I am having a Pirate themed party, and decoration ideas?

It is my sweet sixteen party and i love pirates of the caribbean. I am leaning more towards a traditional pirates of the caribbean like from the 17th and 18th cetury. Does anybody have any ideas on decoations, centerpieces, invites, etc..... anythin would be helpfull this is what i have so far but i need more.......•lush greenery like palms, tropical flowers and coconuts (coins here and there)


•skulls


•pirate flags


•paper dipped in tea and then singed at the end for invites


•empty bottles with paper inside for Decoration


•burlap sacks for goody bags


•big treasure chest in the bag with the presents inside and one with jewels


•empty wooden kegs


•Signs saying “ye be warned” “turn around now etc….


•oil lamps


•parrots


•bamboo torches

I am having a Pirate themed party, and decoration ideas?
girl...sounds like you gor it all planned out...you are clever...congrats and happy sweet 16!
Reply:Need skeletons all dressed up by the treasure chests.
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For a fun gift idea or for you to wear to your awesome party, check out www.breezybeachwear.com and click on "surf accessories." They have an awesome pink swarovski cyrstal pirate necklace! They will start selling one in gold and black next week!
Reply:Baked parrot always goes over well.
Reply:just purchase lots of rum.
Reply:Don't forget your torn shirts and eye-patches! Go to http://www.diynetwork.com/ to see what else you can do. It's a great resource site. Also do a search on google.
Reply:Are you born on Sept 19? That's Talk like a pirate day. Then you can force everyone to dress AND talk like a pirate. If they don't then give them a sash with Pirate names (like Long John Silver or whatever). Speak in pirate speak - check the speak like a pirate website. It also has lots of interesting piratey stuff.





Noticed in the grocery shop that there's cereals now with johnny depp on them for Pirates. Buy some and stuff.





Dave Barry also has a book "So you want to be a Pirate". check it out for more ideas as well and have fuN!





How about a scavenger hunt game thing?





Really cool idea btw, since i'ts so close to Halloween, I'm sure you can get more Pirate type ideas from a halloween themed store as well. Happy birthday!
Reply:Cute ideas - I would make a sheet cake and decorate it like a treasure chest - and used all sorts of candies as the jewels on top.





Also - fish net is really cheap and would be cute as table cloth and also to drape over things. Shells as serving dishes would be cute. You could make a virgin rum drink - using a tropical fruit flavored mixer and instead of adding rum - add rum extract (buy in the baking section of grocery store) - they make great drinks!





I would buy some cheap material and tear it up to make sashes or head wraps for everyone to wear. Eye patches - make them out of black craft foam and stapled stretchy cord. Toy pirate swords would be fun. Set up a wooden plank to see who will walk the plank.





Also WalMart sells a pirates of the carribean dice game - like they played in the movie - it comes with four gnarly looking dice cups and skeletal looking dice. It would be fun to play. Chocolate coins for betting would be fun too.





You can get pirate hooks - like 12 for 5.00 from Oriental trading company - go on line to get a catelog or order! Happy birtyday!