Free Pirate Games To Keep Guests From Mutiny!

Sail the Seven Seas and create a fun-filled pirate theme party that is guaranteed to have all your little pirates celebrating in swashbuckling style! Here's some games with a pirate flavor to consider:


FREE PIRATE GAMES & ACTIVITIES

PIRATE TREASURE CHESTS - Prior to the party collect empty plastic diaper wipe containers. To keep things under control, since you are entertaining toddlers, rough up the surface with sandpaper and spray paint them. When its time to do the activity, give everyone stick on jewels and stick-on earrings, pirate stickers, pom poms, feathers, glitter, ribbons, etc. for the kids to decorate their treasure chest with. You can plan to fill these up later with the kids' pirate favors.

PIRATE TELESCOPES - Make your telescopes from an empty cardboard paper towel or toilet paper roll. Once again, to make things a little easier for your little tikes and a little cleaner for yourself, paint the rolls various colors prior to the party. Spray paint would be the easiest and fastest way to go. Then all you have to do is provide stick on jewels and earrings, pirate stickers, pom poms, feathers, glitter, ribbons, etc. for the kids to decorate their telescopes. When they're done, cover the ends with a colored piece of cellophane, held on with a rubberband.

FREE PIRATE GAMES - PEG-LEG PETE - Divide your guests into two groups. On "Go", the first group will all stand on one leg. Hopping is allowed to try to maintain their peg-leg position. Meanwhile, the second group will try to cause them to have to put their other leg down. However, no one may touch someone to knock them off balance. They will be allowed to say things, make funny faces, run around them, try to distract them, etc. Whoever puts their foot down is out of the game. Game continues to eliminate kids until one remains who is the winner.

FREE PIRATE GAMES - TICK TOCK, FIND THE CROC - Use an egg timer that makes an audible ticking sound as your crocodile. Hide it and have your little pirates try to find it before the bell rings.

FREE PIRATE GAMES - TREASURE HUNT - Hide chocolate coins, colorful Mardi Gras beads, pirate stickers, glow sticks, candy "gems", bag of gold nugget candies, etc. Have everyone hunt for treasure. They may put everything they find into their decorated treasure chests.

FREE PIRATE GAMES - PAN FOR GOLD - You can either use a sandbox or a kiddie pool filled with sand. Spray paint pebbles gold and bury them in the sand. Punch holes in the bottom of the disposable foil pie pans so your little pirates can sift the sand out to discover their gold. Give them each a nugget bag to put their gold into. This can be made from a piece of black fabric.

FREE PIRATE GAMES - WALK THE PLANK - Use a 2"x4" or 6"x6" board, a length that is age appropriate. Have each pirate walk across board. When they reach end they receive a chocolate coin. Then have them go across board backwards, then blindfolded, then with a book on their head. They earn 1 coin for each successful trip. Whoever has the most coins wins.

FREE PIRATE GAMES - PIN THE FLAG ON THE TREASURE MAP - Play like Pin the Tail on the Donkey. Make a treasure map on poster board and mark a red "X" for treasure location. Make enough small flags, as there are players. Blindfold each pirate, spin them around, and have them try to pin the flag on treasure map. Use double stick tape. Flag closest to treasure wins.

PIN THE PARROT ON THE PIRATE - Play like Pin the Tail on the Donkey. Get a poster of a pirate and make enough parrots, as there are players. Blindfold each pirate, spin them around, and have them try to pin the parrot on the pirate's shoulder. Use double stick tape. Parrot closest to pirate's shoulder wins.

PIRATE PARTY GAMES - DIG FOR BURIED TREASURE - Spray paint small rocks gold and bury them, along with plastic gold coins in sandbox. Give each pirate plastic shovel to dig for buried treasure and small black pirate bag to put their booty in. Give 1 point for each coin and 2 points for each rock. Whoever gets the most points wins.

MUSICAL ISLANDS - This is played like Musical Chairs except you use 8 1/2" x 11" pieces of poster board. Create a course for pirates to walk and place poster board along the way. Turn music on, pirates follow course, when music stops, each pirate tries to stand on 1 island. The pirate who doesn't get on an island is out of the game. Repeat until only 1 pirate remains and he/she is the winner.

PIRATE PARTY GAMES - PASS THE PIRATE HAT - Game played like Hot Potato except use a pirate hat. Put all pirates in circle and have birthday pirate start with hat. Turn music on and let pirates pass hat to pirate sitting next to them and this continues until music stops. Whichever pirate is left holding the hat is out until 1 pirate remains who is the winner.

PINATA PIRATE PARTY IDEAS - Blindfold pirates using pirate bandana. Wrap bat with black and gold or black and silver streamers and tie bottom of bat with curling ribbons.

PRINTABLE GAMES - Here's a great site for some fun print and play toddler party games that would be a perfect party game add-on!

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