a messy pirate treasure hunt

My eldest loves pirates. her current favourite bedtime stories involve pirates and if we play dress up she dresses up as a pirate.  I had the day off work today so after getting a few jobs done this morning the girls and I had an afternoon Pirate adventure.  

We began our pirate adventure by digging for treasure.  I put some porridge oats and rice into our messy play tub.  I used food colouring to dye some of the oats and rice black which I then made into crosses to mark the spot where I had buried the treasure.  The girls then set about uncovering the hidden treasure

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Once we had found the pirate treasure we needed to set sail on the sea.  I used blue and green food colouring to dye some water and off we went

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water

The girls really loved playing in the water, my youngest in particular loved splashing around.  I kept adding bubbles in to keep their interest in the water play.  



After all this treasure hunting the pirates soon became hungry, so we baked brownies

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licking bowllicking spoon


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The girls and I had a lot of fun pretending to be pirates and hunting for treasure.  I think my youngest enjoyed licking the bowl clean after we made brownies.  A very busy, fun and messy day!

This day I love a messy pirate treasure hunt



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7 comments

  1. Beautifully messy, watch out walls!

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    1. Brownie mix takes several hours to scrub off handles! It took me ages to clean the kitchen but they enjoyed themselves

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  2. You had me just with the title! How awesome does this look?! I am so pinching this! Thank you so much for linking up :)
    xxx

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  3. Love the pirate theme! Noticed your tuff spot in there too! X

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  4. What happy little girls beautiful x

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  5. This looks amazing, what great fun. I really need one of those things on the floor.
    I've posted this on my google + group.

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  6. Always wanted a girl but ended up with two boys, which are grown up now.

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