Any ideas for a pirate themed retirement party?
MY HUSBAND IS A RETIRING AIRLINE PILOT AND SINCE PILOTS OFTEN REFER TO THEMSELVES AS PIRATES WE'VE DECIDED TO HAVE A PIRATE PARTY BASED ON CPT JACK SPARROW LOSING HIS VESSEL, THE BLACK PEARL AND MY HUSBAND LOSING HIS VESSEL, THE 737. ANY FUN IDEAS OUT THERE? MY HUSBAND WILL BE TRANSFORMING FROM PILOT TO PIRATE AND TAKING THE PIRATE OATH FROM CPT JACK. THIS SHOULD BE A FUN ONE!
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- that sounds like fun
- Put his gifts into a chest and cover with coins. Give him a map and make him find his "buried treasure".
- Sounds like a call for a costume party if you ask me. See if you can get a bunch of friends to commit to dressing up like pirates, or pilots, or some combination of both. Think of Capt. Hook Lindbergh. You see where this could go. Throw some old Jimmy Buffett CD's into the stereo, back from the years when he was always singing about smuggling and sailing. Buy a couple bottles of rum, rent and fill a margarita machine, and get out of the way. There are several places that will rent you space for seminars, weddings and parties that should be fairly cost effective. Give your husband an eye patch and a sword, and say "Arrr!" a lot. Pirate flags are easy to come by, in a pinch you can order them and get them overnighted. Just match the Black Pearl's flag, and don't forget to add the quote "surrender the booty" to the flag. He'll basically be saying that to SWA for his retirement package. Best, JT
- Go to the dollar store and look for the pirate toys in kids toy asile and hand them out to people. Hand out chocolate gold coins as favors to guests. Have the Pirates of the Caribeen soundtrack going. Create a cut-out of the Black Pearl out of cardboard, ducktape, and paint (put paper over any ducktape that you need to paint over or it won't stick). And a monkey, don't forget to have a monkey named Jack.
