Ahoy there, matey - 

Let's have some fun

Here are some great ideas for you and your friends.  For your next party you can have a costume contest, have treasure hunt and march in a pirate parade.

Want to look like a pirate?

It's easy.  You can piece together an outfit from a few simple clothes, just as pirates did in the past.  You need:

Use the pictures in this site to help you dress up.  You can use red paint from your water colors to create war wounds.  You can be a neat, messy, fearsome or funny-looking pirate.  Once you are dressed, create a pirate name that describes your personality.

Fly a pirate flag.

Making a pirate flag is easy.  You need:

You can either paint the pirate symbols on to your fabric or paper, or you can cut out the symbols from a piece of white fabric or paper and glue them on to your flag.  Then make 2 holes on one side of the flag and tie it to a stick with some string.  You are ready to wave your flag.

Need a chest for your treasures.  

You need:

Paint your shoe box and lid to look like a treasure chest (black or brown are good colors to use).  Once the paint is dry, tape one edge of the lid to the box.  Fill your chest with your special treasures.

Make a treasure map.  

This is a great game for when you have a party. You need:

Fill your treasure chest with something special, maybe a toy or some candy.  Hide it somewhere in your room, house or yard.

On a piece of paper, draw a picture of the area where the treasure is hidden.

Mark the spot where the treasure is located with an X, and draw what direction the person must travel, and any dangers along the way.

Make your map look old and weathered by crinkling and folding it and snipping small bits from the edges. 

Want to talk like a pirate and impress the crew and passengers of the Jolly Roger?

Here are some cool words and phrases you can use while on your Pirate cruise.

Landlubber - a sailor's name for someone who has never been at sea

"Shiver me timbers!" - an expression of surprise

Buccaneer - a kind of pirate that sailed the Caribbean in the 1600's

Port - a sailor's word for "left"

Starboard - a sailor's word for "right"

"Yo ho ho!" - an expression used by jolly pirates

"Land ho!" - "I see land"

Scurvy - a disease caused by lack of vitamin C

"Weigh anchor!" - "Haul up the anchor and set sail!"

Merchantman - a trading ship loaded with cargo

Prize - a captured ship

Sea legs - as soon as sailors were able to walk easily across the rolling deck and not get seasick, they had their "sea legs"

"Swab the deck!" - "mop the ship's deck

"about the leaks!" - an order to fix the leaks in the hull

Barnacle - a small shellfish that attaches itself to underside of the ship

Broadside - a blast from all the guns and cannons on one side of a ship

Calico - brightly colored cotton fabric

Careen - to pull a ship onto its side in order to clean its hull

Cargo - the goods carried by a ship

Code of conduct - a set of rules that told pirates how they should behave

Deserted - describing a place where no people live

Duel - a fight between two people armed with swords or pistols

Figurehead - a carving of a person, usually of wood, on the front of a ship

Galleon - a large ship, usually with three masts and square sails

Galley - a ship that uses oars to move

Harbor - a place where ships are sheltered from rough waves

Maroon - to leave someone on a deserted island

Mock trial - a game in which pirates pretend to be judges, lawyers and prisoners in a courtroom

Pardon - to excuse a person's crimes

Pillory - a wooden frame with holes to hold a person's head and hands

Pistol - a gun that is held in one hand

Privateer - a pirate loyal to the king, queen, or government of a country

Schooner - a ship with triangular sails and two or more masts

Sloop - a sailboat with a single mast and two sails.

Here is an interesting piece of history...

<< Pirates Creed of Ethics>>

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August 23, 2004