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Pirate Day!

June 12, 2012 by OneMommy

If you recall, we got our son a pirate ship for his birthday, and it’s been a big hit!  So when the husband and I were out at my favorite Target and discovered all the pirate items in the dollar area, we had a field day!

I began planning a “pirate day” then and there!

Yesterday was the big day – Pirate Day!

ideas for hosting your own pirate day

 

We prepped for our day with some great pirate books from the library.

pirate picture books

 

We spent a little time reading about some famous real pirates in Port Side Pirates – including a few female pirates!  Then we used the diagram of a pirate ship to learn about all the parts on my 3 year-old’s toy pirate ship.

Once we read through the books, being careful to check out how the pirates dressed, we donned our own piratey wear.

Little guy said he needed boots – thankfully we still had the hand-me-down cowboy boots from his cousin.  He’s never wanted to wear them until now.  Then we made quick and easy pirate hats – just a basic pirate hat shape taped to a paper band I fit around their heads.  Me?  I went with a colorful bandana tied about my hair.  A plastic hook for him and a gold hoop earring for big sis rounded out their look.

 

pirate activities
Ahoy, Matey!

 

Of course you can’t have a pirate day without treasure.  I made sure it was carefully buried the night before and made a simple map.  They had fun following the dashed line around the map to the X and figuring out where they had to go.

 

pirate fun

 

Then it was time to dig!

 

playing pirates

 

The treasure?  Huge coins I found for a buck, a toy shark and dolphin, and a box of Nerds to share. (Who says pirates can’t share?)

All that treasure hunting made us hungry, and it was time for a pirate snack!

 

getting toddlers to try new foods

 

They loved listening to the water sloshing in the coconut!  They didn’t like the taste, though.  I wish I had a picture of my little boy’s face when he tried what his sister called “juice” – it was priceless!  We had all sorts of fun feeling the coconut, cracking it open with a hammer, and trying a bit of the meat inside, which they both liked a little better than the liquid.

While I prepared a hearty meal, they watched a bit of  Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything: A Veggie Tales Movie .
(Looking for a good pirate video for preschoolers?  Of course there’s the Veggie Tale one I mentioned, but Dora and the Backyardigans both have good ones, too.)

I couldn’t resist splurging on these cute dishes when I found them.  (Although for $1 for 2 plates or 2 bowls, it really wasn’t a big splurge.)

 

I wanted to take a pic of the food, but the crew was starving!  I could barely get it on the plates fast enough!  We had fish sticks, cheese cut in fish shapes, oranges to prevent scurvy, hardtack (biscuits), and some leftover cooked carrots (gold).

Then it was time for our craft!  I went with super simple and printed this off from the Crayola website:

 

 

Once they were colored and assembled, I ran some clear packing tape on the bottoms so we could float them around.  You’ll also notice the toy shark and dolphin from the treasure box went swimming, too!

 

preschooler pirate craft
Yo- Ho- Ho!

 

It was a fun day all around, and the next morning they were asking when we could do it again!

Definitely a good way to spend a summer day!

 

 

 

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: books, craft, fun with kids, outside, reading, summer

Comments

  1. Pamela-Still Dating My Spouse says

    June 13, 2012 at 9:23 am

    Oh how cute! You have some pirates invading your house LOL

    Pamela
    Still Dating My Spouse
    http://www.stilldatingmyspouse.com

    • OneMommy says

      June 14, 2012 at 9:57 pm

      Argh! That we did! 🙂

  2. Jenny says

    June 13, 2012 at 5:45 pm

    This looks like such a fun day. My boys would love this, I’m sure. I’ll have to add it to my “summer fun” idea list.
    Thanks for stopping by on my SITS day. xx

    • OneMommy says

      June 14, 2012 at 10:01 pm

      It was fun! Now I have to think of something great to do next week….
      Hope your SITS day totally rocked!

  3. elsie says

    June 15, 2012 at 8:29 pm

    popping over from read explore learn. What fun, we are going to do a pirate week next week as my daughter keeps selecting “Tim, Ted and the Pirates” to read, loving your ideas. We also like singing the Portside Pirate song – ousr has different words o the book.

    • OneMommy says

      June 17, 2012 at 11:27 am

      Oh, have fun with Pirate Day!!

  4. butterflyangels says

    June 17, 2012 at 8:19 am

    SO cute!! I bet my boys would love that too!!

    • OneMommy says

      June 17, 2012 at 11:30 am

      It was definitely a big hit with our little guy!

  5. OneMommy says

    June 18, 2012 at 2:46 pm

    They love going on hunts! Sometimes it’s our rainy day activity. I just hide a few of their toys and give them clues to go find them.

  6. OneMommy says

    June 18, 2012 at 3:03 pm

    Thank you! Can’t wait to hop on over and check it out!

  7. Erin says

    June 21, 2012 at 6:19 pm

    Such cute ideas! I love Target, too! I have never thought of using the dress up items from The Dollar Spot to create a book theme. Thanks for the idea!
    Stopping in from Read. Explore. Learn

    • OneMommy says

      June 23, 2012 at 12:55 pm

      There were just so many pirate items, and the kids are starting to get into pirates, so I just thought – perfect! When we went to the library I decided we needed a few good books to go with our pirate day.

  8. Donna says

    June 27, 2012 at 9:06 pm

    What a great idea! There’s nothing like a good pirate day to make things interesting.

    • OneMommy says

      June 30, 2012 at 3:03 pm

      Yes, I think everyone would like a good pirate day, no matter the age… Just change the activities as needed. 🙂

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