Grandmother Wren's Halloween Pages
Invite Your Friends to a
Halloween Pirate Party!
Halloween Pirate Party!
YO-HO-HO! A party like this should get off to a rousing start. Of course, your pirate guests must look the
part
.
For the pirate hats, draw a large black pattern like the one below onto a folded sheet of black construction paper. Place dotted line on fold. Cut out with scissors, unfold it, and it will look like the hat in the picture above. Then draw the skull-and-crossbones design onto a piece of white paper. Cut out and draw in details with black crayon.
Paste on front of hat, centering it over the fold line. Punch two holes, as marked, slip piece of string through holes, and tie at back of head.
Draw the black pattern for pirate's eye patch and cut out of black paper. Punch out two holes shown and fasten with string as you did for hat.
Everyone should have a pair of hoop earrings, too. Draw the red pattern onto metallic paper or paint white paper with red paint. Cut out and fasten to ear by fitting open part over ear lobe.
Draw the green pattern for the dagger onto heavy white paper, and cut out. Print each pirate's name on dagger. To make it look more realistic, paste some aluminum foil over dagger blade.
For invitations, use folded white paper, and make simple maps showing how to get to your house. Mark an X on maps in spot where buried treasure lies (prizes for games, perhaps, hidden on your front porch).
The treasure chest in the center of the table is made from a shoe box. Cover it by stretching black crepe paper around it and pasting around the edges. Cut bands of brown construction paper to fit around cover and bottom of box, as shown. Fasten to box with brass paper fasteners, which will look like rivets. Cut brass bindings and handles from gold paper and paste in position.
The treasure chest holds bags of gold coin chocolates for the pirate crew. Strings of glass beads and some coin
chocolates spilling out of chest complete the centerpiece.
part
.
For the pirate hats, draw a large black pattern like the one below onto a folded sheet of black construction paper. Place dotted line on fold. Cut out with scissors, unfold it, and it will look like the hat in the picture above. Then draw the skull-and-crossbones design onto a piece of white paper. Cut out and draw in details with black crayon.
Paste on front of hat, centering it over the fold line. Punch two holes, as marked, slip piece of string through holes, and tie at back of head.
Draw the black pattern for pirate's eye patch and cut out of black paper. Punch out two holes shown and fasten with string as you did for hat.
Everyone should have a pair of hoop earrings, too. Draw the red pattern onto metallic paper or paint white paper with red paint. Cut out and fasten to ear by fitting open part over ear lobe.
Draw the green pattern for the dagger onto heavy white paper, and cut out. Print each pirate's name on dagger. To make it look more realistic, paste some aluminum foil over dagger blade.
For invitations, use folded white paper, and make simple maps showing how to get to your house. Mark an X on maps in spot where buried treasure lies (prizes for games, perhaps, hidden on your front porch).
The treasure chest in the center of the table is made from a shoe box. Cover it by stretching black crepe paper around it and pasting around the edges. Cut bands of brown construction paper to fit around cover and bottom of box, as shown. Fasten to box with brass paper fasteners, which will look like rivets. Cut brass bindings and handles from gold paper and paste in position.
The treasure chest holds bags of gold coin chocolates for the pirate crew. Strings of glass beads and some coin
chocolates spilling out of chest complete the centerpiece.
