Pirate costumes

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I am thinking of taking DS, aged 2, to a pirate festival. This will also feature an attempt to beat the Guinness World Record for the largest number of pirates gathered in one place. There is a pirate dress code for this which mseans all participants have to wear

an eyepatch
pirate headgear of some kind
a white or striped top
pantaloons, rolled up or ragged trousers
an "accessory" (ie parrot,cutlass, musket or pegleg)

I am wondering how much lee-way one has with this code and wondered whether anyone else has experience of this sort of thing ?

well you could make the cutlass out of tin foil covered cardboard, tie a scarf round his head for the head gear, you must be able to get eyepatches pretty cheap or make one using round elastic and something? then its just the trousers and top to sort out....?

Tesco have 4 pirate eyepatches in stores atm for 75p!

Red bandana/scarf

Draw a scarr on his face with eye pencil.

Stripy black and white tshirts and black shorts.

Primark sorted all my costumes out for me and 2 boys for less than a fiver!!

I am planning to enlist DH also. He has a battered old leather stetson which I suppose we could stick a scull and crossbones on. I am hoping rolled up trews will be enough to get away with.

I was thinking that DS might not tolerate the eye patch very well (being just 2) and might not keep the bandana on for the whole 10 mins that are required. I also wondered how big the parrot needed to be? (would a parrot badge of some kind do?

I assume that as a female pirate I have to wear shorts or rolled up trews and not a skirt? (I have some DKNY trews that roll up with a tab and also a navy and white stripe nautical top, but I alternatively could try and look like a 19th century irate wench if that is allowed).

I figured we could make eyepatches but hadn't thought of making a cutlass which might be amusing.

Thank you for all the replies!

pirate. Not irate

lol, when are you going? we are going on the 29th- I assume same one-lulworth castle?

we have been sorcing various bits off ebay/car boots.
Thanks for the info about eye patches!

I think you have to stick to the dresscode specified as they will have been told they need all pirates to have to wear/have certain items to enable them to qualify for the world record.

I will be the hobbling heavily pregnant pirate lol

yes lulworth, I will say hello if I see you!