Thread: Blood recipe that's not sticky & won't stain skin

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Does anyone know a blood recipe that will dry and not stain skin? I'm dressing as Stephen King's Carrie and would like to dump a bucket of blood over my head for a realistic look but don't want to get it all over my house and be stained for weeks after the party. Any suggestions? Thanks

well from my experiences most homemade blood has always called for red and blue or green food coloring. so yeah unfortunately everything i have ever made woll stain anything it comes in contact with. maybe try a cheaper theatrical blood instead of the homemade stuff , but maybe someone around here has made it without food coloring.

Good luck - I don't think a non-staining blood version exists.

I'd love to know if there IS one, tho. Would love to do some bloody stuff but never wanted to deal with the mess.

I love a challenge. While I've never heard of such a recipe either...

The first thing that comes into my mind is childrens finger paints instead of food coloring. Diluted just a bit, maybe mixed with ye olde corn starch recipe, or a dab of dish soap (for consistency whilst wearing, and a head start on washup after...).

I don't know if I've ever heard of non-staining blood either. My suggestion might be to try some Crayola Washable Poster and Craft Paint, which is made in red also, and experiment with it. Maybe try diluting it with a mixture of water. I think normally corn syrup is added to blood mixtures but that would be a pretty sticky and bug-attracting mess to clean up too. While it sounds like a cool idea to do the bucket over the head, I'm thinking it's probably a bad idea for a lot of reasons. Good luck if you do it and let us know how it turns out.

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Here is a mixture that I have heard about that is not supose to stain, but it's not going to dry.

clear Karo syrup
Red food color
Dawn dish soap or liquid laundry soap
For darker blood color add some chocolate syrup (optional)

I cant give measurements because it all depends on how much you need so you will have to play around with that part. Test on old peice of fabric.

Funny ~ I was just talking to a annual haunted house dude at Spirit Halloween shop and he said to add vaseline to the blood mixture that you buy. He said it congeals like real blood and will stick to surfaces better. As for non~staining? Hmmm. His mention was that he just uses the old sheets somewhere in his display the next year. Im gonna try that and also PdCollins above sounds like the same congealing.... I just needed it for possible blood spattering of "Off with their heads" on some of my Card Guards for my AIW theme party. (CIO my blog and comment on any ideas...thanks) ~ Ani , the White Rabbit.

you will have to post a pic of the costume! Sounds like it will be awesome! It was a great movie!

So if I splatter a food colouring based blood all over my tub and surround it is going to stain? Is the staining permanent or just take a couple weeks of scrubbing??

I was hoping to do a whole gruesome dismembering thing in my tub...blood splattered everywhere...

Boo Babby I am going to do something like that too.I read some place forgot where,that if you spray tub down with pam the oloring wont stain. I dont know how true that is but Im going to try it. Oh How I hope it works!