Do you want to be a pirate?

There are different parts of the costume, so it will let you develop this activity in different days and keep the children expecting until you finally finish it. I did it with 4 years old children and all off them enjoyed it!

Here are some of the main ones and the materials you can use:






Pirate patch:

• Sheet of black card


• Ruber band


• Glue or staples

You can also try some patch with different shapes and colors to make it more original.

Pirate flag:

• Plastic tube


• Black rubbish bag


• Skull draw


• Schotch tape (it will stick the skull to the bag better than the glue)

Pirate hat:

• Newspaper (the hat will be bigger and more attractive)


• Paints to decorate the hat

If you don´t remmember how to make a hat with a piece of paper here are the steps:





These are only some simple examples, you can use your imagination and design your own ones!


Have fun!

Acting with your pupils!

I worked in an English Summer Camp with Spanish children. One of the activities we had to do was preparing a theatre to perform it later.

They were 8 years old and we did something like "Finding Nemo". We tried every child to have the same importance so it couldn't be any main character. Here is the play.You can find a simple play that you could adapt to the number of characters you need or the level your pupils have. At the end we choose the song "If you are happy" to have a good time all together!

To dress up we made some masks and wear some clothes that outfit to the colors of it. The masks were made with newspaper, glue (the white one to become the paper harder) and some paint. They really enjoyed creating them! These are some:


Jellyfish and Octopus:



Some starfishes:



Sailor hat and Nemo:




Maybe you could try performing it to other students at the school!