This fun pirate craft for kids doubles as a puppet. Make several of these cute toilet paper roll pirate crafts with your friends, using different colored paper for each pirate and make an entire scurvy crew. These cardboard tube crafts are great fun for home or in the classroom.

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Pirate Cardboard Tube Craft for Kids

I love crafts that can be made from recycling! And this pirate cardboard tube craft is one of my favorites. This easy pirate craft makes such a cute little puppet and promotes pretend play.

Related: More puppets for kids to make

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Supplies Needed To Make This Pirate Craft

4-inch cardboard tube
Black and white paper
Red and peach crayon
2 googly eyes
5-inch square piece of bandana or fabric
Scissors
Hot glue gun
Glue stick
Black marker

Directions To Make This Super Cute Pirate Craft:

Step 1

Glue the edges of the black and white paper together.

Step 2

You will need 1 1/2 inches of black and 2 1/2 inches of white.

Step 3

Color the top 1 1/2 inches of the white paper with a peach crayon.

Step 4

On the remaining white paper, draw red stripes.

Step 5

Glue the finished paper around the cardboard tube.

Step 6

Fold the fabric square in half, point to point, to create a triangle.

Step 7

Lay the peach end of the cardboard tube onto the straight edge of the fabric.

Step 8

Bring one corner of the triangle up around the tube and glue in place.

Step 9

Fold the top part of the triangle down onto the tube and glue in place.

Step 10

Then fold the third corner around the tube and glue in place.

Step 11

Fold a piece of black paper in half and cut a fat S shape, keeping the top of the S at the crease in the paper. Unfold and glue mustache to the face.

Step 12

Glue googly eyes in place.

Step 13

Cut a small black triangle for the beard and glue in place.

Step 14

Add eyebrows with black marker.

Finished Pirate craft made from cardboard boxes — Now you have a finished and super cute pirate craft!

Finished Toilet Paper Roll Pirate Craft

Yo Ho Ho! Hope you have fun time making this project Matey!

Kid-Friendly Words a Pirate Might Say

If you’re going to play like a pirate, you have to be able to talk like one too. Here are some pirate sayings and what they mean!

Ahoy Matey! (Hello friend or shipmate)
Shiver Me Timbers! (exclamation of surprise)
Me hearty (my friend)
Seadog (experienced seaman)
Avast (stop and look)
Aye Aye (yes, I ‘ll do it)
Booty (treasure)
Landlubber (person who lives or works on land)
Jolly Roger (skull and crossbones pirate flag)

Cardboard Tube Pirate Craft

This fun pirate craft for kids doubles as a finger puppet. Make several with friends, use different colors for each one and make an entire scurvy crew.

Materials

4-inch cardboard tube
Black and white paper
Red and peach crayon
2 googly eyes
5-inch square piece of bandana or fabric
Glue stick
Black marker

Tools

Scissors
Hot glue gun

Instructions

Glue the edges of the black and white paper together.

You will need 1 1/2 inches of black and 2 1/2 inches of white.
Color the top 1 1/2 inches of the white paper with a peach crayon.
On the remaining white paper, draw red stripes.
Glue the finished paper around the cardboard tube.
Fold the fabric square in half, point to point, to create a triangle.
Lay the peach end of the cardboard tube onto the straight edge of the fabric.
Bring one corner of the triangle up around the tube and glue in place.
Fold the top part of the triangle down onto the tube and glue in place.
Then fold the third corner around the tube and glue in place.
Fold a piece of black paper in half and cut a fat S shape, keeping the top of the S at the crease in the paper. Unfold and glue mustache to the face.
Glue googly eyes in place.
Cut a small black triangle for the beard and glue in place.
Add eyebrows with black marker.