Five Little Pirates Pirate Craft and Printable

Whether you are getting ready to celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19th or you exploring pirates with your children, the Five Little Pirates rhyme will be fun to sing. I thought your children might like to have a pirate puppet of their own to sing and dance to the song. I created a puppet pirate craft that children can decorate.

Before I share with you some decorating ideas, let me share the Five Little Pirates rhyme with you.

Five Little Pirates Rhyme

Five little pirates heading from the shore

One jumped overboard

And now there are four

Four little pirates now out at sea

One jumped overboard

And now there are three

Three little pirates with nothing to do

One walked the plank

And now there are two

Two little pirates having lots of fun

One drank all the first mate’s juice

And now there is one

One little pirate sitting in the sun

He decides to abandon ship

And now there are none.

Pirate Craft Supplies and Decoration Ideas

Supplies

• Pirate Puppet Printable
• Scissors
• Material or Cut-Up Bandanas
• Crayons, Markers, or Colored Pencils
• Glue Sticks

Getting the Pirate Finger Puppet

First, you will need to download the set.

Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader you will need to download it. The algorithm page is an Acrobat Reader PDF file.

Third, you must go to your download file and open the page.  You may be asked if you want the file to open right after you download it. You won’t have to hunt for it in your download file if you are.

Steps for Putting the Puppets Together

First, you will need to decide if you want to cut the puppets out for your children or cut them out for them in advance.

Next, you can have your children color in their puppets with whatever drawing materials you like. I thought you might use crayons, markers, or colored pencils. You may have other drawing materials would like for them to use.

Then you could have them cut and paste material onto their puppets to give them texture if you like.  They could give their pirate a felt eye patch or mini bandana made of part of a real bandana.

Once your children have their puppets completed, you can work on the rhyme.

Tip: My son and I tried having more than one of the puppets on our hands at the same time. It was fun to try and make all of the puppets dance at the same time.

If you like this pirate craft, here are some more crafts based on Five Little rhymes and songs.

5 Little Crows
Five Little Apples
5 Little Firefighters
Five Little Starfish