Easy Pirate Crafts for Kids: Paper Plate, Paper Cup and Handprint Ideas
Planning a pirate week? Here are easy pirate crafts for kids, from pirate faces and a pirate hat to a ship, a treasure chest and a parrot. Most are made from paper plates and paper cups, and every one links to the full step-by-step post with a printable template.
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1Pirate Boy Paper Plate Craft
A brown painted plate face with a black hat, hair and eye patch traced from templates, plus googly eyes.
2Pirate Girl Paper Plate Craft
A tan plate face with yellow paper hair, pink cheeks and a black hat with a skull and crossbones.
3Pirate First Mate Boy Paper Plate Craft
A red bandana with white polka dots across the top of a tan plate face, and a gold pipe cleaner earring.
4Pirate First Mate Girl Paper Plate Craft
A striped blue bandana, brown paper hair and a gold pipe cleaner earring.
5Pirate Handprint Craft
A tan paper handprint becomes the pirate’s face and beard, with a black hat, an eye patch and a hook.
Pirate Hat, Hook and Telescope Crafts
6Paper Plate Pirate Hat Craft
A black painted plate hat with a white skull and crossbones, yellow chenille stem trim and a red bandana.
7Pirate Hook Paper Cup Craft
A black paper cup handle with a gray cardstock hook, silver rhinestones and a white skull and crossbones.
8Paper Cup Pirate Telescope Craft
A paper towel tube and a paper cup painted brown, then wrapped with jute twine and trimmed with silver rhinestones.
Pirate Ship and Treasure Crafts
9Pirate Ship Paper Plate Craft
A brown painted plate hull with craft stick masts, a black sail with a skull and a red flag.
10Pirate Ship Wheel Paper Plate Craft
A brown painted plate with jumbo craft stick spokes and black rhinestones.
11Anchor Paper Plate Craft
A gray painted plate cut into an anchor and wrapped with jute twine.
12Paper Plate Porthole Craft
A golden yellow plate frame with six buttons for bolts, and an ocean scene kids color in behind the glass.
13Paper Plate Treasure Chest Craft
Two brown plates make the chest and the lid, overflowing with yellow paper coins and colorful craft gems.
14Paper Plate Skull Craft
A white plate folded and cut into a skull, with black paper eyes and a nose.
Parrot and Mermaid Crafts
15Parrot Paper Plate Craft
Layered green, yellow and red paper feathers and one big googly eye.
16Paper Plate Mermaid Tail Craft
Layered scales painted in four shades of blue, finished with iridescent glitter glue and self-adhesive pearls.
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