Shiver me timbers, have I got some fabulous pirate activities for you! With ideas from Nurturestore and a crew of kid bloggers from around the seven seas, here are over thirty five ideas you can use with your little pirates. There’s everything for some pirate-theme play and learning – pretend play, food, dressing up, story telling, sensory tubs, writing, action games and more. Click each link to to find out more and enjoy some fun pirate activities with your kids.
35+ pirate activities: games, crafts, food and costumes
Be a sailor: make a cardboard box pirate ship
Egg carton pirate treasure chests
Pirate map story telling activities
Junk model sailing boats fleet
Printable Pirate pack from Royal baloo
Let’s play pirates
Make a pirate hook, recycled craft from Inna’s Creations
Make a fleet of egg cup pirate ships from kaboose
DIY pirate map and treasure hunt games from The Imagination Tree
DIY treasure chest from the Imagination Tree
Small world pirate play from The Imagination Tree
Active play treasure map game from Reading Confetti
Pirate play dough from H is for Homeschooling
Sandpit pirate treasure hunting from Here Come The Girls
Mini pirate treasure chests from Here Come The Girls
Pirate biscuits from Here Come The Girls
Girl pirate costume from Red Ted Art
Pirate cards from Red Ted Art
DIY cardboard pirate boat from Red Ted Art
Pretend play pirate treasure hunt from Melissa and Doug
25+ pirate book ideas from The Educators’ Spin On It
DIY cardboard telescope from Toddler Approved
Pretend play pirate ship from Learn With Play At Home
Pirate water sensory play from Momma’s Fun World
Pirate sensory ice play from Momma’s Fun World
Pirate party games from Coffee Cups and Crayons
Pirate themed birthday party from The Outlaw Mom
Rolled treasure maps from The Outlaw Mom
Pirate theme Mommy and Me club from Mommy and Me Book Club
Pirate ship jello snacks from Make and Takes
Pirate Lego party from Crayon Freckles
Pirate cakes from Rainy Day Mum
Pirate portraits from Pink and Green Mama
Our Three to Five: Playful Preschool resource is full of creative, hands-on learning, including math, literacy, science, art and play. Click through to take a look.
Pinning for next years Talk Like a Pirate Day! This year we had a treasure hunt! https://lifewithmoorebabies.blogspot.com/2012/09/pirate-treasure-hunt.html
Awe what a great pirate round up! Har haaarrrr. Will definitely be popping back here when we have our next Pirate Party! Thank you for including some of our projects, much appreciated!
Maggy
What a great round up!!! I love it!! Pinned it. Can’t wait to do some more pirate stuff with my son. Thanks for including us.
Thanks for sharing our games! This is a great round up–makes me want to get out some pirate stuff right now! 🙂
Love these ideas! I’ve pinned them to my pirates board on Pinterest. Thanks for putting it all together and saving me a lot of searching!
Ooh so much fun! I missed this one. I’ve got a “real” pirate ship and a trunk full of clothes but not one post about them! Inspiration, thanks!
We made 2 different pirate ships and some pirates too:
https://csupamoka2.blogspot.hu/2011/02/blog-post_20.html
Hope you’ll like it 😉
What a fab list. Pirate pretend play never gets old here. Thanks for sharing our ideas. I’ll be borrowing some ideas from this round up, too!
I love these ideas! I would love it if you linked up to my pirate-themed linkup http://www.dearhomeschooler.com/theme-pirate
Other subject-specific linkups: http://www.dearhomeschooler.com/bookshelf