Shrunken Heads

Moahahahaha!!! Last year Martin and Wille did their rendition of Martha’s shrunken apple heads using potatoes.

They carved them into different scary looking old men and an evil cat. I love how they look like those rocks on Easter Island.

 
They were dried in the oven at low temperature for quite a few hours (apples are probably quicker and according to Martha’s method no oven is necessary) until they shrunk. I can’t remember exactly how long so you’ll have to experiment. (Man, that oven door is filthy, btw!)

After we got them out of the oven we mounted the heads onto wooden skewers and they continued to shrink after that and really stuck to the skewers. I think I still have a few of them (Not all made it; one scary looking Easter dude lost his chin. RIP.) in our Halloween box.  Moahahaha!

Comments

[Jo]

Well Benita.. I'm at a loss for words. They are quite possibly the ugliest things I have ever seen, so er.. congratulations Martin and Willie.
I think ! ;o)
Were they supposed to be edible ??
Jo xx

[Anne]

They're excellent! I have to do this with August!!!

[maria]

wow haven´t seen that before -thanks -- maybe something to do for halloween - I sure know what to do this halloween... pack and pack again... we get our keys to the factory-appartment tomorrow!!!!

and

du, nej "min" benita bodde i täby kyrkby! så nu är ni 3 åtminstone i sverige :)

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Pretty they're not :)
no, they were not meant to be edible, jus a Halloween decoration. The skewers were so I could stick them in a pot. Forgot to mention that in the post...

[Siri]

So Halloween has got a hold on you Swedes as well? I’m so impressed how artistic the three of you are. The potato heads looked really yummy actually! What a great idea – you could have a “Halloween tapas party” with stuff like that!

[siri]

BTW oh my god I’m shocked by that shooting drama over in Malmø! A news reporter interviewed a man that sat in a car talking about how they would kill that shooter if they found him and everyone that had the same last name as him and bla bla bla... How crazy is that?

[Monica]

I love these! Honestly the potatoes look so much better (or should I say worse) than the apples. Boo!

[thesavvymummy]

Woa, the shrunken heads look really scary... If I were a kid, I'll be absolutely thrilled with them!

[Cammie]

Love the cat! Would like to see the shrunken version of Mini and/or Bonus

[Lisa]

Brilliant! I've made potato beads that way for a necklace-of-rocks-look to be worn with a cave-woman costume, but the heads are fantastic! Must try!

[elin har ordet]

What a fun way to decorate! I really like it. :)

[Stina]

Haha...I like it!:-)
Stina

[green accordion]

have been very creative, looks delicious