2 Crafting Dixie Queens: Jake and the Neverland Pirates Birthday Party

Reeves will be 3 July 3rd! I can not believe my baby will be 3!!!

He LOVES Jake and the Neverland Pirates! It was only fitting to do that as his theme this year. I knew we wanted to have it our house and since it's so hot outside we wanted to let the kids go outside and swim (in a kid pool).

We'll start with the cake. I got my inspiration from a picture I saw on pinterest... but for the life of me I can't find it!! I used 2 boxes of white cake mix, 4 tubs of white icing and red & blue M&Ms.

To put the M&Ms inside: I put down one cake then cut holes into 2 of the cake's centers then put the last cake on top.

Clearly I'm not a professional cake decorator... but for my sweet 3 year old... I think it turned out okay. It was good... and that's what matters... right?

Since we are talking about cake.. let me show you what I did with food. The party was at 2 so we just had a few snacks...

Pirate ships-
Its blue jello, whip cream, and orange slices. I made sails to look like Bucky's sails on the show.

Fruity Booty-

We went to our local farmer's market Saturday morning and got fresh watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew and blueberries. There was none left after the party! It was so good and fresh!

Shark Bait-

Colorful gold fish.

Cannon Balls-

Whoopers, The only people that ate them was Reeves and his friend Braden. They ate them like they were going out of style.

Caribbean Sea Water-

Blue tropical punch (1 gallon) and sprite (2 litter).

I made Reeves his own little birthday cake... Which he didn't eat. He was way too busy! haha

I love my kitchen window, but it's horrible when taking pictures in front of it! Boo. Did you notice all the gold and silver on the table? I spray painted rocks, but more on that later.

Now lets talk about the decorations....

Did you know on pinterest you can download free fonts? I found the Jake and the Neverland Pirate font so I used it for a lot of my decorations!

Here is his Happy Birthday sign!

For the favors I found gold coins (chocolate) and rolos. It looks like a bag gold gold. I also made a fan of Reeves' face. I made one last year for his 2 year birthday... guess I'm starting something.

I put them in a treasure chest I found at walmart!

On the invitations, it said to look for the X that marks the spot.... it was our house!

Last year, I made Reeves his own birthday cake for the door (BTW, Sweet Grass sells them... check us out) I also made 2- 3s for the windows. Just in case someone forgot how old he was turning!

The kiddos dug for treasure in this sand box we made. I spray painted rocks, dog bones, and Easter eggs. I also found diamonds from Joanne's. My mom & Aunt had the necklaces.

I made a banner of pictures from Reeves' 2nd year of life. I also decided to make Reeves's party its own hashtag! haha. #reevesisthree

I made Reeves a Jake and the Neverland Pirates outfit. I didn't do a tutorial, Sorry. I used 2 tshirts from Walmart.

I decided I wanted to do a Photo Booth, they are so fun! My brother had one at his wedding and it was a hit!! I decided to do a mock Polaroid as the frame... I found a bunch of great pirate things. A friend gave her son a pirate themed party a few months ago so she sent a few extra things she had! Here are so examples...

(We forgot to take our picture so we took it that night)

I printed everybody's photos, cut the frame out so it "looks" like a Polaroid. I wrote a thank you note on the back and mailed them. I think that is my favorite project from the whole party.