How to fail at making fake blood...

My husband has some crazy ideas sometimes. This one is close to the top of the list. While sometimes these ideas are mildly annoying (like starting a big, messy project the night before company comes into town), I also completely respect him for his creativity. When my husband gets focused on a project, he is focused.

As stated earlier, he likes to go target shooting. I like to go with him. Anytime we have company that visits us on the weekends, Josh is always up for taking them shooting if they're game for it. This weekend, my brother-in-law's buddies are coming into town, and a shooting date has been arranged for Saturday morning. Shooting plain ol' clay pigeons is just too boring, so Josh has this idea to make a zombie target that will bleed when shot.

In order for this masterpiece to become a reality, the boys ventured into the world of making fake blood. They found this recipe online and got to work.

Things started out relatively low key when they made the kool-aid and added some egg whites. Things got a little out of control as they added a variety of ingredients to darken it, thicken it, make it look more realistic, etc. Here is the complete recipe of how to fail at making fake blood:

• water
• red kool-aid powder (1 large container)
• egg whites (1 carton)
• flour (whatever we had on the counter plus some out of the sack)
• maple syrup (the remainder of our bottle)
• chocolate syrup (the remainder of our bottle)
• cocoa powder
• 2 eggs

Lets just say my house smells like some weird concoction of chocolate covered cherry pancakes, and the boys are en route to the grocery store to start all over and try again.