Remember to print out extras in case you rip or burn a few copies during Steps 3 or 4. I drew inspiration from these pirate lingo resources: The Pirate’s Realm and Language Realm.
Step 2ĭecide on the pirate language for your invitation.
Make sure you play around with all of the letters, numbers and symbols, plus use the shift and control keys, so you have access to the jolly roger and other pirate images available. I used Rapscallion (Ryan Splint) and Treasure Map Deadhand (GemFonts). tea bags (one tea bag will cover about 3 invitations)ĭownload these great free pirate fonts and images from FontSpace if you don’t already have some of your own.pirate fonts and images (downloadable here).A treasure map invitation was a natural complement to the cake theme.īuilding on my mother’s coffee paper staining technique we used for my own childhood projects, here’s how I made these fun rolled treasure map invitations for Sam’s party: Materials After debating a pirate ship, a pirate face or a message in a bottle cake, I finally settled on a treasure chest.
Inspired by this, the first thing I did to prepare for Sam’s pirate themed birthday party was to decide on the cake.
