We are getting ready for a Swashbuckling Pirate Adventure this weekend and I decided to add a new activity to the party:  Pirate Naming.

When we were visiting Disney World recently, my daughter went to the  The Pirates League. It is the pirate equivalent of the Bibbity Bobbity Boutique and while there she informed us that only her family knows that she is both a princess AND a pirate.   (unfortunately, my 4 year old son wanted no parts of becoming a pirate!)

It was a magical experience that only can Disney can provide.  They are truly masters at bringing imagination to life and I am so inspired every time I visit. One of the activities that they have the kids do before they enter the main recruiting station is to receive their pirate name.  I took my inspiration from this experience and made pirate medallions that the guests will receive at a pirate naming ceremony after they get in their pirate costumes.   

Here is the finished product. Very simple and the entire project was complete in just a few hours!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How-to:

I made the medallions from 3″ wood disks, scrapbooking paper, jewelery beads, and black cording.  All of the supplies were bought at Michaels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first thing I did was punch 3″discs from the nautical map scrapbook paper and covered both sides of the disks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I then punched squares from the red scrapbook paper and glued them in a diamond pattern on the disc. 

I had printed various pirate surnames on parchment paper and punched them using a scalloped square punch. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After the names were applied, the final steps were gluing on the “gems” and drilling the holes for the black cording.   And voila….pirate medallions!

The key to this project was having the paper punches. They make every project so much easier.