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How to make fake blood in 3 steps using ingredients you have at home

FAKE BLOOD is a Halloween essential and the best solution if you need to sort a scary costume at the last minute. Here's how to make fake blood using ingredients you probably already have.

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Halloween is just days away and you'll find it hard to pull together a costume this late in the game. Don't worry, you can whip up some fake blood to make the most basic costume truly terrifying in just minutes. So stick on an all-black costume or dress up as your favourite film, TV or book character and splatter yourself with fake blood - you might still win the Halloween costume competition!

You can make any costume scary with lashings of fake blood.

Luckily, you can make some realistic fake blood within about five minutes using easily sourced ingredients.

Stick on an all-black costume or dress up as your favourite film, TV or book character and splatter yourself with fake blood - you might still win the Halloween costume competition!

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How to make fake blood: Fake blood is easy to make (Image: Getty)

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How to make fake blood: You only need a few ingredients (Image: Getty)

How to make fake blood

You only need four ingredients to make the perfect fake blood, they are:

1 tbsp cornflour
45ml cherry juice or water
250g glucose syrup
red, blue and yellow food colouring gel

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How to make fake blood: Make sure you've got lots of food colouring (Image: Getty)

Step one

Mix the cornflour with one tablespoon of cherry juice or water.

Then, tip the mixture into a small pan with the glucose syrup and remaining cherry juice or water.

Heat gently over low heat, whisking well to combine, then remove from the heat.

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Step two

Squeeze in a generous amount of the red food colouring gel and stir well

Then, add a very small drop of each of the blue and yellow food colouring gels and stir again.

You are aiming for a deep red-brown blood colour, and achieving this is key to making your blood look as realistic as possible.

Step three

Continue adding little drops of food colouring, stirring well between each addition, until you reach your desired colour.

The edible fake blood will keep in a sealed jar in the fridge for up to three weeks.

This recipe makes a thick, slow-running gel - if you want a thinner gel, simply stir in a little more cherry juice or water.