An Outfit For a Pirate

One element that I am really excited about for Owen's birthday party this year is the costumes.

That's right people....costumes! You can't have a pirate party without dressing up like pirates!

For Owen, we will be going for a look like this....

What an easy outfit for him! We already have the pants, and will just need to pick up a shirt, tie a piece of tattered fabric around his waist, and a bandana or eyepatch...voila!

Daddy will likely wear something along the same lines....khaki shorts, white shirt, eye patch.

But Mommy? Oh mommy will be dressing up too! While this is my inspiration, I certainly wont be this....uhm...revealing!

Striped tee, headwrap, tattered khaki shorts or black gauchos, black sparkly gladiator sandals.

Do you dress up for your kiddo's party? This will be our first time, but I'm really excited and think it will be alot of fun!

Pirate Booty Loot Table

Creating the perfect favor table for a party is one of the most fun parts of designing a party. For our pirate party, here are a few things that we are using

Gold and silver doubloons

Pirate eye patches

And then I will be making some yummy treats for the kids to fill their loot bags with. Things like...

Pirate marshmallows

and chocolate dipped treats, made with Cap'n Crunch instead {or as well as} Rice Krispies

Pretty awesome, right? There will be gold, emerald and ruby coloured candy jewels, and for the parents...

Yo Ho ho and a Bottle of Rum? I think I may just have to make some drunken cookies for something for the parents with a little rum in the mix!

A Cake for a Swashbuckler

When it comes to the cake for the pirate themed birthday party, I am torn. Do I do a cake-cake that is amazing like this one...

{and by me, I mean hire my amazing cake girl Leah}

Or do I do cupcakes and put them on the Pirate Booty table {stay tuned for details on that coming next week!}

I went ahead and picked up these pirate sprinkles from The Bakers Confections in February, along with black cupcake liners, thinking that I would do both cupcakes and a traditional cake

I'm leaning toward having both options so that we have a cake to cut on his actual birthday (June 16th, also Father's Day) with our family, and then the kiddos can have some really awesome cupcakes (likely chocolate with vanilla buttercream and dipped in these awesome sprinkles).

What do you do when it comes to the cake for your toddlers birthday party?