Pirate Crews and Treasure Maps

This week was a fun Pirate Adventure!  
We continued with the Pirate theme by testing out the democracy and teamwork of a Pirate Crew.
   First, we divided into two crews.  Each crew had to decide on a dastartly pirate ship name.  We had an "SS Overboard"  and a "Siren's Song". 
   Then, each crew designed their own Pirate Flag.  We made sure that it looked so menacing, that trade ships would volunteer their treasures at the sight.   A pirate ship was constructed with cardboard, tube rolls, and bamboo skewers for the mast. (I liked the detail of cannons that Brandon added on his ship)
   Before we would set sail, we established the position of each pirate by voting on a Captain, a First Mate, a Navigator, a Pilot and a Quartermaster.
   Each  crew was given a treasure map and a compass then we headed outside where we embarked  on a real treasure hunt.  There was only one buried treasure chest with two crews racing to find it first.  The map clues sent us all over the place:  to the Cliffs of Insanity, then to the Lava Flow Valley, past Kraken's Feathers and the Shady Cove then on toward the Barnacled Branches next to the Pine Needle Isle.
   SS Overboard Crew was the first to unbury the treasure.  Upon opening the chest we delighted in the treasure that we had discovered.  Gold (chocolate) coins, and sapphire gems, a ruby ring, and a few other doo dad treasures (made in China)  The two Quartermasters then had the task of evenly dividing up the loot to each crew member.

Yo Ho, Yo Ho, a Pirate's Life for Me!