DIY Halloween Props - Bubbling Witch's Cauldron with Glowing Coals

I know this is an old video, but for people watching now, here’s a little pro tip. Instead of the mod podge and oatmeal, you can use your expanding spray foam (great stuff). You can either add a small amount onto the cauldron and spread it with a brush or put on rubber gloves and smear it. You can also put on gloves spray a bit in your hand and smear it where you want the effect. I produced a large scale haunted attraction for about 16 years and we used spray foam for a multitude of effects. It is very messy and doesn’t come off skin easily (or clothes ever) so make sure you wear gloves and work clothes.

get some cheap dollar store skulls and age them, then replace the stones at the bottom with skulls?

Fun fact, put a blacklight bulb on top of the cauldron and soak some yellow highlighters in the water. It will glow a greenish yellow.

Ok. Just a heads up for those of you who are making this. This is an awesome DIY project with a lot of parts. If you plan to use this outside, I would suggest using like some clear flex spray over the bubbly oatmeal mod podge. I noticed that when it rains, parts that weren't painted, the mod podge turned white. The flex spray helps with that and also keeps it kind of shiny since it is supposed to be a liquid bubbling over. The next thing is that I did my best to keep my plugs as dry as possible. I cut a little flap on the back side of the cauldron to allow just 1 cord to come out. I also created a waterproof box for the power strip to go into so all of those plugs stay dry (light at top of cauldron, cord from inside which the 2 atomizers plug into, the fire pit below and I have a spot light plugged in). I did learn after the rain this weekend (and losing one of my atomizers), to put drain holes in the bottom of the cauldron in case of overflow from the bowl. I also created a small riser to hold the connections above any water that may still be in the cauldron minimizing any moisture getting to the atomizer plugs.

wow I really love how honest these couples are. most DIY aren't honest they just roll with what they have and it looks "perfect" without telling you the trail and error that most of us ended up going through. But these two are wonderful. Gonna Subscribe Cheers you two!

I used a 5 gallon Lowes bucket as the stand for the water tray. It’s the perfect height. They had a shallow 17 inch and a deeper 16inch plastic plant trays at Lowes as well. I also painted the duct tape alternating matte black paint with green to blend in with the colors of the cauldron. Such a fun project!

For anyone making this in 2021, I crushed the oatmeal and it worked perfectly 🙂

you two are literally what I wanna be when I'm older

When the oatmeal starts to rot it will smell authentic, too!

For the rust effect you can use cinnamon as well! Looks great!

And the three sticks is usually just referred to as a cooking tripod.

I used a contractor bag which are pretty heavy duty and hot glued the bag to the rim of the cauldron to close the gap. The misters kept tipping over so I used a dab of hot glue on the bottom of each to stabilize. It was a great project and I want to thank Wicked Makers for the tutorial that inspired me to make this.

This is one of the best prop channels out there a lot of people just make the prop as gory as possible but you guys are family friendly and make great props!

Now you just need a cackling witch standing by the side of it. That was amazing.

Tipi = tripod Maybe pre age the cauldron before the oat mix. Pre dye/paint the oatmeal in the mod-poge. Overall this was a great build!

Tripod stand..Structure…Tripod base? Love this video so much!

Id love to see you guys do a projector screen project!

By using a heat gun when applying a sealing layer of glue to the oatmeal/glue mixture, I was able to get some really cool drip effects.

I would try using thise flame flicker bulb lights. Possibly even a mixture of both. Then add an LED spotlight embedded in the embers pointed up at the bottom of the cauldron to give a red glow.

I'm totally starting this project tomorrow, I literally have EVERYTHING you used to make this in my garage... including the couldron. I also have the cooking tripod that we use when the family goes camping, this is perfect.