Preparing cute (and often cartoon character shaped) meals for kids is a popular pastime among parents these days, but some of their edible art creations really stand out from the rest.
That's because food artists like Laleh Mohmedi have a knack for combining custom shaped ingredients on a plate to form fantastic likenesses of famous characters.
Laleh's creations are made to look like her son Jacob's favorite characters, which means the faces are every bit as fresh as the ingredients used to make them.
The Melbourne-based food artist shares pics of her work on Jacob's FOOD Diaries blog, Instagram and Facebook, where she also shares some of her experiences in the kitchen with the funny little guy who inspired it all.
Everybody gets in the spirit of the season their own way, and while some find an ugly sweater or Santa hat to be enough diehard Christmas fans like to make a more drastic statement- with their hair.
And when you're walking around looking like the head (or face) of the holidays you're sure to make people smile, or grimace in disgust if they find your beard candy revolting.
Let's hear it for those folks who are brave enough to commit their entire head to spreading Christmas cheer, for their decorated heads are truly the gift that keeps on giving!
The great thing about mythical beings like Santa Claus is the fact that whoever dons the costume becomes the character, even if they seem too suave or too tough to play Father Christmas.
Mr. San-T-Claus? I pity the fool who ends up on his naughty list!
Santa's spirit can easily merge with the spirit of just about anybody once they're in the costume, combining to form cool Saint Nick hybrids such as the far out Zappa Claus.
The Santa suit can even combine with women, children and animals without missing a wink, resulting in five times as many happy holi-days.
And when the Godfather of Soul gets geared up to play Santa we get an amazing pic and a Funky Christmas album!
Trail cameras are set up to give rangers and scientists a way to track animal movement in the area or spot a rare and reclusive species, but they also give us a glimpse at how animals act when they know no humans are around.
Most critters can hear a human coming a mile away, which keeps them off the trails and away from danger, but when the coast is clear the deer get to dancin'.
Because critters let their carefree personalities shine through when there's no present danger, going from well mannered mammals to fish sucking savages.
Creatives often wear many hats to make ends meet, and they'll take on multiple freelance projects with strange titles like chief amazement officer, visual presentation specialist or PHP ninja.
This job title fiasco is why many creatives simply refer to themselves as "freelancers", but as far as your grandma is concerned that title means just as little as the rest.
You might as well call yourself vice president of the internet or, as this Pie Comic suggests, when granny asks you what you do just say "computers".
Don't you love getting a Christmas card with a fun holiday portrait from your friends and family this time of year?
Even that melon-headed cousin of yours sends out a pic of their adorable family that makes you want to squee because their kids are so cute these days you wanna eat 'em all up!
Now in case you're wondering- these photos aren't from my melon-headed cousin, he's got more of a casaba melon thing going on with his pointy head, and they aren't from your cousin either.
These extra fresh portraits are from Max Siedentopf, and they're his sweet way of wishing you a Horribly Happy Holidays.
Max's photo series pokes fun at the sterotypical nature of most holiday photos, but if the sarcasm doesn't register just think of them as a holiday photo set from a family in the Witness Protection Program.
Secret Santa gift exchanges are a great idea on paper, and when the game is taken seriously by every participant and actually goes smoothly it's a fun way to surprise your co-workers with a little something special.
But the odds are stacked against a Secret Santa exchange going smoothly, especially in large offices where there are so many potential "gifts" sitting on every desk.
And, as this comic from Amir Khan shows, the gifts we receive from our Secret Santa are far too often for everyone but the recipient's enjoyment, leaving us feeling a bit Grinchy.
It seems fitting that this dumpster fire of a year spawned so many strange beauty trends, because people were searching for a bizarre look befitting their journey into the odd future.
Trend setters pulled geode lips, furry nails and knife eyeliner out of the 2016 dumpster fire, and scary glam became beauty's WTF inducing answer to the darkness enveloping the world.
So to close out the year in style The Try Guys sacrificed their faces, and their fingertips, so we can see what the latest beauty trends do to a perfectly fine face. (NSFW language)
The typical soft and smiley snowmen just don't seem appropriate for a year as messed up as 2016, so it's no surprise there have been way more horror snowmen going around the net this year than ever before.
Hopefully 2017 will be more pleasant than mean old 2016, but even if it is better all of these snowmen, snowwomen and snowchildren will be dead well before next Christmas.
And maybe that's the point of putting up a bloody and terrifying snowman in your yard- it helps you keep the forces of darkness at bay and celebrates the fleeting nature of life on Earth.
Humans should know better than to get involved in a fight between any wild animals, but an eel vs octopus battle sounds like something even sharks would avoid at all cost!
