"message in a bottle" invitations. These came with a plastic bottle, cork, sand, and a few other things that I ended up not using. I replaced the sticker of sand and water on the front of the bottle with a large black sticker with crossbones and skull that I printed on my computer. I added the words Aaarrr! Come if ye dare... to the sticker. Inside the bottle I added small sea shells and small skull beads (oriental trading) to the sand. Using a print software I have I made the invitation. First I used a scroll background that looked like a weathered pirate map. I added a picture of a sand mound with a pirate hat and pirate sword to the center top of the invitation. I also added a sailing pirate ship the the bottom corner of the intvitation. The rest of it read:Aaarrr! Come if ye dare to Pirate Landon's 4th Birthday Bash! We need shipmates to swab the deck, walk the plank & hunt fer pirate treasure. Aaarr! Ship sets sail on (date & time). Meet us at old man Landon's island (address). I cut these out around the scroll and then burned the edges. I rolled them up tied with red ribbon and put them in the bottles. Once these were done and corked back up I hand deliverd them with the birthday boy. He also invited two of the guests (cousins) to sleep over. I made the same invitations, but worded these Your invited to sleep over for a pirate adventure. We are going to sail the seven seas, hunt for some fun and watch some pirate movies. Aaarrr! These were the cutest and funnest invitations we have ever made.