A pirate with eyepatch and earring

Pirates are fun to make and not very hard - thanks Paris from Planet Cake for this design which is in the book Planet Cake Cupcakes. 

This little fellow is a bit grumpy but not very scary. I will have to work on more scary facial expressions. 

The Planet Cake design had only one strap coming off the eyepatch (the one on the left) but I thought he needed a bit of balance so I put another one on the other side. The straps are a bit too wide and next time I will cut them finer. 

The cut on the cheek adds a bit of interest to what is a very simple design, this was just painted on with red food colouring and a fine paint brush. 

If you were doing more than one pirate it would be fun to do the headscarves all different colours.