How to Make Fake Blood
Scare the crap out of people this Halloween by sporting some very realistic fake blood.
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You Will Need
- 20.0 oz A bottle of light corn syrup
- Red, blue, and yellow food coloring
- 20.0 oz Cough syrup (optional)
- Chicken livers (optional)
Steps
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Step 1
Pour corn syrup in bowl
Pour 16 ounces of light corn syrup into a bowl.
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Step 2
Add red food coloring
Add one tablespoon of red food coloring.
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Step 3
Mix thoroughly
Mix thoroughly.
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You can substitute clear cough syrup for the corn syrup.
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Step 4
Mix in blue & yellow food coloring
To darken the blood, mix in one drop of blue and yellow food coloring.
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Need some guts to take the gore level over the top? Mix in some chicken livers.
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Step 5
Smear on hands
Smear it on your hands, and let the bloodbath begin—you're deranged, you're a zombie, you're a psycho killer on the loose and if you're not careful, you're going to stain something with that red dye.
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"Hemophobia" is the abnormal fear of blood.
