What is a theme party and what is just a party?

I know this sounds horrible, but there is a big difference. There is a party with cake, streamers, invitations and favors and then there is a theme party which can be anything from:

• Pirate hats



• Pirate favor bags/treasure chests (doubloons, eye patches, pirate bandannas, pirate stickers)



• Pirate decorations (pirate balloons, colored balloons)



• Custom pirate invitations



• Pirate crafts (building a pirate treasure box or pirate ship)



• Plates/flatware in the same colors



• and more in the theme.

Then you can go even further and make all the activities about pirates, have a story about pirates, have a pirate ship built and a true pirate show up to your house to tell stories and entertain the children. Your cake could be Blackbeard's Blackberry Cake and have a theme like Pirate Bryan's Raiding Ship.

This may sound like overkill to an adult, but children won't forget it and other parents will wonder how you found the time. I used to do all of this for families so that they didn't have to worry about it, but now I found another source for comprehensive party planning and they ship it all to you. They even give you recipes, a whole day's activities, etc. Who is it? It's A Party...LETS WEAR HATS!!! at http://www.itsapartyletswearhats.com/ .

I found other party suppliers but not true comprehensive planners and events that include everything and that is why they started their company.