Pirate Activities
Pirate Icebreaker Game
Pirate Name Game
Eye Patch games:
Drop the Penny
Drop the Treasure
- Both teacher and students need the chance to become comfortable with each other on the first day of club. An icebreaker game can help the process along. Play a game of Pirate's Gold. Start by arranging students into two teams. Have one team be the pirates and the other team be the coast guard. Have each team go to separate sides of the room. Give one member of the pirate team a piece of fake jewelry. Instruct members of the coast guard team to walk into oncoming pirates and ask what they have in their hands. If the pirate with the jewels makes it across the floor without being questioned, the team gets a point. Reverse the team roles every other round for variety.
Pirate Name Game
- Play a name game with a pirate theme as a way for both you and students to learn everyone's name. Form a circle and name one person to start. Tell each person to say a pirate-related word or an adjective that starts with the same letter as his or her name, followed by the person's actual name; for example, Pegleg Peter or Eyepatch Eileen, Beautiful Bonnie or Careful Carlos. Have everyone try to recite the names with the pirate words in order during his or her turn before saying his or her own name.
- A treasure hunt sends the young pirates on their own quest for gold. Fill a box shaped like a treasure chest with chocolate coins, bead necklaces and other kids' treasures. Create a pirate's map showing the location of the treasure box. The kids must follow the map to find the treasure. Another option is to create a series of clues that lead the children around the room and finally to the treasure box. In our Good News Clubs we added a Bible in the chest as the Greatest Treasure of all.
Eye Patch games:
Drop the Penny
- One students wears an eyepatch or closes one eye. Their partner puts their arm out straight, holding a penny in their fingers. There is a cup on the table to hold the penny. The student holding the penny slowly moves his/her hand around and above the cup. The student with the eyepatch has to tell him/her when to drop the penny so that it will fall into the cup. Is it harder than it looks?
Drop the Treasure
- One student is blindfolded with a small object in his/her hand. Their partner is wearing a patch or closing one eye. There is a target on the floor on the other side of the room. The student with the patch has to direct the student with the blindfold to drop the object onto the target. Is this harder than it looks?
Contact Information:
CEF of Idaho Top 10 Counties Chapter
PO Box 965
Kamiah, ID 83536
Beverly Wisdom, local director
[email protected]
208.935.7996
Providing Living Water for the Children of northern Idaho.
Reaching the unchurched children for Jesus Christ through after school Good News Clubs (GNC), Jesus-You Connection (JYC), and Christian Youth in Actiion (CYIA).
CEF Top Ten
PO Box 965
Kamiah, ID 83536
Beverly Wisdom, local director
[email protected]
208.935.7996
Providing Living Water for the Children of northern Idaho.
Reaching the unchurched children for Jesus Christ through after school Good News Clubs (GNC), Jesus-You Connection (JYC), and Christian Youth in Actiion (CYIA).
CEF Top Ten