Celebrate two holidays this year with one prop. Make a head in jar as a mad scientist lab prop or Halloween decoration, or as a prank to scare your room mate or family members on April Fool’s Day.

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This creation by mikeasaurus at Instructables is easy to do with his instructions. You can make a photo of your own head to put in the jar, or take the even easier route and use the photo he made of his head!

First, get your head printed and laminated.

If you’d like to make the photo of your own head, follow his directions on Instructables using a photo editor. It took him 30 minutes.

Or, download his head for your jar.

You have to laminate it. Since the image is going into a jar of liquid, it needs to be protected. You can get this done at your local office supply store.

Then get your jar ready.

If you don’t have one of those huge industrial sized mayonnaise jars, you’ll need to find one that’s large enough to hold a human head. (You can find one at a local hardware store, but please don’t ask for a jar big enough for a human head while you’re there. There may be an ensuing 911 call.) It is a 5 liter or 1 gallon size.

Fill the jar about 2/3 full of water. Tint water the color you prefer. (Green looks like the preserving solution in the movies.)

Now put your head in the jar.

Curl the laminate page so you can insert it into the jar. Then let it open out inside. Fill with water to top of jar and seal it with the lid.

You’re ready to freak everyone out now!

Tell us what you think.

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