Pirate Treasure Maps

MAKE YOUR MAP

Pirate Treasure Maps are some of the easiest things to make and took me right back to my child hood. You will need....

a large piece of paper, a tea bag, some colouring pens, a black pen and a flame.... OH and an adult!... (one who is good with fire!!)

• Dampen the tea bag until brown tea can drip from it. wring it out and then wipe all over your A3 piece of paper to colour it a brown, aged colour.
• Then burn around the edges, blowing out the flame and then re burning it... 
• Pen on your map, adding in various words and signs.
• Colour in parts of the map... not too neat adds to the style!
• Don't forget to add an X to mark the treasure spot

THE CLUB

THE DANGEROUS CLUB FOR BOYS had a pirate theme today. We were learning to read treasure maps and work as a team. We started in the car park with instructions to find a map which was hidden in a bottle in thick grass. We spent a few minutes looking at the map and what different signs could mean... like cars, trees etc and I explained that X marked the spot of the treasure. 

We took off on our walk with 2 different places to look for treasure. When we reached the area, we all started to look for the treasure and I hid a treasure box at that point. (these boxes cost about £2 from thecraftbarn... you can easily paint them).

I don't know if the boys appreciated my incredible artistic talent, but I loved that we did an adventure with a theme. Why not aim for every time you meet as a group to have that 'party-like' feel to it. It is magical to stumble across a bottle with a map, to go hunting for treasure with a group of pals and to be dressed as pirates to boot!!

This is SERIOUSLY low effort and I think the boys really enjoyed it!!
Right I am off to sun bathe in our lovely British Climes.... oh no, sorry its gale-force winds and sub zero temperatures... oh well!