I seriously can not believe my tiny, 4 lb 14 oz preemie is now a huge 4 year old. They grow up way too fast!
As I've mentioned before, Kaden decided he wanted to have a Pirate party this year. I was all for it! My mom likes to say that I brainwashed him into thinking that's what he wanted, but I asked him several times and every time he said he wanted a Pirate party. I have been planning and working on stuff for this party since January. And I am very proud of how everything turned out. So, without further ado, here is Kaden's Pirate Party!
Kaden requested a sunken pirate ship cake. Chris and I decided that this was something we could do on our own. I think it turned out great and it was delicious!
We used two 13x9 cakes, cut them into a few different size pieces and went to town. We used pretzels, graham crackers, Rolo's and melting chocolate to decorate it. Kaden even helped pipe some of the sea life. He was so excited to help!
Now, onto the decorations. We had a treasure chest filled with jewels, coins, beads and everything a pirate could want. We also had pirate hats for the kids and they all got to take home their own bags of loot.
Chris and I made ship masts for the centerpieces and I purchased and cut out the awesome banner. The loot bags were just regular ol' brown paper lunch bags that I stamped with a skull and cross bone foam stamp that Chris made, and we finished them off with some jute rope and the thank you tags that I made.
Here is the stamp Chris made. All he needed was a stencil (which he had to draw himself), some foam board and a glue gun.
Chris' mom made an awesome watermelon shark!
And we had cute little juice barrels (Little Hugs) for the kids. Kaden loved them!
Chris also made pirate swords out of balloons, those were a lot of fun!
And of course the bouncer was a big hit!
The adults enjoyed it too!
Everything turned out great and Kaden had an awesome Birthday! Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate with us!
