I've always been fascinated by taxidermy but on a thrift store budget, have never found a piece I'd be willing to bring home and display. Now, a stuffed animal head on display is both whimscal and inoffensive. I wonder if I could make that ?

You sure could. Students at my school have done that (we have had a collection of soft toy taxidermy on the hallway walls for at least a year), so why shouldn't you be able to?

I love that tiger head! I'd try to make it myself, but I don't think I could find a stuffed animal tiger with as cool a face as that one has.

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This is the only faux taxidermy I want (but oh, how I want it):

http://www.geocities.com/craftypaws/Dinosaurheads.html

Haha that dinosaur one is actually pretty cool... but to be honest i've always hated taxidermy even when it's incredibly fake like this. I'm an animal lover. I eat meat and I'm okay with hunting... but displaying a dead animal head on the wall always seemed gross to me... even when it's a stuffed animal. Definitely not my style...

sarah palin should read this.

I love love that first picture, so cute! Though I don't know if it's very adult-like. I'm all for "original" spaces but that just doesn't seem suitable for a common space. Kids room though? Absolutely!

Even creepier than the real thing....

s2k---

my God, your flowery stag is terrific! And terrific craftsmanship, too. This is better than all the pieces in this article put together! Bravo.

My step-dad was a taxidermist, and he started making those dinosaur heads right as Jurassic Park came out. They were really popular, but somehow mine got lost in a move.

At an antique store near us they had an old stuffed Bison head, adorned with a giant golden crown. If I had the cash I would buy it in a heart beat.