Here are 12 rhyming riddles for kids where the answers are all something to do with a pirate.
There’s also a free printable worksheet below that contains all these riddles – simply click on the blue button at the bottom of the page to get a copy for your children to complete.
The answers are on the second page of the worksheet, so be sure not to give that copy to them by accident!
If your kids have fun trying to answer these, we have lots more pirate riddles and free printable riddle worksheets.
12 Pirate Riddles For Kids
1) Eye Patch
If you are a pirate
And you get in a fight
You might need to wear this
If you lose half your sight
2) Treasure Chest
This item contains shiny things
You’ll have to wait to find out what
It’s what you’ll end up digging up
Once you’ve found the X that marks the spot
3) Parrot
It sits on a pirate’s shoulder
And doesn’t ever fly away
The funniest thing about it
Is that it repeats what you say
4) Jolly Roger
The image on this pirate flag
Is sure to give people a fright
It has parts of a skeleton
On a background as dark as night
5) Anchor
A ship drops this to stay still
Even if the water’s calm
It is also a tattoo
You can see on Popeye’s arm
6) Wooden Leg
A pirate who’s lost a tibia
Might replace it with this thing
That will help him to still walk around
Instead of just hopping
7) Blackbeard
This was a famous pirate
One who was truly feared
A color and some facial hair
This pirate was _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
8) Treasure Map
When looking for buried gold
This item helps a lot
As on this piece of paper
Is where X marks the spot
9) Compass
If you’re sailing on a pirate ship
To find your way you’ll need at least
This item that will help guide the way
By pointing north, south, west and east
10) Shiver Me Timbers
This pirate phrase is what you get
If you take a two by four
And then place it on a shelf
Inside of a freezer door
11) Gold Coins
If you follow a treasure map
At the end of a successful quest
You might hope to find this inside
Of the buried treasure chest
12) Ship
If you want to be a pirate
You will need this without fail
So that you can travel around
You need something you can sail