If you're going for the cool look this Halloween, nothing adds
special effects like realistic-looking blood. There are many ways to
concoct it, ranging from edible blood made from kitchen ingredients
(especially useful for kids, and when going for the "bleeding from
the mouth" look) to chemically mixed, chillingly realistic blood
used on movie sets. Whatever your preference, here's how to put it
together.
!! Steps !!
!! Non-toxic Blood !!
Note: this recipe yields blood that is very sticky initially,
especially in hair. It is good for uses that involve children and
possible ingestion, as it's not toxic.
* Combine 1 part water with 3 parts corn syrup (known as glucose
syrup in the UK).
Add drops red food coloring gradually and mix gently by stirring.
Continue adding drops until the shade resembles that of real blood
(always err on the side of adding less, as it's easier to add
more). Add a small amount of blue food coloring to achieve a more
realistic shade.
Add a thickener. Suitable thickeners include:
* Dry thickener - Add sifted flour or corn starch to your mixture,
and gently mix it all again. You may get small lumps forming at
the top of the mixture. Wait about a minute and the lumps will
float to the top where you can remove them easily.
* Wet thickener - Stir in chocolate syrup until the desired
consistency is reached. Chocolate syrup adds a realistic brown
tone to the blood.
* Let the mixture sit for ten minutes in a warm environment. This
will give it some time to thicken. And then you can freak people
out with it – it's a lot of fun.
!! Chocolate Blood (edible) !!
This mixture looks great, smells great, and tastes like chocolate!
* Combine light corn syrup with red food dye until you get a shade
that closely resembles real blood. You can also use a red drink
mix (like cherry Kool Aid® powder) instead of red food dye,
although be warned that this changes the flavor.
* Carefully add a small amount of cocoa powder to the syrup mixture
to darken the shade and cause the fake blood to turn opaque like
real blood.
Perfect the consistency. Either:
* Thin the blood by slowly adding water; or
* Thicken it with a couple pinches of flour or cornstarch mixed in
carefully and slowly.
!! Icing Blood (edible) !!
* Put a small amount of icing sugar in a bowl.
* Add a few drops red food coloring until frosting reaches the
desired color.
* If it's too thick, add a little water.
!! Jelly / Jell-O Blood (edible) !!
Use for large wounds to simulate clotting. Splatter it on your walls
for a Dexter Season premiere party!
* Microwave 3 to 4 bottles of glycerin.
* Add one cube of strawberry jelly or Jell-O and mix thoroughly.
* Add 1/5 of a packet of gelatin.
* Add red food coloring.
* Stir until it's thoroughly mixed. It's ready to use now.
!! Peanut Butter Blood (edible) !!
Feel free to use in and around the mouth, or on items that may go into
the mouth. It should taste much like the peanut butter center of your
standard candy peanut butter cup (especially if you add chocolate).
* Use smooth or creamy peanut butter for best results. Chunky peanut
butter will add a coagulated look, but it's harder to work with.
* Slowly mix in corn syrup until the desired consistency is reached.
As the mixture ages, it will thicken a bit, providing more
realism.
Slowly add single drops of red food coloring until the mixture is
dark red; the darker the better - it will look more like real,
drying blood.
* If wished, add a little bit of chocolate sauce or chocolate fudge
for a darker color.
* If you want a thicker mixture, slowly add corn starch (in _very_
small amounts to ensure even mixing). The solution should thicken
with time.
* Note that this mixture may stain clothing, so be sure you don't
want to use the clothes for normal wear again.
!! Barbecue Sauce Blood For Congealed Look (edible) !!
This recipe is good for inside of fake wounds and places where you
want blood to stay without running.
* Use a bottle of Sweet Baby Ray's® barbecue sauce and 2
tablespoons of molasses.
* Slowly stir in the sifted chocolate powder until mixture is
desired darkness.
!! Tomato Ketchup Or Sauce Blood (edible) !!
* Squeeze 10 teaspoons of ketchup into a bowl.
* Add 6.7 fl oz or 200ml of water.
* Add a few drops of dark red edible food coloring.
* Add a teaspoon of corn syrup.
* Mix together well, and spoon onto desired area.
!! Soy Sauce Blood To Splatter !!
