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Spooky Halloween Jack-o-Lantern
Dry Ice Fog in a Halloween Jack-o-Lantern
By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D., About.com
* pumpkin
* dry ice
* tall cup or glass
* water
1. Ok, first you need to cut around the top of the pumpkin so you can scoop out the seeds and other pumpkin guts. If you are rushed for time, you can skip this step, but it’s easier to carve a clean pumpkin.

2. Carve a face or design into the pumpkin. Keep in mind, carbon dioxide fog sinks, so more fog will flow out of the mouth of your jack-o-lantern than through its eyes. If you make the mouth relatively small, you usually can get fog to flow through the nose and eyes pretty well.

3. When you are ready for the display, set a tall container full of water inside the jack-o-lantern. Try to find a can or glass that is taller than the eyes of your jack-o-lantern, since that is the trick for getting fog to flow through the whole carving.

4. Drop a piece of dry ice into the water. Replace the top of the pumpkin. You want the lid to fit tightly so there won’t be air currents dissipating the fog.

5. You can add more dry ice over time.

Edible Fake Blood Recipes
Monday October 26, 2009
By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D., About.com Guide to Chemistry since 2001
Sometimes you need edible fake blood. (Getty Images) What would Halloween be without blood? Fake blood can be expensive to buy, plus it’s not exactly edible, much less tasty. If you’re going for the vampire look, you want blood you don’t mind getting in your mouth. Otherwise, you might just want blood that you know is completely non-toxic. With those goals in mind, here are some recipes for realistic-looking edible fake blood. .*************************************************************************
Fake Blood Recipe #1 – Cherry Flavor
* can of cherry pie filling
* 8 ounces cream (softened) cheese
* water
1. Use a fork or spoon to remove the cherries from the pie filling.
2. Mix together the pie filling gel with the cream cheese.
3. Stir in a little water to achieve the desired consistency.
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Fake Blood Recipe #2 – Strawberry Flavor
* packet of stawberry glaze
* 8 ounces cream cheese (softened)
* red and blue food coloring
1. Mix together the strawberry glaze and the cream cheese.
2. Add a drop of red and a smaller amount of blue food coloring to achieve the desired color.
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Fake Blood Recipe #3 – Sweetened, Unflavored
* 1/2 cup white corn syrup
* 1 tablespoon cornstarch
* 1/8 to 1/4 cup water
* 15 drops red food coloring
* 1-5 drops blue food coloring
# In a bowl, mix together the corn syrup and the corn starch.
# Add water until the mixture is the consistency of blood.
# Mix in food coloring until you achieve the color of blood that you want. Note: If you use blue or green food coloring or one of the neon tints, you can make ‘alien’ or insect blood using this recipe.
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Fake Blood Recipe #4 – Chocolate Flavored
* corn syrup
* red and blue food coloring
* cocoa powder or chocolate syrup
* corn starch (optional)
1. Sir red food coloring into the corn syrup until you have a deep red mixture.
2. Add some cocoa powder or chocolate syrup to darken and thicken the fake blood.
3. If the color still isn’t deep enough, add a drop or more of blue food coloring.
4. Stir in a bit of corn starch if you want your blood to be thicker.