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bring out apple, cutting board, a sharp knife and 2 butter knives.
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remove stem from apple.
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cut apple on slight angle so u cut the apple down the center of the core.
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one side will have the top, the other side the bottom.
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place the butt of the apple towards you.
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a butter knife on each side.
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slice apple on slight angle from center of half to just past the butt..down to the knife.
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then again sideways so ur forming a wedge and removing core at same time.
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cut slow and careful.
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do same with other side of the butt half of the apple.
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take one wedge and make same cuts, one straight up and down and one sideways to form an L shape and a wedge.
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set L shape aside, and repeat with the wedge again and again until u can't make any more wedges.
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stager ur L shapes,, this will be the wing.
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repeat with other wedge.
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now take the top half of the apple.
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and lay it between the butter knives.
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cut straight across making flat pieces.
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u will end up with several flat pieces of various sizes.
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choose the pieces that is heart shaped and looks nice on both sides.
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ur gonna make several cuts into this piece to make the head of your bird.
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see pictures.. (I just can't explain it well)
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cut one
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cut three
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cut three
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cut four
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save 2 apple seeds!
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place one on each side of the head for eyes.
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place wings on the largest apple slice.
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then place the birds head in between the wings.
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viola.. ur apple bird is complete!
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if the head won't stay standing up or is too slanted, take one of ur extra pieces of apple and make a wedge to hold up the back of the neck.
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just place it where u need.
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sorry I'm not very good at explaining this.
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so I'm hoping the pictures willl help a lot with that.
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I saw this on pinterest.
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to keep swan from turning brown.. spritz with a bit of lemon juice.
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great for parties for kids, thanksging, xmas, anything to pretty up the table and a healthy snack!
