Dice Tower: Pirate Cove

I've had it done for a while but hadn't had a chance to post this, my latest dice tower creation, until now. I've entitled it Pirate Cove. I used a lot of different elements and will try to give a decent tour.

I bought a cheep foam skull right before Halloween and
chopped the back of it off. The tower itself is just a heavy
card board tube with three hand made dice bumpers
placed on the inside.

The rock face is made with pink insulating
foam board from Home Depot. I used my foam
cutting tools to cut and shape random pieces,
painted them dark grey and then highlighted
them with a lighter gray. I covered the tube with
soft red foam--lava or blood, take your pick.

I bought a bag of sea and snail shells and a bottle of
little green paper flowers (used for scrap booking
I guess) from Micheal's. I used hot glue to attach them.

The bones here and there are also Halloween
supplies, in this case an 8" plastic skeleton I
cannibalized for my creation.

The eye patch is just a piece of black foam.

I bought a tube of frogs and this little guy decorates the top. We're pretty
sure he's poisonous.

I glued a lot of flowers and shells on the top to cover up
any of the ugly areas I didn't want to show.

I've had this little dagger for years and hadn't found a use for it
until now. It comes from the make your own jewelery section
at Micheal's too. Nice, fancy addition to the tower.

I glued small stones on the inside edge of the eye patch,
figuring that this pirate did well in life and struck it
rich. A larger store graces the other eye socket.

I added a faux Aztec coin from the Disney Store. It was
donated by my lovely wife from her collection of shiny stuff.

Here at last is the cove itself. So where do the dice come out?

Say hello to little Polly, guarding the left dice exit (note the skeletal
hand behind him too). A foam insert at the bottom of the tube
directs the dice to exit randomly to either side of the skull.