OT: pirate games

[momz]

OT: We have finally made our vacation plans.
We are going camping at Kentucky lake. We will be renting a pontoon boat for a day, and the kids (6,3) want to play pirates. Any ideas for games/activities to do with them?

 

[ftwildernessguy]

Walk the plank? Raid nearby villages for loot and wenches? Can I come along?

 

[loriandmatt]

i did a pirate treasure hunt a few years ago for a family reunion......

get your self a cheapo styrofoam cooler and then proceed to color (markers, crayons, paint.....) it brown or black. decorate it with a skull and cross bones(get creative and draw it or get one from clip art online and print it large, cut it out and paste it on.)

fill it with any sort of "pirate goodies" that your family would enjoy. (we did candy and toys from the dollar store) while the kids are off occupied with something else, hide the chest somewhere. if it is in a very public place, you may have to have someone casually stay near the chest to make sure no one else gets it. We tend to hide it somewhere near/at out own site and the clues below take them all over the place but ending them back at our own site.

then create clues to take them on a wild goose chase. on clue leads to a small flag where the other clue is hidden. that clue leads them to a small flag (just a fabric stip or a piece of ribbon) where another clue is hidden....and so on until the last clue found leads them to the treasure chest.

i tried to make my clues ryme or put a story to the clues....like: "legend tells of the tale of a ruthless pirate black beard. His men said he was the lowest of the low. the first clue to his treasure is marked with a blue flag and is as low as a snakes belly" OR "on the old oak tree, on branch number two, you will find a blue flag that will be your first clue."

that kept them running around the park for about an hour.

 

[disney6family]

here's a cute game if you have a bunch of kids
Ships and Sailors -
the kids stand in front of one child (the captain) the captain then issues orders as follows

Ships - everyone moves to the left
Sailors - everyone moves to the right
Hit the deck - crouch down
Dinner with the captain - kids must get into groups of 4 and pretend to eat
3 Men rowing - 3 kids get into a line crouching down pretending to row
Man overboard - divid into groups of two - one gets down on hands and knees and the other puts his foot on his back
Captains coming - stand still and salute (this freezes play so you can't do anything else until the captain says at ease otherwise you are out)

for the 2,3 and 4 group ones you are out if you aren't in a group right away
for anyone if you don't do the motions you are out
you are out if you do anything after captains coming until at ease

if there is only one person left - that person is now captain, if you have a couple left and can't get them out, then the captain can yell pirate chase where all the people out chase all of the people still in until only one is left (that person is then captain)