As long as you give pirate swords they will be happy. Nothing else matters.

We did one at home many years ago. Made a cake in the shape of a pirate chest, with gold foil covered chocolate coins spilling out. Foam swords, pirate hats for everyone. Set up a nerf gun battle between two "pirate ships" which were decorated sheets hung from trees (water guns would also be fun, but ours was in late October). Hid toys & goodies around the yard and gave the kids a treasure map to find them. It was a really fun theme!

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Anonymous wrote:We rented out the pirate cruise at the Georgetown waterfront for my sons 5th birthday - it was great!!

I looked at that... how long was it? It looked like they only offered 2 hours, which seemed like a long time on a boat. Were kids and parents ok with sea sickness and/or safety? Thanks for any info!! This did look super cute.

I just called and apparently they no longer do it, which is a bummer.

National Harbor has one - same concept as Georgetown, there's a little boat that comes around with a "bad" pirate that you spray water at. They dance and sing songs. https://www.urbanpirates.com/home.html

Also in Baltimore Harbor - goes out of Fells Point. I did that with my parents, husband, and son when kid was 5. Everyone had such a good time - maybe my parents most of all, being able to have that experience with their grandson. It is goofy and wonderful.

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Anonymous wrote:We rented out the pirate cruise at the Georgetown waterfront for my sons 5th birthday - it was great!!

I looked at that... how long was it? It looked like they only offered 2 hours, which seemed like a long time on a boat. Were kids and parents ok with sea sickness and/or safety? Thanks for any info!! This did look super cute.

I just called and apparently they no longer do it, which is a bummer.

National Harbor has one - same concept as Georgetown, there's a little boat that comes around with a "bad" pirate that you spray water at. They dance and sing songs. https://www.urbanpirates.com/home.html

Did you use them? Did you like them? Thanks!

I used them as a class end of the year trip. For middle schoolers. They loved it and had a blast. Very safe. Engaging. No worries about being bored with 2 hours on the boat. they use all the time

Pirate parties for younger kids are really easy--there's tons of cute themed stuff if you go to Party City or the like. Eye patches, photo booth props, spyglasses, paper pirate hats

When I did this for my son's birthday we:

--decorated wooden treasure chests (99c from Michaels, used markers and stick on "gems")
--filled a big rubbermaid tub with sand and hid gold coins and plastic gems in it for them to did for with beach shovels (this was a huge hit)
--pirate chest shaped piñata
--I made a pirate ship out of an old, big cardboard box I happened to have, but you can buy something similar on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Color-Your-Pirate-Ship-Playhouse/dp/B01MYPFEF1/ref=sr_1_3?crid=31TOVX71DYUTR&keywords=pirate+ship+box+cardboard&qid=1663261310&sprefix=pirate+ship+box%2Caps%2C125&sr=8-3

I also had a lot of fun with pirate themed food. Pretzel sticks were peg legs. I used a food marker to make marshmallows into pirate faces. Pirate flag toothpicks to decorate cupcakes. I carved a ship out of a watermelon.

There's the ship play structure at Glen Echo Aquarium, which does parties.

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Anonymous wrote:We rented out the pirate cruise at the Georgetown waterfront for my sons 5th birthday - it was great!!

I looked at that... how long was it? It looked like they only offered 2 hours, which seemed like a long time on a boat. Were kids and parents ok with sea sickness and/or safety? Thanks for any info!! This did look super cute.

I just called and apparently they no longer do it, which is a bummer.

National Harbor has one - same concept as Georgetown, there's a little boat that comes around with a "bad" pirate that you spray water at. They dance and sing songs. https://www.urbanpirates.com/home.html

Did you use them? Did you like them? Thanks!

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Anonymous wrote:We rented out the pirate cruise at the Georgetown waterfront for my sons 5th birthday - it was great!!

I looked at that... how long was it? It looked like they only offered 2 hours, which seemed like a long time on a boat. Were kids and parents ok with sea sickness and/or safety? Thanks for any info!! This did look super cute.

I just called and apparently they no longer do it, which is a bummer.

National Harbor has one - same concept as Georgetown, there's a little boat that comes around with a "bad" pirate that you spray water at. They dance and sing songs. https://www.urbanpirates.com/home.html

Anonymous wrote:I did a pirate birthday for my son's 4th or 5th, can't remember. We bought foam toy cutlasses, eye patches, and pirate hats to hand out. The main activity was a treasure hunt in the back yard with treasure maps to follow. Cake was homemade, a pirate ship.

The boys ran around whacking each other with the foam swords, as anticipated.

So sweet This all sounds great

I did a pirate birthday for my son's 4th or 5th, can't remember. We bought foam toy cutlasses, eye patches, and pirate hats to hand out. The main activity was a treasure hunt in the back yard with treasure maps to follow. Cake was homemade, a pirate ship.

The boys ran around whacking each other with the foam swords, as anticipated.

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Anonymous wrote:We rented out the pirate cruise at the Georgetown waterfront for my sons 5th birthday - it was great!!

I looked at that... how long was it? It looked like they only offered 2 hours, which seemed like a long time on a boat. Were kids and parents ok with sea sickness and/or safety? Thanks for any info!! This did look super cute.

I just called and apparently they no longer do it, which is a bummer.

We did the pirate ship in Annapolis, it was actually lightly raining but the kids had an amazing time. The crew kept them engaged throughout. There was a “ bad pirate” they had to spray water on and who sprayed us, treasure to find, pirate bandannas etc…. The kids were 5-6 but there were other kids on the boat too of varying ages.

Anonymous wrote:We rented out the pirate cruise at the Georgetown waterfront for my sons 5th birthday - it was great!!

I looked at that... how long was it? It looked like they only offered 2 hours, which seemed like a long time on a boat. Were kids and parents ok with sea sickness and/or safety? Thanks for any info!! This did look super cute.

We rented out the pirate cruise at the Georgetown waterfront for my sons 5th birthday - it was great!!

Has anyone done a pirate birthday? Any entertainer(s) you used and like? Any tips or ideas? Thanks!