Magpie thinks people should not be put off by the technical aspects, so she has created a DIY mouse taxidermy ... and taxidermy newbie from London. "I had expected there to be bad smells involved ...

This [Dwight Shrute]-esque project will let you try out your taxidermy skills. Apparently you can acquire a ‘wetware’ mouse fresh or frozen from pet stores. We just need to wait until fall ...

It is, in many ways, the perfect place to teach taxidermy. A class meets here every ... were all the implements necessary to turn a dead mouse into a somewhat lifelike mouse: wire, clay, needles ...

Say your pet rat dies. Instead of trashing it, you could shove LED throwie lights into its eye-sockets in a decorative taxidermy experiment that’s as creative as it is graphically morbid.

such as a mouse, the process takes around two to three hours, but a larger cat or hare can take up to three days, said Ms Sutton. 'Mice can be created with the most basic form of taxidermy ...

As a hobby it might seem rather macabre, but Londoners are taking to the art of taxidermy in their droves. Classes have sold out as people vie to learn how to stuff anything from a mouse to a rabbit.