How to Become a Blood Sister Without Blood

Becoming a blood sister is a way to show the depth of your bond with a female friend. Ancient blood sister traditions required participants to share blood in some way, such as by pressing bleeding cuts together or drinking wine with blood dripped into it. Friends today may want to choose to declare their bond without blood. Read on to learn how to become a blood sister without blood.

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

1. Determine a color that represents your personality. You may choose more than one color for each person. Pick colors that have meaning for both you and your sister.

2. Buy ink or paint in the color or colors you've chosen. Select ink or paint that closely matches your ideal colors.

3. Decide whether you want your declaration of blood sisterhood to be private or public. Pick a time and place to become blood sisters.

4. Write an oath of sisterhood. Traditional blood sisters promised to always look after each other as sisters in any situation.

5. Mark your sister's finger or palm with the colors selected. Have her mark your finger or palm with your colors. Press your fingers or palms together to represent the mingling of your blood.

6. Interlock arms as a cultural symbol of sisterhood. If you are over the legal drinking age, you could follow the Greek tradition of intertwining arms and drinking wine together.

Tips & Warnings

• Symbolize your sisterhood permanently by marking a physical item with your colors. After mingling painted hands with your sister, pat or smear paint from your hand onto a keepsake item. Give the item to your sister to keep.