When snorkelers in Hanauma Bay, Oahu came across an underwater scrap between an aggressive moray eel and an octopus they stuck around and filmed the fight, but then the eel set its sights on the cameraman...
National Geographic shared the video online and asked marine biologist George Burgess from the Florida Museum of Natural History for his reactions to the video, which can be summed up in one quote- never piss off a moray eel.
Bananas don't have a very long shelf life, so using them in an art project seems like a bad idea unless the project has something to do with how quickly a banana will turn into a brown sack of mush.
But graphic designer Stephan Brusche thinks bananas make a great art medium so he doodles on them, and sometimes he cuts the peel to enhance the ink drawing in some way.
Stephan snaps a pic of each piece while the ink is wet and cuts are fresh, so he doesn't have to worry about the inevitable browning ruining an otherwise a-peeling artwork.
In the last five years SantaCon NYC has gone from being a fun Christmas-themed costume party in the streets to a full blown night of drunken debauchery and mayhem that would make Krampus proud.
And this year the drunken SantaCon crowd took their crusade to ruin Santa Claus for all children to the next level- by raiding and robbing a bar in New York's East Village neighborhood.
According to Paul O'Sullivan, owner of the One and One pub, a group of bad Santas entered the pub's lower lounge area around 2 p.m. and "managed to storm in, rob all the booze, smash up all the glassware and steal all the Christmas decorations," causing $5,000 in damages.
The Warriors is one of those classic movies that's hard to pin down- it's a dystopian action thriller that also perfectly captures elements of life in the NYC in the 70s and 80s.
But it's also a drama with a heroic underdog story, and certain scenes are downright terrifying, thereby giving it a horror edge.
But in the end The Warriors is a movie about street gangs, and 21 distinctly different gangs appear on screen in the movie, from the top dog Gramercy Riffs to the lowly Warriors, who are just trying to live long enough to make a name for themselves.
(The Gramercy Riffs) In the hierarchy of street gangs, The Gramercy Riffs are at the very top. And it’s their leader—Cyrus—who organizes the midnight summit in Van Cortlandt Park that sets off the plot.
(The Warriors) The titular gang from Coney Island set the pace and plot of the film, as they attempt to make their way from the Bronx to Brooklyn after being framed for the murder of Cyrus, The Gramercy Riffs’ leader. Unfortunately for The Warriors, they’re being pursued by the rest of the gangs on this list.
Most of the gangs in the movie, like the Riffs, Rogues and Turnbull AC's, are based on real life gangs, while other, more far out gangs like the Baseball Furies or The Hi-Hats, are there to give the movie a sci-fi edge.
(The Rogues) “The Rogues” is an appropriate name for this Hell’s Kitchen crew, as they operate by their own set of rules. It’s their leader, Luther, who is the real shooter, and also the first to point the finger at The Warriors. Luther also has a knack for offering up some of the film’s most memorable catchphrases. Though actor David Patrick Kelly has long been credited with improvising the now-famous “Waaaaarriors, come out to plaaaay” line, he insists it was Hill. “I’ll take credit for the bottles and how I said it,” Kelly told Entertainment Weekly in 2012. “But I remember him kicking in the lines.”
(Turnbull A.C.'s) The Turnbull AC’s are easy to recognize for two reasons: They’re all bald, and they ride around the city in an old bus. It’s that same bus that the gang uses to try and run down The Warriors shortly after the summit breaks up (the Turnbull AC’s are the first group The Warriors must face off against).
(Baseball Furies) The Baseball Furies take their identity seriously, with each member decked out in a Yankees-style baseball uniform. Which may not seem all that frightening ... until they whip out their baseball bats.
(The Hi-Hats) The SoHo-based Hi-Hats might be the best proof Hill has got that he intended for The Warriors to be a fantasy film. Because clowns are scary, and mimes are not.
But like many survival tips knowing what to do if attacked by a mountain lion is valuable advice you hope you'll never need but you'll be glad to know if you find yourself facing a cougar attack.
First and foremost you shouldn't run away, because running will only trigger the animal's predatory instincts and make you look like prey.
You're better off standing your ground, making lots of noise and trying to look intimidating, preferably with a big stick or whatever weapon you have on hand.
And if the cougar attacks fight back, because their self preservation instinct is likely to kick in and send them running back to the hills they came from!
Horses can be pretty silly when they're feeling hoofloose and fancy free, and they get even more squirrely when they have an animal buddy around to join in on the fun.
But they won't let just anyone see their playful side, and it seems some horses actually have a super duper silly side they don't even let their humans see- a wearing a chicken as a hat kinda silly side.
Nancy Elwood caught her horse hanging around with one of the chickens and couldn't believe her eyes, but according to the mare in the next stall the two do this sort of stuff all the time- and she wants in on the fun!
