Fake Wounds

Fake Wounds Recipe

 Recipe #1) This wound doesn’t look as good as it did earlier in the evening — the fake blood we had was the wrong kind for this sort of thing — but you get the idea.

It’s actually really easy to do zombie wounds like this. I used a $10 Halloween make-up kit (you need a white cream base and colors for blending and shadowing), some liquid latex, and toilet paper. Well, and good fake blood is really important.

On the subject of fake blood, if you want to make some tasty fake blood that works equally well on skin (note: it always remains sticky, so not great for clothes) as it does on ice cream, here’s what you need:
corn syrup
cornstarch
red and blue food coloring
chocolate syrup (not that “magic shell” crap)

The mixing is more art than science, so play around with it till you’re happy with a color and consistency… though, I can say you’ll end up using just a little bit of the blue food coloring and chocolate syrup, and be careful when adding cornstarch for thickening.

Recipe #2)

You will need
Petroleum jelly
Toothpick
Plastic spoon
Bowl
Red food colouring
A white tissue
Powered cocoa

What to do
1. Place a spoonful of petroleum jelly in to the bowl
2. Add three or four drops of red food colouring and mix with the toothpick
3. Stir in a pinch of cocoa powder to make the colour a dark blood-like red
4. Separate the tissue so you only have one layer
5. Rip out a small rectangle, the size you would like your wound to be
6. Place the tissue on your body where you want the wound to be
7. Using the spoon or your finger cover the tissue with clear petroleum jelly
8. Now mould the goopy tissue to form a wound, the sides of the wound should be higher than the centre
9. Smear the blood-colour petroleum jelly in the centre of the wound
10. Sprinkle cocoa onto the edges and rub the cocoa in to the make the edges dark
11. You may want to add some cocoa to the centre as well
12. Go show someone

More Ideas for Dressing Up

Dressing Up

 Dressing Up for Halloween

'Tis the season to change personas and be that celebrity or monster that you've always wanted to be. Would you like to be funny? Outrageous? Scary? Whatever it is, you'll also need to be believable to get attention.

Whether it's with a ready-made costume or some makeup magic, you'll find a bag full of tricks and a few intuitive treats along the way. Now get ready to dress up and roam amongst popular characters and some undesirables as well on Halloween night.

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Face Painting
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Fake Blood
Take your pick from our fake blood recipes to make your Halloween costume delightfully gruesome!
Fake Wounds
Our guide to fake wounds will help you create realistic lesions and scars that will gross out just about anyone.
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