Melon Skull Tattoo

Faith Broache said she is "a tattoo apprentice in Richmond, VA and today I practiced tattooing my favorite thing onto a melon!" When I first saw this, I thought it was a bald head, but a melon makes more sense. I love the anatomical sketch quality this tattoo has. Richmond (where Noah and I live) is one of the most tattooed cities, which is about how many tattoo shops per capita we have. This means tattoo artists aren't in short supply as a whole, but extremely talented ones are rare. I'm interested to see how Faith progresses as a tattoo apprentice, since this skull is a great look into her line work.

Waffle Skull

This sweet waffle and fruit skull comes from Addie Markowitz who also happens to be Noah's California cousin.  She made this breakfast for her daughter, Paloma.  Addie writes, "I try and make fun and happy breakfasts for her almost everyday! I post them on Instagram.  I should try and do a fun meal for her 365 days inspired by Noah.  After posting a lot of happy faces, hearts, monkeys,  etc. I thought I had to try a skull inspired by my cousin, and it was a success!"

The lucky girl herself.  Who could resist making such cute meals for this sweet face?

Success indeed!  The reward of a smiling lass savoring her skullacious breakfast would be well worth the effort you put into making her day special.  Good work, Mom!  Thanks for inviting us to your table, Addie!

Strawberry Skull Tarts

Mark Gilliland of Irvington, NY created these skull tarts with his daughter during a recent baking lesson. The tarts are filled with homemade strawberry jam canned by his wife. Mark included a lot of great images to help you all make your own! However, the baking instructions and dough are something you'll need to figure out.

Enjoying one of the finished skull tarts.

It looks like they cut out skull shaped pieces of pastry dough, put them on a cookie sheet, put jam on the bottom dough skull piece, laid a top dough skull piece on top, and pinched the edges to contain the jam.

Using a fork, they pressed it around the edges to seal it. This helps the two dough pieces stick together better and prevents the jam from oozing out the edges.

With a knife, they cut the skull face details into the top layer of dough.

Then, the tarts need to bake. From my years of baking experience, the oven normally needs to be preheated to 365. As for time to cook, that varies depending on the creation. Baked goods with fillings sometimes take longer than non-filled baked goods, like rolls. This is due to the moisture. I suggest watching these bake, until they are golden brown and crispy.

After they were baked, they put them on a cooling rack. Since they have fillings, the tarts will be very hot! This is probably a good time to either make another batch, or clean up your mess.

After the tarts were cool, they put them on plates.

Finally, consume your skull tarts!

Now that I've figured out how to make these, I have a can of Pillsbury pastry dough and some strawberry jam just waiting to be made into tarts. Also, I love that Mark taught his daughter how to bake these. Reminds me of the cooking lessons my husband give my daughter. I cover baking with her.