There has been a huge trend in faux animal fur, white ceramic animals, animal printed textiles, and other animal-esque home decor. And to take that up a notch, rather than hanging your “prized” dead animals on the wall, people have been using ceramic, felt, acrylic, and even cardboard animal busts instead. We’ve compiled some fun conversation pieces to place above the mantle that are a little more whimsical and a lot less dead. Take a look!

[1]newspaper giraffe, newspaper zebra [2] white resin deer [3] goat [4] white resin horse [5] newspaper elephant

[1] various ceramic animals [2] newspaper rhino [3] white resin ram [4] acrylic trophy deer [5] white lacquer moose

[1] cardboard rhino [2] various basswood animals [3] various porcelain animals [4] yellow cashmere buck [5] ghost antler coatrack

[1] cardboard elephant [2] cashmere lion [3] aqua wool doe [4] deer silhouette wall decals [5] moose lamp [6] cardboard bison

[1] red wool buck [2] wallpaper deer [3] paper mâché steer [4] cardboard deer

[1] typeface deer [2] felt deer trio [3] vintage blanket bull [4] felt bunny [5] unicorn [6] paper mâché goat [7] floral rhino

Much better right? If hunting is still your bag then by all means hunt away, we’re just providing some more “colorful” alternatives.

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