--- title: 4 Pirate Crafts for Preschoolers (Easy, Low Prep) description: 4 pirate crafts for preschoolers, with a picture of each finished craft. 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Easy ideas for ages 3 to 5 using simple supplies you already have. [Kindergarten Prep Team](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/author/kindergarten-prep-team) Oct 14, 2026 --- Brown paint, a paper bag, and a tube make a pirate afternoon. Here are four pirate crafts for preschoolers, each with a picture, supplies, and steps: a paper plate pirate ship, a telescope from a tube and a cup, and a paper bag pirate puppet with an eye patch. A three-year-old paints the hull and sticks torn tissue feathers onto the parrot. A five-year-old cuts the sails, draws the beard, and slots the telescope together, then watches you through it. These happen at a pirate birthday or during a rainy week. ## Start here: three pirate crafts that always work [![Paper plate pirate ship, an easy pirate craft for preschoolers made from simple supplies](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C190-1.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C190-1.webp)**Paper plate pirate ship***Half a plate, a stick, a sail*](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/pirate-crafts-for-preschoolers#c190)[![Pirate telescope, an easy pirate craft for preschoolers made from simple supplies](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C191-1.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C191-1.webp)**Pirate telescope***A tube and a cup, then go spy*](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/pirate-crafts-for-preschoolers#c191)[![Paper bag pirate puppet, an easy pirate craft for preschoolers made from simple supplies](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C189-1.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C189-1.webp)**Paper bag pirate puppet***A paper bag and an eye patch*](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/pirate-crafts-for-preschoolers#c189) All 4 Easy for 3 year olds No paint ## 4 easy pirate crafts for preschoolers, with pictures [![Paper plate pirate ship, an easy pirate craft for preschoolers made from simple supplies](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C190-1.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C190-1.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C190-1.webp) ### 1. Paper plate pirate ship The child paints half a paper plate brown as the hull and adds a craft stick mast with paper sails and a flag. **You need:** 1 paper plate, brown paint, 1 wooden craft stick, white paper, black paper, glue How to make it 1. You cut the plate in half. Your child paints one half brown. Let it dry. 2. Lay it with the straight edge at the top. Glue the craft stick behind the middle of the straight edge so it stands up as the mast. 3. Cut a white rectangle and glue it on the stick as a sail. 4. Cut a small black triangle and glue it at the very top of the stick as a flag. [![Toilet paper roll parrot, an easy pirate craft for preschoolers made from simple supplies](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C182-1.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C182-1.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C182-1.webp) ### 2. Toilet paper roll parrot The child paints a cardboard tube red and glues on torn tissue paper feathers, a beak and eyes. **You need:** 1 toilet paper roll, red paint, tissue paper in a few colours, 2 googly eyes, yellow paper, glue How to make it 1. Your child paints the roll red. Let it dry. 2. Tear the tissue into pieces. Glue a bunch on the left side as a wing. 3. Glue another bunch on the right side the same way. 4. Glue the 2 eyes near the top. Cut a small yellow triangle and glue it below them as a beak, pointing down. [![Paper bag pirate puppet, an easy pirate craft for preschoolers made from simple supplies](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C189-1.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C189-1.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C189-1.webp) ### 3. Paper bag pirate puppet The child adds an eye patch, bandana and beard to a paper bag to make a pirate puppet. **You need:** 1 brown paper lunch bag, red paper, black paper, brown paper, black marker, glue How to make it 1. Lay the bag flat with the folded bottom flap at the top as the head. 2. You cut a red strip and a small triangle. Your child glues the strip across the flap as a bandana, triangle at one end. 3. Cut a black oval and glue it on one side as an eye patch. Draw a dot eye on the other side. 4. Snip a brown strip into a fringe and glue it along the bottom edge as a beard. Draw a smile. [![Pirate telescope, an easy pirate craft for preschoolers made from simple supplies](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C191-1.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C191-1.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C191-1.webp) ### 4. Pirate telescope The child paints a cardboard tube and a paper cup, slots them together and decorates the spyglass. **You need:** 1 toilet paper roll, 1 small paper cup, black paint, gold paper, glue How to make it 1. Your child paints the roll and the cup black. Let them dry. 2. You cut a hole in the bottom of the cup, a little smaller than the roll. 3. Push the roll into the hole so they make one long spyglass. 4. Cut 2 gold strips. Glue one around the cup rim and one around the free end of the roll. 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The parrot's feathers are torn tissue, which is the part a three year old does alone. Red, green and blue scraps, a glue stick, and the tube is covered. The telescope and the bag puppet are the crafts that get played with. Add a bandana from a tea towel and the ship becomes the stage. Sails are a square of paper on a craft stick. Tape the mast to the back of the plate rather than gluing, so it stands up right away. [Free · 30 questions · about 4 minutes **Before you go: see where your child is for kindergarten** A report with every area at a glance, what to focus on first, and things to do at home. 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