Art Activity: Pirate Necklaces

We gave the children beads and pirate themed medallions to use to make necklaces.

Art Activity: Pirate Story Drawings

This activity was a combination of art and language. First the children glued a picture of themselves dressed as a pirate to their paper, and then made a drawing around their picture. Next, they dictated a story to the teachers about their artwork.

Art Activity: Spy Glasses

On this day the children made spyglasses using cardboard paper towel tubes. They decorated their spyglasses with pirate themed stickers.

Art Activity: Treasure Mosaics

For this activity we gave the children playdough and glass gems. The children smashed the playdough down flat like a pancake, and then pressed the gems into the playdough to make a mosaic.

Art Activity: Pirate Ship Sails

For this activity we gave the children a drawing of a pirate ship missing its sails. The children glues fabric pieces to their paper to make the ship's sails. They also used colored pencils to decorate the rest of their ship.

Art Activity: Treasure Chests

The children decorated these treasure chests using tempra paint and glitter.

Art Activity: Pirate Hats

We gave the children paper hats and asked them to decorate them using stickers, ink pads and rubber stamps.

Art Activity: Playdough Parrots

We gave the children various colors of playdough and feathers and asked them to create a pirate's parrot.

Art Activity: Treasure Maps

On this day the children made treasure maps. We gave the children paper, markers, and pirate themed stickers to make their maps with.

Art Activity: Pirate Sails

Our pirate ship in the dramatic play area needed a sail, so we let the children make one. We gave them a white sheet to paint with various colors of tempra paint.

For this activity, we let the children transform themselves into pirates. We gave each child a laminated photograph of their face. The children glued various accessories onto their faces. The accessories included pirate hats, bandanas, eye patches, mustaches, beards, and scars.

Art Activity: Potato Prints

For this activity the teachers cut a few potatoes in half and carved some simple designs into the potato halves. The children pressed the potatoes onto different colored ink pads to create designs on their paper.

Art Activity: Sponge Painting Butterflies

We gave the children large sheets of paper shaped like butterflies. They used various colors of tempra paint and sponges to decorate their butterflies.

Art Activity: Quilt Collage

On this day we once again broke out the fabric squares and glue to make quilt collages.

Art Activity: Bat Painting

For this activity we gave the children used water color paints to decorate bat shaped paper.

Art Activity: Creepy Charcoal Drawings

For this activity we gave the children pieces of charcoal and let them draw creepy drawings like found in the book A Creepy Countdown by Charlotte Huck.

Art Activity: Fish Scale Rubbings

After reading the book Ten Little Fish by Audrey Woods we did the Fish Scale Rubbings activity again.

Art Activity: Bingo Daubers

A very simple and fun activity on this day. The children used various colors of bingo daubers to paint a picture.

Art Activity: SPLASH! Pictures

After reading the book SPLASH! by Ann Jonas the children made pictures similar to those found in the book. First they glued a picture of themselves onto their paper. Next they used markers to draw a picture. Next, they dictated a story to the teacher about what was going on in their picture.

Art Activity: Up On Top Collage

First we gave the children a photograph of themselves to glue to their paper. Then, the children used paper punches to cut out various shapes. The children then glued the shapes to their paper to make it look like they were balancing objects on their heads like in the book Ten Apples Up On Top.