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If you have a party coming up for your child and want to keep to a budget but have a fun filled themed party just email me katiebagwell123@yahoo.co.uk and let me know your child/ childs guests age range, the theme you want, the time lenght of the party you want, your budget and date of party. I can post up a easy step by step plan and shopping list to have your child smiling for weeks after!

Pirate Party 8 kids for £80 under?

So I gave myself a challenge. I want to find you people a Pirate party for 8 kids. At the end i will work out the total cost.... Will i keep to the £80 budget or will it go under, lets see!

Ok, to start off we are going to look on Party Pieces, it is one of the more slightly expensive party shops but better quality, in my opinion quality does matter, well sometimes anyway! please note the following pictures belong to party pieces

http://www.partypieces.co.uk/

For the table get this pirate fun essential party kit for £7.35

This kit includes:
• 8 Pirate party plates
• 8 Pirate party cups
• 16 Pirate party napkins
• 1 Pirate party tablecover

You should also get:

These plastic coins 144 for £3.99

This pirate magic slate is 39p

These pirate printed balloons 8 for £1.99

Next there are these eyepatches for 29p each or £1.05 for 4 , so 8 would be £2.10

Pin the eyepatch on the pirate £2.99

These pirate sticker activity books are 50p or £1.80 for 4, so 8 will be £3.60

These 4pk off crayons are 25p or 4 for 90p, so 8 will be £1.80

This 19ft skull and crossbone bunting for £2.99


And the delivery is £3.95 so this lot so far costs = £31.15
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Next you need to look at tesco, please note the following images belong to tesco

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/

Now for the food i would suggest doing something easy to sattisfy the little pirates, so give them the option of pizza (2/8ths) and chips, chicken nuggets(4) and chips or sausage rolls (4) and chips so this is what you will need...


Oven chips 1.5kg for 82p

pizza 480g £1 x2= £2

Value chicken nuggets 320g 75p

sausage rolls 50pk 98p

orange squash 750ml 28p

Blackcurrant squash 750ml 34p

tomato ketchup 470g 82p

coloured ready to roll icing 500g £1.81

chocolate sponge cake 97p. now this is cheeting but who cares? if your in a rush go for it. and this cake says serves six, i know for a fact you can get atleaste 8 slices out of it!

icing sugar 500g 99p

12 fairy cakes £1.05

jaffa cakes 24pk 72p

candles and holders 12pk 75p

This lot from tesco totals upto= £12.28

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now to poundland for those cheep deals, please note the following images belong to poundland http://www.poundland.co.uk/

210g bag swizzles loadsa sweets £1

Tape dispenser with 4 rolls of tape £1

260g bag swizzles loadsa lollies £1

fruit chews £1

These packs come with 15 invites, 15 envilopes and 15 partybags and come in a wide range of styles including pirate (image not shown) £1

and so the total for poundland is £5

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Now before i give you the total i will give you a step by step guide on how to do your party!

1. plan the date and time, i would say this party lasts  1 hour and 30 minuets

2. For the invitations take the invitations from the invite/ partybag pack and write details on them.

3. For the cake i will post the tutorial asap!

4. For the decorations blow up the balloons and stick them on the walls with the celetape, then stick the bunting up too. scatter coins round the house (and garden) so they are slightly visible but leave 40 coins for later. i will tell you what all the coins are for later. also stick the pin the eyepatch game on the wall.

set up the table maybee keep a couple more  coins to scatter round the table.

cook all the food and lay in out nicley. also grab some spare invites and stick them round the room image side up! 

5.Print off the menu so the little pirates can see what they can have.cook all the food and lay in out nicley

6.Grab some jugs and make up some orange squash and some blackcurrant squash.

7. for the party bags split the loadsa sweets bag equaly into eight piles making sure that everyone gets a lolly, if they don't grab some from the loadsa lollies bag.

Then get the partybags stick in the pirate sticker activity books, crayons, a pile of sweets and 5 plastic coins into each one and some fruit chews but leave 10!

8. prepairing for games:

Treasure hunt- hide the partybags in a cupboard in the kitchen (makesure the birthday child doesn't see this) then put clues around the room leeding to them so start off with one maybee saying...

' we sit in the living room and watch me so the next clue is behind?' and obiously the answer is tv. you keep this clue with you and give it to them at the start of the game. then you stick anouther around the tv and so on until the last one says something like...

'i go here for food, when im in the mood, it is dark, not too cold and contains the treasure dood!' and that should lead them to the cupboard. If they get a bit stuck through it give them a clue.

Coin hunt- for the coin hunt give the kids each a spare partybag between two kids their task is to find as many coins in two minuates as possible. so an adult stays with the other 6 kids and the other adult goes with the two kids and tells them when two minuets are up. then they go back and anouther group goes. while that group are gon the adult with the 6 kids counts the coins and writes down the scores but doesn't tell the kids and so on until all the kids have gone and their scores are added up. For this you may also want some colouring pencils and print off a wordsearch and some colouring sheets to keep the other 6 kids occupied.

pass the parcle- you will need the celetape, magic pirate slate, and the 10 remaining fruit chews: obiously you should know how to play and prepaire pass the parcle. the slate is for the center layer and the sweets, 1 for each layer.

Prizes- prizes for any games other than the pass the parcle and trasure hunt is a lollie for each winner!

now here is the step by step scedule:

• Wait for guests as guests come in give them a eyepatch for that cool pirate look
• Pass the parcle
• coin hunt
• pin the eyepatch on the pirate
• Musical islands (musical chairs but with pieces of newspaper instead of chairs)
• dozy pirates (sleeping lions)
• food and drink
• Cake (blow out candles, cut and wrap in napkin
• treasure hunt
• photos, give out cake and a balloon

so that is everything except one thing the total price....

£48.43

yay £31.57 under estimate. enjoy!