FYI: If you will be making them from pre-colored wooden blocks, it maybe a good idea to wear disposable gloves. Just saying. Nothing really begins showing up until into the second or third hour when a bit of sweat begins to release some of the coloring.
I think that maybe a problem based on Canada's limiting access to Pirates! However, Salty could take you in as his Human Support Animal. Yaaa, that might work! That's how Julio got me in the Toronto Boat Show last Fall.