How to Make Fake Scars With Markers

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Things You'll Need

  • Rubber cement

  • Toothpick

  • Red Sharpie

Creating fake scars is simple. Fake scars can complete your Halloween costume or add some realistic touches to a play. a common way to make scars is just with a black marker, but using rubber cement and a red sharpie gives the scar a real human flesh look. You can vary the weight of the rubber cement and where you put the most of the Sharpie ink to create fake burns and open wounds.

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Step 1

Apply the rubber cement onto your skin where you want the scar. Let it dry.

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Step 2

Use your toothpick to scratch off the rubber cement in the shape you want the scar. Make sure you leave some of the cement around the scar.

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Step 3

Fill in the where you removed the rubber cement with the red Sharpie.

Step 4

Apply a second light coat of the rubber cement onto your skin where you created the base scar. Let it dry.

Step 5

Use your toothpick to lightly scratch off the rubber cement above were you have created the scar.

Step 6

Lightly recolor the scar with your red Sharpie. Your fake scar is complete.

Warning

It may hurt a bit when it is time to peel off the rubber cement, but it will do no harm. If you are doing a scar on your face be very careful not to ingest any of the rubber cement or get it in your eyes.

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