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Pirate Party Games: Birthday Party Games for Children's Parties
Pirate Party Games: Birthday Party Games for Children's Parties
Pirate Party Games: Birthday Party Games for Children's Parties
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Pirate Party Games: Birthday Party Games for Children's Parties

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Children just love Pirates – they are naughty, rude, steal treasure, tell fibs, are not over fond of washing, and some of them even eat their own bogies! No wonder Pirates is such a popular theme for birthday parties.

This book is a collection of three dozen Pirate Party Games and activities suitable for Pirate Themed Birthday Parties. The games are enhanced with snippets of pirate lore, pirate history, tall tales, and blatant fibs, all of which bring the games to life and ensure a truly memorable Pirate Party.

Revealed for the first time is the reason we blow bugs, plague, and bogies all over the birthday cake before we serve it to our friends - yes the tradition of blowing out candles was started by pirates! And you will discover too the pirate way of playing pass the parcel which is a lot more exciting than the usual dreary game played at parties today.

Many traditional party games were of course invented by pirates in order to develop the necessary life skills of fighting, paying attention, memory development, spatial awareness, balance and co-ordination, creative writing and many more skills essential to child development. The educational aspect of each game is explained, along with its history (which may or may not be true) and some interesting facts of pirate lore that you always wanted to know, and quite a few that you would rather not know, but which children will just love to hear about

Suitable for parents organising children’s parties, particularly Pirate themed parties, but also a witty and fun read for anyone with children or an interest in Pirates.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateJun 6, 2012
ISBN9781476206646
Pirate Party Games: Birthday Party Games for Children's Parties
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Professor Paradox

Professor Paradox is the stage name of Mike Rawlinson who accidentally became a children's theatre performer and children's entertainer in the 1980's.He's performed at arts festivals, events and theatres throughout the UK, and he’s entertained at more parties than he can count, and certainly more than he can remember. And he knows what children enjoy and what makes them laugh.He's also been a writer, and before that a Teacher of the Alexander Technique, a busker with a one-man-band, and before that a studio potter and art teacher, and before that a research scientist, and he also lived and worked on an organic farm as a co-member of an organic farming cooperative.He now works mainly in schools performing educational shows to encourage curiosity and an interest in science"For me it's not so much a matter of making learning fun, but making fun educational”

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    Pirate Party Games - Professor Paradox

    The Wonderfool Book of

    Pirate

    Party

    Games

    Pirate Games for Children’s Birthday Parties

    by

    Professor Paradox

    Published by Mike Rawlinson at Smashwords

    Copyright M Rawlinson 2011 All Rights Reserved

    Smashwords Edition, License Notes

    This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

    Contents

    About this ‘ere Book

    Safety Aboard Ship

    Pass the Booty

    Treasure Islands5

    Happy birthday (Eat my Bogies)

    Pin the Eye-patch on the Pirate

    Jumping the Fire

    Spread the Plague

    Frog Races and Other Silly Sports

    Pull the Tail off the Donkey

    The Great Game of Pirate Ships

    Flintlock Free For All

    Freezin’ Pirates

    Clear the Decks

    Fire the Cannon

    Treasure Hunt

    Treasure Trail

    Captain Tantrum

    Blind Jake

    Peg Leg Pete

    Hide the Rat

    Rude Noises

    Posy Pirates

    Ring O’ Bogies

    Captain Says

    Walk the Plank

    Keelhauling

    Captain Caruthers

    The Nautical Naughty Step

    What Shall We Do With a Drunken Sailor?

    Ambush

    Captain Blood’s Massacre

    Twittering Pirates

    Pass the Skull – Pie Rat Tails

    Captain Frog Juggler6

    Knitting, Embroidery, and Flower Arranging

    Pirates Dinner Menu

    I like Eating Bogies

    Aye Spy with me Only Eye

    Captain Turner’s Prize

    About Pirate Captains and Other Liberties

    How to Talk Like a Pirate7

    Birthday Party Tips

    Appendix 1 - Traditional Sea Shanties and Songs

    Appendix 2 - Pirate Party Food

    *****

    About this ‘ere Book

    In this book there are no step by step instructions, lists of materials, directions on how to prepare, or suggestions of what to wear, for this is a book of ideas. The aim is to stimulate the imagination and bring the spirit of play to life with stories, anecdotes and historical facts about Pirates, Pirate life, and in particular, the games that Pirates played.

    Most games played at parties were originally Pirate games: Some were games that Pirates would play to while away the hours spent at sea, hanging around on tropical islands trying to remember where they buried the treasure, or trying to find where some other Pirates buried their treasure. Other games were devised to hone the essential skills required of any good Pirate such as lying, stealing, fighting, seamanship, pillage and murder. No wonder children just love Pirate Parties!

    I firmly believe that children learn through play, and even party games can and should contribute to a child’s development and education in the broadest sense. Balance, coordination, creativity, quick thinking, presence of mind, imagination, self control, memory, team spirit and a whole lot more life skills are learned simply by fun and creative play, but don’t spoil it by telling them.

    I only remember going to one party as a child, although I probably went to many more. The birthday girl’s mum, who was dressed like a gypsy, sat us down and told us a wonderful story about the fairies of Bombledon Hollow who spun magical thread that when woven into cloth brings good luck and happiness to whoever wears it. Last night they flew over the garden and dropped a bundle of magic threads that landed all over the garden. We spent the next twenty minutes collecting scraps of coloured wool from the garden in the firm belief that they were all enchanted and we would live happily ever after.

    I discovered years later that in those days, before children were injected with every known plague, that if a child had a party, it was usually so all the other children could catch whatever was going around. Better to get it over with while you are young went the wisdom of the times. So much for the magic threads bringing instant happiness!

    What this does illustrate is that children have a vivid imagination. If we had simply had a competition to collect the most pieces of wool, we would have become bored, and I doubt that I would have remembered the game fifty years later.

    So it is really important when playing these games with children that you tell them the story of the game first. A hopping race is just a hopping race, but once they know about the Horrible Hairy Frogs of the Gal Flappagoose Islands, they’ll join in with enthusiasm.

    Some games are only suitable for a specific age, but most can be tweaked to make them suitable for the age range at the party.

    Hopefully you’ll be inspired and will adapt the games and even think up a few of your own. Don’t try and cram too many into one party, you’ll only need a few, and a small number of well prepared games is far better than just cramming them in. Try mixing up a few lively games with some quieter activities, and do remember to tell children the background story of the game before it is played. They will get far more pleasure from playing it, and so will you.

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