How to Make Your Own Mist & Smog
Many hosts put up orange and black streamers or hang plastic bats from the ceiling when hosting a Halloween party. More adventurous hosts may want to set the mood at their party by making some fake mist and smog. Trick-or-treaters will be excited when you open your front door to give them candy and smog trickles out at them. Mist and fog are easy to make in your own home and your guests will appreciate the effort. Smog and mist will help them get into the Halloween mood. Mist and smog are especially good decorations for children's Halloween parties. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Using gloves, put a piece of dry ice in a shallow Styrofoam container and cover it with boiling water. The mist will be created from the dry ice when the hot water is poured on it.
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Place the shallow dish with the dry ice on the floor of the room where you want the fog to be. The fog will settle near the floor.
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Use a small fan to distribute the fog around the room.
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As the water cools, the dry ice will stop creating mist. You will need to add more hot water to the container to keep the mist constant.
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If the dry ice melts prematurely, put the gloves back on and place more ice in the Styrofoam container and pour more hot water over it if needed.
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Tips & Warnings
You will get more fog in a cool room.
Use larger pieces of dry ice because they will melt slower and last longer.
You can purchase dry ice at most grocery stores, but you may need to pre-order it, so call ahead.
Find a large cauldron to place the Styrofoam container in. This will make is look as if the mist is coming from the cauldron.
Dry ice can cause headaches or drowsiness if its gases are inhaled for a long period of time. Do not allow anyone to lie down in the fog, and do not use dry ice when babies or pets are nearby.
Do not place dry ice in a closed bottle or a small area such as a closet or cooler.
Use gloves whenever handling dry ice because it is cold enough to cause frostbite.
References
- Photo Credit fog image by Lytse from Fotolia.com
