Q&A for How to Make Fake Blood

Food coloring does stain your clothes and your skin. Wear clothes you don't mind getting dirty when making these fake blood recipes. If food coloring gets on your clothes, soak them in a mixture of 1 quart of water, 1/2 teaspoon of liquid hand dishwashing detergent, and 1 tablespoon of ammonia for 15 minutes. Then gently scrub the area. If food coloring gets on your skin, wash it away with some soap and water.

Fake blood make with cocoa powder, corn syrup, and red food coloring will create a realistic “caked on” effect when it dries. However, keep in mind that the food coloring will stain your clothes and skin!

If you don’t want food coloring, you can substitute a natural red dye such as beet or pomegranate juice or tomato paste. Another option is to use tempra paint (or poster paint), which has the advantage of being washable!

You can make fake blood that easily washes off of skin and clothes by combining dish soap (preferably red or orange in color) with washable poster paint and chocolate syrup. You can also add creamy peanut butter to thicken it up. Wash the fake blood out before it dries to prevent any permanent staining.

Fake blood that is made at home using ingredients that you would normally cook with are generally safe for ingestion. Avoid ingesting fake blood that is not made with natural, edible ingredients.

No. The corn syrup will help to thicken it. Vegetable oil will make the mixture greasy and much harder to clean up.

The food coloring will probably stain. I wouldn't put it on any clothes you want to come completely clean.

The most realistic method is the one that uses corn syrup but all of them should create a convincing effect.

Always use the fake blood as soon as you an or refrigerate it.

It may not stain if it is wiped up right away but it is advised to keep fake blood away from anything that you don't want to stain. Depending on how much food coloring you use, the fake blood can stain skin, so use caution.

The corn syrup blood method is the best. If you are going to be splattering some on light-colored fabrics, you should be advised that it will likely stain it permanently.

It shouldn't be that bad, maybe a little odd. You could always make it and try a sip ahead of time so you'll be prepared and you won't make a funny face in front of your friend.

Don't use food colouring as its will stain and leave marks! Use a food based product -- maybe ketchup?

It just tastes like flour and water. It's not good but it won't hurt you.                                                                                                                                                                            

Yes, of course. Your blood will turn out fine no matter what color(s) you use. The consistency will not be affected, assuming that's what you're worried about, just the color.

Honey isn't as sticky as syrup, it is more watered down so try using maple syrup rather or a glucose syrup.

The edible fake bloods will last for several days if you store them in the refrigerator.

Using paint or ketchup may not look as realistic. It is also not advised to use paint on your face, if that's where you plan to use it, as it is generally not suitable for ingesting. Paint can also dry and become flaky, which does not resemble the effect blood.

If you use granulated sugar, the fake blood may be a little sandy in texture instead of completely liquid.

Add iron oxide a little bit at a time until you get the scent you want. Iron oxide is just iron rust powder. It also changes the blood color from bright red artery blood to a more brownish vein blood.

Ketchup isn't as concentrated as red food coloring, so the red won't be as dark. It may also dilute the fake blood if you have to use a lot of it, so the fake blood would be a lot thinner.

Provided you don't use anything that has permanent stains in it, they should be washable. However, it would be advisable to do some test blocks before trying the chosen fake blood on a mini-figure. That way, if the stain doesn't wash out, you've only messed up a block, not a mini-figure. Also, be careful where you put the mini-figures when you've added the fake blood -- you don't want to ruin the carpet or soft furnishings with fake blood stains!

About three weeks. After three weeks it will start lose its color and consistency.

It shouldn't, but food coloring could stain plastic. Also, you don't have to use your blender to mix the ingredients. A spoon or whisk will do.

There isn't a fake blood that's safe for your eyes, but you could use any of the methods in this article and just carefully spread the blood around and below your eyes.

Make the color of the blood a little darker with a hint of a brush marker or water paints. The best are the alcohol ones. You need to use a henna shade to create the dried aged effect then use a dark warm gray and warm dark red to create small reflection areas.

You can use the fake blood for whatever you want to use it for, including magic.

Yes, definitely.

It really depends on what food coloring you use. Lots of food coloring stains, so you just have to find one that doesn't.

All of them would be pretty gross, honestly. I think the powdered sugar recipe would be the most tolerable.