* Take a piece of small plastic tubing and force it onto the end of
a syringe. Use tape or glue to make this into an airtight seal.
* Pour some soy sauce into a cup or bowl and add the red food dye.
Add enough to make the blood dark red.
* Put the end of the tubing in the cup or bowl and pull back the
plunge to suck up the blood.
* Use poster tack to clog the end of the tube. Make sure it's well
clogged.
* Tape this under the clothing and push on the plunger to release a
spray of blood.
!! Movie Blood (inedible) !!
Unlike the non-toxic, edible blood, this one won't be sticky. When
dribbled from about five feet, this blood will create nice "splatter"
patterns, like real blood does. On skin it will flow easily and smear
like the real deal. But, be careful how you use it. It can easily get
everywhere.
* Pour about three quarters as much alcohol-free, water-soluble hair
gel as the amount of blood you want.
* Add water-soluble motor or radiator lubricant, any brand. This
should be semi-opaque and slightly thicker than water. Start off
with a very small amount and mix with the gel until it turns
watery.
* Mix in about half as much red food coloring as there is liquid.
Preferably, buy a "super strength" type at a bulk foods store to
save money, and skip the cheap, 1 oz (29.5ml) bottles; they look
too pink.
* Add small amounts of chocolate syrup to make the blood browner,
and improve the thickness. It shouldn't be too much like water,
but still very dribbly.
* Add small amounts of hand sanitizer if you're having trouble with
a nice, drippy consistency. Be warned, this easily weakens the
mixture.
* Check the mix. The final mix should be a little bit
thicker than water, deep brownish-red, and about the opacity of
milk.
!! Art Supply Blood (inedible) !!
* Use Elmers Squeeze Paint Tubes®. This paint is usually very
runny. Choose the colors in orange and pink (they don't come with
red) and mix.
* Squeeze paint onto the desired area.
!! Video !!
!! Tips !!
* Real human blood is thick and dark. Fake blood that looks thin and
transparent will look, well, _fake_. But don't go overboard on the
syrup; real blood isn't that sticky, either. Instead, condensed
milk can help make the mixture less transparent.
* For vampires and zombies, take a big swig of _edible_ blood and
hold it in your mouth. Slowly let the mixture ooze out of your
mouth (at the corners for vampires, all over for zombies). Tilt
your head back to let it run down the front of your neck, or just
let it drip straight onto your shirt or chest. Wait five minutes
before touching "blood" trails.
* Using a toothpick or the back of a pen is great for applying the
blood to specific locations (such as in wounds).
* If the blood is going to be applied on the face, or on
a child use, the non-toxic version. Save the movie blood for sets
or outside use.
* When using the inedible movie blood, make potential stains on
clothing less permanent by adding a good dose of liquid Dawn (or
similar) dish washing detergent. Adjust other ingredients to
balance it out.
* When using fake blood for filming, make sure the blood is even
darker than real blood. Otherwise it'll look fake.
!! Warnings !!
* Do not use the peanut butter blood on Halloween night when out
trick or treating! Use it only when you're at a party when you are
100 percent positive that no one at the party is allergic to
peanuts. Some children (and adults) are highly allergic to nuts
and nut products, particularly peanut products.
* All variations _may_ stain clothes permanently. The corn syrup
blood will likely stain white or light-colored clothes, but
usually washes out of denim and dark clothes.
* Edible fake blood should be used immediately or refrigerated. You
want to _look_ like you're wounded or dead, but you probably don't
want to _smell_ like you're dead, (or taste rotten fake blood).
The corn syrup recipe is an exception to this.
* You can use the "movie blood" for wounds and gashes, but it often
ends up on your hands or face. It's better to use the
non-toxic/edible versions for clothes or sets only and use the
edible blood for makeup effects.
* For the "art supply blood" step, you may not want to go overboard
with squeezing the paint. It may drip off and make a mess, or drip
onto clothing, causing a stain.
!! Related WikiHows !!
* How to Look Like a Zombie
* How to Make Fake Guts for a Halloween Dummy
* How to Apply Corpsepaint
* How to Make Fake Rings Under Your Eyes
!! Sources And Citations !!
* http://www.exposure.co.uk/eejit/blood/blood.html Eejit's Guide to
Blood - Research source for jelly blood recipe.
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