DLTK's Educational Activities for Kids XAVIER X. PIRATE ALPHABUDDY Darren and I had a disagreement about why the letter X was a pirate... I figured it was because "X marks the spot"... he figured it was because of the skull and cross-bones.  Xavier's kinda neat either way! Materials you will need are a printer, paper (I prefer construction paper or another heavier paper), scissors, glue, and something to colour with.

• Print out the template of choice.  If using a black and white printer, try printing on construction paper.
     
• Colour pieces, as necessary.  If you are using the black & white template and still want the X to look like a map, search through some travel magazines.  Find a nice map. trace an X shape onto it and make Xavier out of that. 
     
• Cut out the pieces.  This step may require adult assistance. 
     
• Glue the hat, face, parrot onto the pirate (the letter X).  Draw some black lines or glue on black wool to finish off the eye patch.
    
• (See the picture above for how it is meant to look when complete).
   
• Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
     
• Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers). 
  

Xavier X template:  COLOR   or   B&W