Halloween Discussion Forums, Costumes, Horror!

I was wonder is it cheaper to make fake blood or buy blood from a butcher? It is not to throw on people but to decorate.

you dont want real blood, it will start to smell really bad, really fast......

Yeah, unsanitary and not at all useful for decorating. Real blood won't even stay red.

This will be outside decor only and I was hoping to make something out of a lot of blood so I want it to look like real gore. This will be for mummy and dead bodies to go in my graveyard. I was hope to do cut off heads and ripped in half corpses.

If it's for outside mummies and dismembered limbs, I think I'd just paint it. Go to a craft or hobby store and ask what paints can be used outside. Tell them it's for a Halloween display and might be outdoors in the weather for several weeks. Then buy two or three bottles and experiment with blending them until you get a color that pleases you.

That might be good solution because making a bunch of blood might be expensive and I try to save money so that is why I considered getting a few gallons of blood from the butcher.

Also, I think the artificial blood (food coloring in corn syrup, etc.) stays runny, and if it's based on something like corn syrup, it could attract ants.