Make: Volume 86

PROJECTS: Pepper’s Ghost in a Jar

fruit-snack without creasing or breaking (Figure

F

).

6. SHOVE IT IN

Wide end first, shove your plastic roll-up into the

flask (Figure

G

). If everything went correctly, the

plastic reflector should pop open into the same

position as the cutout template (Figure

H

).

7. CHOOSE A TEST VIDEO

Before settling on a final subject matter for your

Mad Scientist Pepper’s Ghost Chemistry Flask, it’s

a good idea to test out what you’ve made so far to

ensure that the effect is working. Find a video or

image on a black background. Anything black in a

Pepper’s Ghost illusion becomes transparent, so

the focus of the video will appear ...