Blackbeard's Ghost Family Movie Night

*I apologize in advance for the poor picture quality!  Our basement lighting is not very good and it's hard to get nice pictures.

Friday night we had a blast at our Blackbeard's Ghost Family Movie Night! If you haven't seen this oldie-but-goodie Disney movie, you need to!  I grew up watching it and have fond memories of myself and my siblings laughing hysterically at all of Blackbeard's antics.  It delighted me to watch my own children last night when my youngest was giggling his cute four-year-old giggle because "the motorcycle was driving itself!" My oldest was quite skeptical when presented with the surprise movie and decided to go read a book in a nearby room.  Upon hearing our laughter, she became curious and came out to see what was so funny.  By the end, she was the one telling everyone how funny the movie was and how much she loved it.  She even asked if she could watch it again the next night with her cousins.  

To put this movie night together, I gathered a bunch of awesome ideas from the internet.  Here they are, compiled for you:

I printed off my water bottle labels and napkin rings pictured above from Catch my Party who featured Printabelle on a pirate party post.  Here is where you can get the free printables yourself.

I got a bunch of printables from The Brother Creative Center.  They have an assortment of free printables to use for various parties.  I used their bunting, pirate hats, paper chain, pirate party box, and their pirate party cupcake toppers (just for decoration, not for cupcakes).

  

 

This next printable is from Paging Super Mom.  You can see it in the middle of my other bunting. I thought it was the perfect  complement. 

I used this great printable from Making It Sweet for my Pirate Ships (aka hot dogs).  I would suggest using the smaller sticks for making suckers, cake pops, etc., rather than the long skewers.  I was afraid they wouldn't go through the hot dogs, but I think they'd be just fine and they'd look even cuter. You can see how adorable they look on these cupcakes.

Here's how my Pirate Ships turned out.

I used these printables from We Heart Parties to make my food tents.  They have a lot more darling printables for a Pirate-themed birthday party for a younger child.

I also used this tutorial from Diapered Knights to make my pirate bandanas.  I didn't do her cute iron-on because I was going to be covering it up with a printed pirate hat, but they were super easy!  The iron-ons would be really fun too, if you don't want to have hats over them.  I'm thinking of the cute kids on Jake and the Neverland Pirates.

And before I go, I can't forget to thank Pizzazzerie for sharing their pirate party ideas!  I got my food ideas from here!  So, be sure to check it out!

Here are the pics of how my food turned out:

This party was a lot of fun!  I was so glad my family enjoyed the movie as much as I did when I was a child. I'm sure it will be one that we go back to year after year.