Kylee Deering | Blogger

Dear Halloween-goers,

This week’s dorm decor is DIY bloody handprint clings. These awesomely gruesome handprints are perfect for decorating your room for Halloween. They stick to any glass or plastic surface! Those of you in the suites can stick them to your shower curtains, bathroom mirrors, or windows. Those in the dorms can stick them to their windows and walls.

What you’ll need:
-Elmer’s Glue (or any four-ounce bottle of generic that’s equivalent)
-Red food coloring
-Blue food coloring
-Plastic saran wrap
-Wax paper
-Cutting board, clipboard, or piece of foam core board
-Tape

1. Wrap the plastic wrap carefully around the cutting board/clipboard, foam core board so that the surface is completely smooth.

2. Secure the plastic wrap with tape on the backside to keep it in place.

3. Pour about an ounce of glue into a small bowl or cup and add one drop of blue food coloring.

4. Stir the blue food coloring in well and add red food coloring one drop at a time as you go. Stir thoroughly between drops until the mixture is a shade lighter than what you want the end result to be. The mixture will become darker and more translucent when it dries.
(It’s recommended to make one ounce of the mixture to start so you can adjust the color to your preferences. Once you get the hang of it, you can mix it directly in the glue bottle for easier application)

5. Coat your hand in craft glue.

6. Press it down on the plastic wrap, leaving a white glue hand print.

7. Repeat this step as many times as you can fit onto the plastic wrap.

8. Fill in the shape of the handprint with more craft glue to a thickness of about an eighth of an inch.

9. Let dry.

10. Wash your hands in warm, soapy water.

11. Holding your hand over the plastic wrap, use the back of a spoon to paint a thick layer of your fake blood glue mixture onto it.

12. Press your hand onto the dried glue print and pick your hand back up.

13. Repeat these steps until all handprints are “bloody.”

14. Wash your hands again in warm, soapy water.

15. Use a spoon to carefully pour and spread more fake blood glue onto the handprints to make sure they’re all about an eighth of an inch thick.

16. Let glue dry until it becomes translucent.

17. Carefully peel the plastic wrap off of the blood drops and bloody handprints and store them in between sheets of wax paper. (If you didn’t make the glue thick enough to peel off in a nice cling film, you can add more layers and let dry again.)

There will likely be blood drops just from what you drip accidentally. If you want more, just drop more colored glue onto the plastic wrap in shapes you like.

I hope you try out these crafty clings for Halloween this year! Get a few friends together or do them by yourself. Be sure to work in an area that is easy to clean up afterwards!

Enjoy these fun handprints and happy crafting!

Kylee