Thursday, February 26, 2009

How to Make a Shrunken Head





No home is complete without a shrunken head or two. They're great conversation starters when you have people over for dinner--and when you're not entertaining guests they make excellent paperweights.

Unfortunately, it's not always easy to get your hands on the real deal. So why not make your own shrunken head? All it takes is a strong stomach, a few basic ingredients, and a friend.

All joking aside, when I found some instructions for preparing shrunken heads, I was surprised by how easy it seemed. However, the process IS a bit gorey (to say the least), and I don't recommend reading about it unless you're planning to pursue a career as a coroner (or a member of a crime scene clean up crew).

You DID want gross, didn't you?

13 comments:

Ren (All By MySHELF) said...

*shudders* That's gross.

Dakota Blue said...

Thanks, but I already got one on the kitchen table! (This is why no one comes over for dinner. I'm serious.)

Kitty said...

UGH!! GROSS!! I'M EATING ANANKA!! I thought you were kidding on the shrunken head... Oo' EWWWWWWW!!!! I feel sorry for Iris... Living with that stuff every day

Kirsten Miller said...

Kitty! I thought you were one of the people who WANTED something gross!

Lena said...

We can always count on a good ole' fashioned gross-out by way of our favorite blog, can't we girls? xD

-Lena

mccincol said...

There were shrunken heads in the third Harry Potter movie...they were always cracking jokes and making inappropriate comments.

Anonymous said...

That is SO gross!!!

~Guesswho13~ said...

Lena-Oh yeah.
mccincol: Yeah.
AHHHHHHHHHHHH GROOOOOOOSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dante's.Inferno (blogger won't sign me in) said...

Nice...I love it!! XD You always deliver, Kirsten!
I so need to make one of these...

Irregular Kiki said...

Ewy gooey yucky! Yikes! Don't these people have anything better to do than deal with flesh and bones?! ugh

liltomboyblue11;) said...

Ha ha ha I wasn't to freaked out, but I sent a link to my friend and they now think I am a total creeper! (they thought that anyway, but not their suspiciouns are confirmed!!!)

Sasori_Danna said...

for some time now I've been wanting a shrunken head but i just can't seem to find one or how to make one that looks like an acutal real shrunken head. so if you would could you tell me where you found how to make one because the picture you have up looks like a real one. I don't want to go kill a person ( I wouldn't do that) just to make an awesome looking shrunken head.

crazyhatman said...

seriously, how do you make a shrunken head? i'm intrigued.