Pirate Paper Bag Puppets – with printable template

Are you ready to make Talk Like a Pirate Day even more fun? Make these pirate paper bag puppets and get talking!

Paper bag puppets have been a favorite with kids for a long time and they really give you a good reason to walk around and talk like a pirate, aaarrr.

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You’ll even find a template at the end of this article that will help you figure out some of the details for this puppet. And what about pirates? There are lots of ways you can make them – make them a pirate boy or girl, bearded or clean-shaven.

Let your child’s imagination guide this process.

How to make a pirate paper bag puppet

What you need:

• cardboard or construction paper
• paper bag
• glue
• drag
• black marker
• gold foil foam board or gold foil cardboard

Step by step instructions

If you want, you can print out the template (which can be found at the end of this article) and cut it out.

Next, cut out a few large squares of cardboard and glue them onto the paper bag. Glue them to the side where the bottom of the square opens, or you can also paint the paper bag.

Cut and glue strips of paper to the bag to create stripes on the shirt (or you can paint them on).

For the pirate belt, glue a strip of brown paper over the top of a paper bag.

Use scissors to cut off excess paper.

You’ve created a pirate wearing a striped shirt… Now let’s create one wearing a vest.

Cut out two “half circles”, cross them at the bottom, and glue the vest to the pirate’s shirt (see image below). Use paper to add details.

There are many other ways you can dress up a pirate – feel free to get a little creative.

Make a belt

Let’s finish the belt. For the belt buckle, cut out rectangles from gold foam or cardboard and glue them to the pirate’s belt.

Next, cut a rectangle smaller than the yellow rectangle from black paper and glue it to the middle of the belt.

Move on to the head. You can draw the head pattern on the flesh colored paper. Cut it out and glue it to the top of the paper bag.

Let’s make a bandana! The outline is included in our template so you can draw the bandana pattern on colored paper, cut it out, and glue it onto the pirate’s head.

Time to do the hair. Cut hair from different colored paper and slide it under a bandana or hat while the glue is still wet.

Earrings? Why not :).

No need to just wear a bandana, why not try wearing a proper pirate hat.

Make a face

Now let’s make the face. Start by drawing the eye pattern onto white and black cardstock. Tape the eyes together (or color them black with a marker) and glue them onto the pirate’s face.

Mustache? Why not – find the sketch on the printable template.

You can also add eyelashes to the pirate girl.

Draw a nose and mouth with a black marker. You can also draw a raw beard with a marker.

What would a pirate do without his sword? Make a sword and attach it to your pirate puppet (template included).

Aren’t they beautiful?

You can do as much as you want – the more the merrier.

It will be fun to play this game.

Why not add a parrot to this crew?

Get the pirate paper bag puppet pattern here

There’s also a parrot pattern if you want to create a parrot to accompany your pirate crew!

Get the pirate paper bag puppet pattern here.

Project contributed by Jacquelyn.

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