). A skewer holding paper masts
completed the ship
into the party. Like before, we used
the bandanas, eye patches, tatoos
& had a treasure hunt. What we did
different:
* Used the diving board for Walk
the Plank
* Used water balloons for Bombing
the Pirates
* Played Pop goes the Pirate (I
think that's what it's called. A game
that the kids had).
* Used large bumpy balloons for
sword fights. Even
Great-Grandpa-Lillie got in on the
action!
* Used small bags of bubblegum as
prizes, called them cannonballs.
"Try not to become a man of success
but rather to become a man of value."