Do Pirates Take Baths?

This week's Mommy and Me Book Club activities were inspired by the book  Do Pirates Take Baths? by Kathy Tucker

*I threw a pirate birthday party for my 5 year old son the afternoon before, so to make life easier on me, we had a pirate theme the next day.  A lot of the activities were the same,as they were already set up from 18 hours before.

Gathering Activity: Pirate Paper Plate Masks
  

We made these adorable masks from I Heart Crafty Things. 

Circle Time

We read Do Pirates Take Baths? by Kathy Tucker.  Each page in the book asks a question about pirates and then answers it in rhyme form.  There were a couple of pages we skipped, due to our little ones' ages.  But overall, it was a fun and silly book that the children enjoyed!

We sang pirate songs together! Born Librarian has the best and cutest pirate songs!  We sang these last year when we did Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies.  My favorite is about a one legged pirate who wears a patch.

 



Art: Egg Carton Pirate Ships
 

I have seen these floating around pinterest!  Aren’t they adorable!!! I just had to make them for our craft!  I found directions on The Celebration Shoppe. 

Snack: Pirate Ship Jello

We made these yummy pirate Ships that we found on Make and Takes.

They even have these great flag printables for free! 

Pirate Activities

All 3 activities were from our birthday party. 

1-)Dig for buried treasure
The children searched for gold coins, necklaces, rings, and gems. 

 

2-) Walk the plank
We set up a large wooden board across my square foot garden (that we had not yet planted). We let the children balance across.  

 

3-) Pirate Ship Play 

The children had a great time pretending to be pirates in this great cardboard ship a young man from our church made for my son's party.  

Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies

****The children were invited to come dressed as pirates.

Gathering Activity: Pirate Spy Glasses 

A mom made these ahead of time for each child using directions found here at DLTK.

The children added pirate and beach themed stickers to make it their own.

Circle Time:  Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies 

by Carolyn Crimi 

This is by far one of my son's favorite books.  It is full of pirates (who are not scary) and is also so very funny.  The illustrations are fabulous, rich in detail that add to the story.  It is also one of my favorite to read as well. There are lots of humorous parts that the children get, and even more humorous references that the adult literature loving reader will appreciate.   It is a funny book about "fearsome" bunnies who are pirates.  The leader of these bunny pirates is the very embarrassed father to a book loving son who prefers READING to doing normal pirate things.    In the end, the son's vast knowledge gained from reading books saves the entire crew from certain disaster.  The Captain decides that books are the best treasure of all!  (A perfect theme for our very last Mommy and Me of the year)!



We sang lots of fun pirate songs and did finger plays that I found here on the Born Librarian Blog.  They were so much fun!  I highly recommend you check them out!  The kids favorite was "One Eyed Jake!"

Snack: Sandcastle Cake and Pirate Boats

One of the moms has a wonderful Williams and Sonoma Pan that she used to make this awesome Sandcastle Cake.

Another mom, modified this adorable ship found on the blog Cooking With My Kid.   These were a hit!  (I see myself making a lot of these boats this summer for my kids). 

Art: Treasure Chest

We purchased little mini treasure chests for each child to paint.  They also got to place little sticker gems on their treasure chests.  All of their older siblings wanted one too when they came home from school!

Games: Pin the Patch on the Pirate and Pirate Ring Toss

Pin the Patch on the Pirate: One of our artistic moms created this awesome pirate game.  The children took turns pinning the patch on the pirate.  (Special tip:  use an airplane sleep mask as a blindfold)!

Pirate Ring Toss:  The same mom had purchased this game for her children's birthday parties.  Our Mommy and Me friends had a great time playing with it!  Oriental Trading Post had them, but they are out of stock currently.

Good-Bye Class

Today was our last class this year.  We had a fun time trying to get pictures of our little class together!  I will miss all of my little friends and their moms!  Thanks for sharing this fun adventure!  (We will be back in the fall with a new group of Mommies and friends)!