The New England Pirate Museum

Make a Pirate Flag

Pirates designed their own flags or Jolly Rogers. They incorporated some of the following objects in their flags:

skulls skeletons crossbones cutlasses hourglasses

To make your own pirate flag you will need the following:

• a pencil, scissors, paste
• a 12x18 piece of black construction paper for the background
• a 12x18 piece of white construction paper for skulls, crossbones,etc.
• a smaller piece of black construction paper additional details,e.g. eye sockets

Sketch your pirate designs on white construction paper and cut them out. Paste them on the black background. Cut out and paste your details in black paper.

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