First, we created his invitations using coffee soaked paper which included a picture of my son in his Captain Hook pirate costume and the text, "Sail back on the high seas, to the days of old...It's a party for all mateys - there's great fun in store! Also, we included the specific information about the party in another section at the bottom of the page that stated, "Ahoy Mates... ye be invited to Captain ______'s Pirate Party. Chart yer course fer Address, the ___ day of (month). We be a meetin at (time) fer some swashbuckling fun, grub, and kiddie spirits. Wave yer flag if ye be attendin or have yer mum send message by yer phone to (Phone #). Sees ye there...aarrgghh!" On the back, I drew a pirate map which contained actual landmarks near our home. For example, we have a Winn Dixie Grocery Store that we have people look for when giving directions to our house. On the pirate map, we placed a hill where Winn Dixie is and called it "Winn Dixie Hill". In addition, we had other things on the map that help to identify roads, like "Ambassador Caffery Pkwy River", "Dulles Dr. Swamp" and etc. For the parents who weren't quite able to figure the map out, I put "Landlubber directions" at the top which contained step by step directions to our house.