Fun Pirate Project 4: Shiny Cutlass & Hook

This is the last project from our Fun Pirate Project Series. I'll get Aunty LE to try them out with the kids in her kindy, I'm suggesting she do a Pirate Week, that will be fun!

Ok, for the final project, we will make a cutlass and hook. This will be the highlight as I'm sure your kids (the little boys especially) will go nuts over these new toys!

What you need:

• Cardboard
• Glue
• Kitchen aluminium foil
• Brown paper
• Shiny stickers

To make a cutlass:

1. Using the template, trace the cutlass on a piece of large cardboard. You need to draw and cut out two cutlass shapes


2. Spread glue on one side of each 'blade', and press onto a piece of kitchen foil. The blades need to face each other, and be careful not to stick the handles onto the foil


3. Cut foil around the blades, leaving about 1/2" border. Then make slits around the border and bend the foil over to wrap around the blades.


4. Spread glue around the edge of each blade and glue them both together


5. Line up the edge of the handle with the edge of a piece of brown paper. Draw around it, then turn it over and draw around it again. Then cut out the shapes


6. Glue the paper shapes onto the handle. Then decorate the handle with shiny stickers

To make a hook:

1. Using the template, trace the hook on a piece of large cardboard. You need to draw and cut out two hook shapes


2. Follow steps 2-6 above


3. Use a blunt pencil to draw watery swirls and leaf patterns on the blade

Fun Pirate Project 3: Money bag with silver coins

Treasure, treasure, treasure! Send you little pirates on a treasure hunt by hiding these DIY silver coins in your yard. They can then keep the coins they find in their little DIY money bag :-)

Silver coins

1. Lay a 50 sen coin on a piece of thin cardboard and trace around it. You need 2 circles to make one coin. Cut out the circles


2. Glue the circles onto a piece of aluminium foil on the non-shiny side. Cut around them, leaving a border, and fold the foil over the circles


3. Using a blunt pencil, draw a picture in the middle of each circle (on the foil side), then glue 2 circles together to form a coin

* In keeping with the pirate theme, draw pirate related pictures on your coins, e.g. treasure chest, skull and crossbones, pirate ship, cutlass and hook, etc.

Money bag

You can let the kids make their own money bags during the party. It's a good ice-breaker activity, also a good way to keep the kids busy while waiting for their friends to arrive.

1. Trace a large circle on a piece of felt and cut it out


2. Punch a series of holes around the circumference of the circle, approximately one inch in from the side


3. Thread a piece of elastic through the holes


4. Pull the elastic tight to gather in the bag. Then tie a strong knot in the elastic, being careful to ensure that the elastic is loose enough for your little one to get the coins in and out, but tight enough to make sure that the contents won't spill out. Then tie the elastic onto a belt or wrist and cut off any loose ends

Images courtesy of Kids Craft Weekly

Fun Pirate Project 2: Eye Patch

Your little pirates also need their eyepatch to complete the look!

What you need:

• Black colour felt or cardstock


• Black elastic thread

Instructions:

1. Draw a circle on the felt or cardstock big enough to cover one of your eyes, cut it out (you can use the template below)


2. Optional: Make a cut in the middle, from the bottom right up to the center. We are going to create a bulge by overlapping one edge over the other. You can use glue or double sided tape to fix it


3. Cut a piece of elastic thread that will go around your head


4. Make 2 small holes, one on each side of your eyepatch. String the thread through the holes and secure it with a dead knot


5. You may also decorate the eye patch by painting on a skull using white acrylic paint

Fun Pirate Projects

Ahoy Matey! Take a leap into the swashbuckling world of pirates as we show you simple pirate projects you can do at home with your little ones. Not only will you jazz up your pirate party, we guarantee you and the kids heaps of fun!

Project 1: Pirate hat
Project 2: Eye patch
Project 3: Money bags with silver coins
Project 4: Shiny cutlass and hook

We will start with making a pirate hat. No pirate party is complete without dressing up your little buccaneers. To look the part, wear a red & white striped t-shirt with your hat :-)

Project 1: Pirate Hat

1. Fold a large piece of black paper in half. Crease the fold well. Turn the paper so that the fold is at the top


2. Bend the paper over so that the short edges meet. Gently squeeze the middle to make a mark, then open it out again


3. Fold the top left hand corner down into the middle, then crease it flat. Then fold down the top right hand corner too


4. Fold up the top layer of the bottom of the hat. Then turn the hat over and fold the other layer in the same way


5. Cut a circle from white paper and draw a skull & crossed bones on it. The glue the circle onto the hat

How to make a pirate cake (video)

How to make a pirate cake