Talk like a pirate day is just around the corner, so these 20+ Pirate Activities for Kids are just what you’ll need.
These pirate activities include arts and crafts, sensory play ideas, fine motor activities and more. There’s something for every centre of your classroom, no matter what age you teach.
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Pirate Activities for Kids
1. Pirate Treasure Slime
Pirate treasure slime is a simple slime recipe with big results. With a few ingredients, you can create sensory play ideas for toddlers and preschoolers. Have you thought of pirates for kids parties? Or heard of talk like a pirate day? Pirates are a huge success with kids, who themselves are constantly exploring and finding treasure.
2. Exploding Treasure Chest – Fun A Day
This is a great sensory experience as the solid, freezing cold chests turned to mush and exposed the treasures hidden within. There are no real explosions, but lots and lots of fizzing instead.
3. Pirate Treasure Sensory Bin
Have fun while you look for gold and jewels with this Pirate Treasure Sensory Bin. Toddlers and preschoolers will love this easy sensory activity. It’s a superb way to spend a summer afternoon.
4. Pirate Sensory Bottles – Fun A Day
Check out these three amazing ideas for sunken treasure sensory bottles. These are perfect for pirate themed curriculums.
5. Handprint Pirate Art
Turn those cute little fingers into a handprint pirate art. Parents will love seeing these pictures come home from school. Pirate activities for toddlers can be a little bit more tricky, but with this simple idea, your class can still enjoy all the fun.
6. Does It Sink or Float? Pirate Style – Science Sparks
Sinking and floating is a great first science activity for even very young children (carefully supervised) and can easily be extended for older kids. If you are all about the pirates this week, make sure that you collect lots of pirate themed treasure to test.
7. Pirate Treasure Posting Activity for Kids
Develop fine motor skills as you pop the pirates treasure into the treasure chest. Older children can count their treasure as they do and learn a bit of math at the same time.
8. DIY Pirate Map and Treasure Hunt Games – The Imagination Tree
Pirate activities have to include making your own pirate map. Teach your kids about map reading as they go on a treasure hunt through the backyard or classroom.
9. STEM Challenge: DIY Pirate Ship
Learn how to create a DIY Pirate Ship. This is a giant 3D puzzle that kids can build themselves, and then play with afterwards. A fun STEM challenge for kids.
10. Wooden Spoon Pirate Craft – i Heart Crafty Things
These adorable pirates make cute puppets and they go along great with a myriad of children’s books with pirate characters. Make one or two, or a whole crew with a fun cardboard ship to go along with them.
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11. Cardboard Tube Pirate and Parrot Craft for Kids – Artsy Craftsy Mom
This pirate and parrot look ready to head out for some adventures at sea. This is one of my favorite pirate activities for kids because this pair is perfect for some imaginative and small world play.
12. Free Printable Pirate Learning Pack – Powerful Mothering
This free printable Pirate Learning Pack is the perfect way to help your kids learn and strengthen a variety of skills. Each page is filled with a variety of pirate themed activities with little to no prep for you.
13. Pirate Sensory Bin and Water Play – And Next Comes L
This pirate soup is one of the most wonderfully simple pirate activities for toddlers I have seen. Water and gems, that’s all you need for some toddler fun.
14. Paper Bowl Pirate Craft – i Heart Crafty Things
Kids will have a blast designing their own one of a kind pirate with yarn hair, a silly beard, grumpy pirate facial features and even a groovy earring if they’d like. Using a paper bowl for the face gives the craft a cool 3D effect too.
15. Pirate Slime – Where Imagination Grows
Dig through this pirate slime to look for the buried treasure. The black slime is perfect for hiding loot inside, and giving the kids a real treasure hunt.
16. Paper Bag Pirate Craft for Kids – i Heart Crafty Things
This paper bag pirate craft is not only adorable but since it is a puppet, your child will have a fabulous time getting to play with their puppet after making it. They can use it to put on a puppet show or to help read a favorite pirate children’s book.
17. Pirate Themed Emotions Playdough Mats – The Chaos and The Clutter
Playdough mats are fantastic pirate activities for preschoolers, they help them to learn about emotions and self regulation.
18. Pirate Island Playdough – The Imagination Tree
Use black sparkly playdough to create a pirate island small world play scene, and use it as a springboard for creative storytelling with kids! A wonderfully tactile, hands on and imaginative way to get children excited about early literacy play.
19. Pirate Playdough Mats – Picklebums
These playdough mats use a collection of loose parts and accessories that you’ll most likely already have at home. You don’t need lots of fancy items or accessories to have fun.
20. Pirate Sight Words: Treasure Hunt – The Imagination Tree
Set up a fun sight word activity for kids using simple, DIY pirate gold doubloons hidden to make a treasure hunt in the sand tray! Adapt this to letters of the alphabet for those learning their initial letter sounds, or numbers to create a maths themed focus instead. Hands on, pirate fun for all!
21. Pirate Hide-Away – Childhood101
Don’t forget to set up a fun pirate play area outside. This little pirate den is a fun play space that the kids will love escaping to while they search for treasure and have adventures.
22. Pirate Treasure Playdough – One Time Through
No list of pirate activities for kids is complete without some treasure. Here is a simple-to-prepare pirate treasure themed playdough activity that will keep your young child interested and busy for hours.
23. Free Printable Pirate Headband for Kids – Simple Everyday Mom
Create your own pirate hat with this free printable. Dress up and have some fun dramatic play in no time.
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