Talk Like A Pirate Day Party Kit

Throw a party for International Talk Like A Pirate Day, September 19th

By popular demand, here's some help fer those who'd like t'go beyond talkin' like a pirate - and on t' partyin' like pirates!

Help spread the word, and the word is "Arrrr"

• A poster promoting TLAPD with no party info. (printable .pdf)
• Generic TLAPD Party invitation poster (printable .pdf)
• Subtle poster for those stuck celebrating TLAPD in workplaces with no sense of pirattitude (printable .pdf)
• Posters from our fans:
• Two printable TLAPD flyers - one themed for the UK, one for the US, from Geneva Fox
• Terrific black-and-white poster from graphic design student Adam Kreuger
• Another generic poster from Peter Monk
• A generic, good-any-year flyer by Alex Canto (.jpg)
• Banners fer yer Web site, Facebook page or whatever.
  Note: Please download the banners and upload 'em to yer own site; linking from here plunders the host's precious bandwidth. To insert into a Web page, just use the <img src="http://put.url.here"> code; for forums, use the BBCode format: [url=http://www.talklikeapirate.com][img]http://put.url.here[/img][/url]
  • The official TLAPD transparent .gif banner to promote the day
  • New banners for 2010, by Max:
    • PNG banner 1
    • PNG banner 2
    • Animated gif banner
  • A banner by fan Dave AuJus, featurin' the Pirate Guys! Also available in a small Flash version!
  • Still more banners and a flyer from fan HARRYNAMA
• TLAPD Party invitations (printable .pdf)
• Printable pirate party invitations (.pdf)
• Or create your own invitations, poster, message in a bottle using Captain Quill, a fontcreated for Talk Like A Pirate Day 2008:

• Build your own pirate ship! Complete instructions for building a 12'-long dry-land pirate ship for Talk Like a Pirate Day, Halloween or whatever, from $200-300 worth of readily available parts in just 24 hours.". By Jim Lichto, from KnowPress.
• Build a cubicle cannon (WARNING: Not fer the kiddies. Proceed at yer own risk. Things may go BOOM.)

Holiday greetings

• Our own low-tech "Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day" e-card
• E-cards from elsewhere:
  • NEW for 2008: Two TLAPD cards from care2.com (animated, with sound):
    • Ahoy, buckos ...
    • Pirate hugs
  • TLAPD card from BlueMountain
  • American Greetings has a couple of cute pirate pup cards - just search the site for "pirate"
  • Dozens of TLAPD e-cards and small animations from artie.com
  • A personalized TLAPD greeting from the pants pirate! (courtesy of eclectech)
  • Animated card from e-greetings.com
  • Pirate-themed cards for kids
  • More kids' cards from 123greetings.com
  • Snappy Greetings has a couple o' cute TLAPD cards; register to send five for free, pay for the rest

More party stuff

• Cap'n Ishtar featured two consecutive pirate mixes on her Talk Like A Pirate Day Theme Show podcast, more than an hour of pirate-related music. Year two was "a lot more child-friendly fer th' wee ones." than year one .) .
• A TLAPD button (cut it out and paste it to an old button) t' pin to yer lapel (courtesy of pirate fan Donna Keeley)
• TLADP eyepatches (printable .pdf) t'wear at yer party
• A pirate flag fer yer car antenna, by Michael Dansie
• Pirate party games from our fans
• Pirate drink recipes! Taste-tested (and in some cases invited) by our fans
• Check out this fantastic pirate ship cake!
• Send yer guests to one of these handy pirate name generators t' pick up their own personal pirate names.
• Pirate pickup lines (print and distribute - or hold a contest an' let yer guests come up with their own!)
• Learn the Talk Like A Pirate Day Theme Song, by Tom Smith

Don't forget to check our Pirate Booty store for Talk Like A Pirate Day commemorative T-shirts and other great garb!

For additional garb, gear and party decor, see our links page.

And for more ideas - especially for kids' pirate parties - see this Web page .

Pirate Party Games

Disclaimer: These suggestions come from our fans, an' a raucous lot o' rapscallions they be. By offerin' these game ideas, the Pirate Guys are not suggestin' that our fans celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day in a drunken stupor (although it is entirely likely that the Pirate Guys will do just that). Play at yer own risk. Not recommended for those concerned about the life-alterin' effects of third-degree burns. Minors, avert yer eyes.

Snapdragons

... I have discovered the perfect pirate game; I'd heard about it over the summer solstice, and am heartily ashamed I didna think t'send it to ye earlier. It is the ultimate game ever, combining the best non-sexual game elements there are: eating tasty things, drinking booze, lightning fast reflexes, and FIRE!

Snapdragons is played by only the heartiest and craziest of brave crewmen (and wenches). The required materials be a bottle of rum (or acceptibly high-proof booze), and good solid fistful of raisins or other dried fruit, and some sort of heavy-constructed shallow container, such as a pyrex pie plate, an iron skillet (important point: skillets must not have been recently used; any oil in them will ruin the game) or even a hubcap if it's on a sturdy outdoor surface.

Best played outdoors in low light conditions. Better still if people have already had a few to stiffen their reserve.

One takes the container and puts a good single layer of the fruit into it, just covering it with the booze. Let soak a bit, till the fruit gets a bit plump.

Then light it! Observe the lovely blue flames. Now, reach in and grab a raisin and eat it while it's still burning! Players take turns until the fire goes out. Any leftover fruit can be eaten warm. ;)

The goal of the game (apparently) is to trick your friends into burning off their facial hair. Even skilled players will singe off the hair on their fingers, but it's well worth it. Enjoy!

-- Iron John Kidd AKA Jon Kerr

For more games and party ideas, see our new book, Pirattitude!