For those in Vancouver … We will be giving out Free Bubbles and Bubble Wands from 11-2 today at 4595 Clancy Loranger Way (next to Hillcrest Center and East of Queen Elizabeth Park). We will be attending the Little Mountain Baseball Opening Ceremony.
To Enter the Raffle:
or best of all watch the Making of Peter the Piñata on Youtube
Raffle ends last day of March.
Our Peter the Pirate Pinata is named after Peter Easton (1570-16??).
Peter was one of the most successful pirates that ever lived – he was never captured and operated along the Newfoundland Coastline between Harbour Grace and Ferryland.
He served as a Privateer under Queen Elizabeth 1 protecting the Newfoundland fishing fleet from all enemies (especially the Spanish).
When Queen Elizabeth 1 was replaced by James 1-who sued for peace with Spain- and did away with all the privateers … but Easton continued as before and in doing so became a pirate.
Easton attacked ships in the Mediterranean, West Indies and even managed to blockade the Bristol Channel.
His headquarters in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and with a fleet of 10 pirate ships he raided ships along the Newfoundland coast, all the while forcing fisherman into service for him.
On one of his famous exploits he raided 30 ships in St. John’s, Nfld and took Sir Richard Whitbourne hostage releasing him on the condition that he obtain a pardon for Easton (which he did). (Whitbourne was a famous Colonist and Author who was sent to bring Law and Order to Newfoundland.)
Peter Easton is reported to have retired to what is now the French Riviera with 2 million pounds of gold!
Contest Closed
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
The Sock Monkey in England! Sock Monkey had a fantastic time in England (is now headed to Western Canada). His heart (and ours too) go out to all the victims of flooding in the U.K.
A Big thank you to his Fabulous Hosts in England!!! If anyone would like the monkey to visit please let us know – it might take awhile (he has one stop to make before he heads home to Vancouver).
#TravellingSockMonkey
We had a Request from Natalie for some Fun Bug DIY Invitations and some Bug Decor.
We did up some Goofy Bug Invites (3 Page PDF) and then we have Some Fun Bug Printables found on our
Free Printables Page and our Party Primer is always worth a Quick Read!
We have set up a Party Help Forum at partyfunboxhelp.com .
The Forum is pretty empty right now … but we’d love to try to get it going with everyone offering sharing great party ideas!!
Our Winter Newsletter went out a little while ago – It had a couple Origami Projects, a Discount and a Fun New Product! Consider signing up for our Newsletter – (we try to send one out every season).