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Description

Who in your crew of party guests can keep up with the captain’s commands? Are any of these pirates good enough to be promoted to the role of first mate? This game will reveal the real pirates among them.

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What you will need:
• A large backyard play area
• Rope or witches hats to mark out the area of the ship

Instructions

Use the rope or witches hats to mark out the boundary of the ship then chose an adult to be the captain. The rest of the children are the crew and must follow the captain’s orders if they want to remain on the ship.
Here are the Captain’s commands and what the crew must do immediately if they want to win.
• Here comes the Captain: The crew must stop what they are doing and stand very still with their hand in a salute position on their forehead.
• Man overboard: Find a partner and grab onto them.
• Starboard side: The crew must run to the right side of the ship.
• Port side: Run to the left side of the ship.
• Scrub the deck: Drop to the floor and pretend to start scrubbing the deck.
The captain can yell out these commands in any order he chooses and if the captain gives an order before you can finish the first order you must stop what you are doing immediately and follow what he tells you.
If any crew member fails to follow the new command they are out of the game and thrown overboard until the next round. The game continues until there is one crew member left following orders – they win the game and are promoted to first mate.

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