Make all things PIRATE. Treasure chest, outfit, and a little Piratey friend.

Arrrrrrgh, morning all...

Sunday November 24, 2014

Pirate Parrot PJ 

just had to pop in and say hello to all...

Don't you just love him.
He is part of the Pirate Collection of toys and clothes created over the past couple of weeks for a little 5 year old...

So when a work mate mentioned his young 5 year old was 'into all things Pirate" I just had to get creative, and, without him knowing, I made these goodies for his little boy.  I gave it to him at work on Thursday.  He was over the moon.

Having been inspired by many of you who have created such wonderful play items for your kiddies, I just fell in love with all things pirate, that so many of you had created.

Time now to share by way of a blog, so that I can acknowledge those who originally shared their original creations - and - to also inspire others, who too, may go looking for ideas.  I  am new to this type of post, so please bear with me, and any suggestions, will be greatly received.

The collection began with a Pirate Treasure Chest and spyglass.  A pirate hat and gold coin loot was required.  So to a treasure map and message bottle.  A belt, or two.  

The basic for any good Pirate

Working with cardboard for the treasure chest, spy glass (and the pirate ship - currently under construction) is a lot of fun.  Little bit of paper mache smooths off the edges.

The basics any good Pirate should have  - spot the keys for the Treasure Chest

 Soooo, fell in love with this style of Treasure Chest, which I found at How to be a bad artist.  She has some lovely crafts and a great tutorial on this type of treasure chest, along with other great crafty ideas.  the treasure chest .  Great instructions, and I will do a tutorial myself, to cover the in's and out's I found out about, when creating this lovely item.

 Treasure chest n spy glass for Pirate adventures

More paper mache work, on the coins.  

Loot collected on Pirate adventures

 Working with cardboard is just one of the most satisfying of the activities I do. It begins as a used cardboard box, then slowly it begins to take on a life of it's own.  You can't do anything 'wrong' and the paper mache added, sorts out and covers any 'blimps'.  Before long, yeah, you have created a whole new thing.  

Then the delight of painting it.  Again the painting another brilliant way to cover any defects... 

However, in my view with a pirate item, there are no glitches or boo-boos, as they all add to the aged and piratey effect, giving realism.  This is how I see it - adding character.

2 belts and 2 loots bags when a a visiting pirate comes to play

The keys  - to open the Treasure Chest - when found

Having had so much fun making all the various Pirate items, I had completely overlooked the actual Pirate outfit.  Oooops.   Think this pirate better have an actual outfit, so the vest, and  pants began. Off to the cutting table and sewing machine.  

I found this great idea for the Pirate shirt from ( I need to go find the site and and add it in), and adpated it slightly.  All in one piece shirt.

And my PJ Parrot  -  PJ is short for   -  Pirate Jack, the name of the little boy, these gifts were made for.  I found details to do this parrot here at the "crafts for kids to make" site.

Suddenly it has all come together.  My job was done.

All ready to be packed up and off to one 5 year old Pirate to be....

Well that is what I thought....  Does a pirate not need a Pirate Ship.  Oh yes they do.... so, that is currently under construction.   More to come...