Fake Blood
- A fairly realistic prop blood for stage or screen can be
made from Karo syrup and red food coloring. Mix
enough food coloring into the syrup to produce a nice,
deep blood red. Adding photographer's wetting agent
(Kodak Photo Flo) at about one cap-full per cup helps
to improve the flow of the "blood" as well as allowing it
to soak more realistically into clothing and other fabric.
If you plan on using the blood on or near your mouth,
don't add the Photo Flo. Needless to say, assume this
will stain anything and everything it touches, so don't
use it over the carpet, and don't get it on any clothing
you may want to wear again. (Okay, it isn't really this
likely to stain, but better safe than sorry.) A few drops of
household detergent will make it a bit easier to clean.
Stage blood
The folks at Priscilla's Performing Arts in Granbury,
Texas developed this variation. It "was invented to
provide a source for safe, non-toxic stage blood." It
requires:
Materials
1 cup (250mL) creamy Peanut Butter - they
recommend Critic's Choice or Peter Pan
1 qt. (1 L) White Corn Syrup (Cheapest brand you can
find - they tend to be thicker)
½ cup (125mL) Non-suds soap (they use LOC
Regular, which is only available through Amway - there
are alternatives)
1 oz. (30mL) red food color
15 - 17 drops blue food color
- Mix the peanut butter with enough corn syrup to make it
runny. - Add soap and food colors and mix well.
- Add remaining corn syrup and shake until a good
solution is obtained.
Special Thanks
Thanks to Bizarrelabs.com for providing the
experiment instructions.
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