Bloooood. Bloooooooood.
Some people have flowers on their kitchen table. Some people have bowls of fruit. Some people have art books, pots of herbs or even piles of mail. Some might have candles or potpourri. Some crazed Martha Stewart type people might even have loaves of fresh baked bread or a platter of cupcakes decorated for Halloween.
I have a glass of fake congealed blood.
A glass of fake congealed blood which looks just like cranberry juice and which nearly fooled one unsupecting friend. A glass of fake congealed blood which I am supposed to greet on every possible occasion with cries of “ooooh, disgusting.” A glass of fake congealed blood which must remain there indefinitely as it is needed for further disgusting experiments.
This has entered our house because Daniel managed to save (don’t ask me how, I don’t give him money) twenty dollars and bought a Disgusting Science Kit for his very own.
Next up is fake mucus. Goody. Like we haven’t got enough of the real kind around here.
Alright. I’ll say it. Ewwww. Gross.
(But on the other hand, having blood sitting around on your kitchen table this time of year is not only decorative, but pretty damn cool.)
It is possible that Martha Stewart has a recipe for fake congealed blood as a Halloween decoration. It’s a good thing.
the punk rocker in me is thrilled. when daniel is eighteen, i will take him to get his first tattoo and facial peircing, and we will celebrate by drinking fake blood.
tell daniel that a great thing to do for halloween punch is fill a latex glove up with water and freeze it. then, the ice cubes in the punch are big floating hands.
blood, obviously, i’m fine with.
mucus? EWWWWWW!!!
hehe how wonderful!!! Having odd experiments, crazy crafts and paintings is what I looked forward to most having kids!
Better than fake poop!
Disgust!
Aidan has a disgusting kit similar to this called “Dr. Dreadful”
I feel your pain.
Fake mucus–reminds me of the “plastic boogers” we made in chemistry class–I can remember how convincing (though way, way too big for a human nose to produce) they looked, but don’t have even the vaguest recollection of what went into them. (Sulfur seems to ring a bell, but who knows?)
But, I simply love the color! Stunning, really.
Ooh, I think we need one of those kits! We’ve been relying on the real blood squeezed out of a pricked toe…