Can anyone tell me how to make itching powder and sneezing powder ?
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If you have a Maple tree nearby the "source" is FREE. Here's the itching powder recipe: Back when I was about 12 years old, my brother and I ordered some itching powder from a mail-order joke shop. We were intrigued to discover, quite by accident, just how natural the (only) ingredient was. It wasn't really a powder, but actually looked like hundreds of tiny slivers. We figured that it had to occur naturally, or be a cheap by-product from some other process, in order for it to be sold so inexpensively.
We guessed (correctly) what it was, and made up a batch ourselves. Yep, it looked just like the commercial itching powder that we obtained by mail. Here's what we stumbled upon:
In early fall, we found a maple tree and noticed all the brown helicopter-like seedpods that some people call "whirligigs." The pods are green when they're immature (spring and summer) and turn brown as they ripen. When they're dry enough, they fall from the trees with a graceful, spiral motion.
I picked up a whirlygig and looked carefully at the seed end. Guess what? Those same tiny, hair-like slivers that were in the bag of itching powder were covering the seedpod!
To remove the slivers from the whirlygigs, my brother and I hit upon this process:
Place a sheet of white paper (or a paper towel) on a flat surface.
Hold a whirlygig in each hand, grasping the "propeller" end between thumb and forefinger.
Let the seed pod end hang down towards the paper.
Now rub the seed pods against each other over the sheet of paper and notice that the slivery hairs that coat the seed pods will loosen and fall to the paper.
Do this with a few dozen whirlygigs and the result is a teaspoon of slivers, which is the ingredient of the commercially available itching powder. A little goes a long way!
We also tried scraping the hairs off with a razor blade, but the rubbing method described above works best. Not only did we have to worry about scraping away too much of the seedpod itself, we risked cutting up our fingers with the sharp blade. The simplest methods are often the best.
The catalog said to pour a small amount of itching powder down the victim's back and he/she would be scratching for quite some time. Did we ever try it out? We'll never tell!
It would be a good idea to store your itching powder in a ziplock bag or envelope. The more the sliver-like hairs dry, the better your "powder" should be. Mix the dried hair particles with cornstarch or bathpowder. Check out the link below.
Sneezing powder is made from finely ground pepper. That can be hot peppers too, dry them in the oven and grind them fine as dust.
Other answers:
Don't. Buy them at the prank stores at San Fransisco.
Don't. Buy them at the prank stores at San Fransisco.
Try searching your Library these stuffs are easy to make and use just few chemicals reactions.