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Let's Crowdsource a Recipe for a Fat Replica! :)

heykatieben
heykatieben Posts: 398 Member
in Motivation and Support
Hey yos - I'd love to have a 10lb fat replica, but I'm definitely not paying the price for one on Amazon. They're expensive! :)

So.. who wants to get together and figure out how to make one, in this thread? I've come up with a few ideas/steps:

1 lb = 2.13 cups of volume. So 10lbs - 21.3 cups' worth. Yellow food dye and maybe some little red chunks would get it the right color. Now, what to make it out of, that would be about the right consistency?

Play doh? Crisco? Some kind of mix? Crisco's not quite solid enough, but it's at least mostly fat. Rubber? Is there a way to make something rubbery at home?

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  • heykatieben
    heykatieben Posts: 398 Member
    Nobody? :)
  • minizebu
    minizebu Posts: 2,716 Member
    I would trip down to my local art store and ask them for ideas. They may have some sort of instant foaming product that you can spray to fill a mold (maybe made out of aluminum foil?). I don't know, I'm just talking off the top of my head, here.

    I have thought before about going down to a meat market and asking to see X pounds of pork back fat, to get a visualization of what that looks like, but I've never gotten around to it.
  • heykatieben
    heykatieben Posts: 398 Member
    Ooh, that's a good idea, going to a meat market... cool :)
  • janeite1990
    janeite1990 Posts: 671 Member
    Maybe you can combine something with the instant foam-aluminum foil mold idea so that you have a heavier core with the foam on the outside. You might also check Hobby Lobby or Michael's or another craft store.

    Fun project!

    Good luck!
  • Jaulen
    Jaulen Posts: 468 Member
    Just look at a pound of butter.

    Go to the grocery store, stack 10 pounds of butter, and there you go!
  • hmarks5195
    hmarks5195 Posts: 1
    Since Crisco is almost identical in volume/weight, what about coloring it and putting it in quart-size baggies (and then refrigerating them so it's a little more 'solid'?)? They can squish it a bit, hold it against their tummy or thigh and think, "I was complaining because I ONLY lost 1 lb?!!?" I think a 1-lb and a 5-lb would be very effective, also a 10-lb bag of potatoes is a great reminder just how hard it is on our bodies to even carry a little bit of extra weight around!
  • PaulB153
    PaulB153 Posts: 1 Member
    Hey, its now 2020.....did you guys figure out how to make 5 or 10 lbs of a fat replica?
  • VenomousOsculation
    VenomousOsculation Posts: 1 Member
    I'm looking to do this when I came across this, I was thinking some sort of gelatine mixture with yellow food colouring.
  • Jasice9999
    Jasice9999 Posts: 2 Member
    DIY slime recipe. Glue water contact solution you can make it harder or softer depending on the ratios
  • MargaretYakoda
    MargaretYakoda Posts: 2,995 Member
    Jasice9999 wrote: »
    DIY slime recipe. Glue water contact solution you can make it harder or softer depending on the ratios

    Check YouTube for how to make your own silicone models.

    You mix silicone caulking with corn starch.
    Color it, stick it in a baggie to mold it like fat.
    Boom. Done.

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