As with all of the parties that I have thrown, the kids arrive and get decorated themselves with a hat (or girl pirate scarf for girls), eyepatch, clip-on hoop earring, and a sword. Next they moved to a pirate photo board that was plastic (oriental trading) and decoupaged to a piece of insulation board to have their picture taken.  I used the pictures I printed out for their Thank You cards. Then they move on to the sandy candy sand art table which has swedish fish and little fishbowls with lids that they fill with different colors of blue sugar for a fishbowl look. I found that manufacturer online searching Candy Sand Art".  When they are all there they are divided into 2 teams and get to name themselves.  The games start with a scavenger hunt that only had 4 clues (too many searches get boring for little kids) but they were hidden in either plastic bottles with the bottoms cut off or in a fake treasure stone they had to break to get the clue or stuck on the underside of a seat and a step to a deck.  Each team has to have a seperate course of course in their effort to be the first team to bring me their 'X'. I then filled a tub with tons of pirate loot that I fastened with big curling ribbon loops. They used a plastic pirate hook to hook as many items as they could in 1 minute! They went 2 at a time for this game and I had extra goodies in case someone couldn't get something they wanted.  Next they moved onto "Walk the Plank" which was an old treasure chest sandbox with a 2x4 over it and gummy sharks and shark water squirters inside.  Our party was in April and it was cold so I didn't put any water in it. I would've loved to make blue slime or put water in it for them. Don't forget to roll up their pants and have a grownup nearby to prevent slips.  Next we went to "Bomb Smash" which were papermached balloons with a short piece of toilet paper roll attached painted black and a piece of jute for the fuse. These were filled with tons of candy and they tossed them like hot potato. They also got sticks of TNT filled with candy which were toilet paper rolls wrapped in red gift wrap and a fuse out of the cardboard circle on the 1 end. We played "Pirate Ship Races" that I made using a 1x4 piece of pine that I cut with a point on one end stuck a dowel down in the center and fashioned a jolly roger flag for on it.  Fill 2 underbed plastic storage totes with water and use 2 spray bottles to have kids race (Squirting the masts) to see whose Pirate ship gets to the other end first.  The grand finale was "Sink the Ship". I fashioned 2 ships with a 1/2" PVC frame (Very flexible so you get round sides) and a painted brown sheet for the sides and back ($3 brown twins at Walmart). The 2 teams threw TNT (Red Pool noodles with white roping for fuse) & Bombs (Black stress balls)to see which ship would sink in a certain time.  Sunken boat had the most explosives inside. I wish I could show you the photo of these ships as they were a more permanent alternative for the huge cardboard boxes.  We finished the party off with tons of pirate themed food and 2 pirate pinatas.  If you have more parent volunteers you could make stations for the games so only 4 kids are playing each thing at a time.  Then you can add "Island Hopping" like musical chairs but on cardboard island cut outs instead and Pin the Parrot on the Pirate.  I used Microsoft Clipart for the images and would use a parrot from a coloring book next time so that the kids have another craft project coloring their own parrot for the pirate and so they can easily tell which parrot was theirs. These games are so fun for the kids that I wish I would've invited the whole 2 classes of 2nd grade and thrown the party from 1-5 serving a snack only (goldfish) and birthday treasure chest cake & ice cream bombs. The kids who have been invited in years past are always so disappointed when they can't come."