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.
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.
That takes me back. Back in college I made a whole set of bottles like this with different color highlighters. Looked wicked cool under the blacklight.
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!
While I agree with you, I also noticed some tweaks were put in that I’m confused about. The coals under the cauldron appear to be modified from when they finish it to the final product. I’d love to know what they did.
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!
If you want to make that coal bed even better leave room holes for the air and mount a PC fan underneath. Then attach a couple of peices of silky white cloth in the center on the top side. The fan will blow the cloth up and the orange lights will illuminate it making it look like fire still burning in the middle of the coals
TIP - Instead of painting, just dust the foam with KITTY LITTER while the foam is still wet. Don’t wait, just spray the foam and dust with litter. It adds texture and an ash color.
If anyone does this and you don’t wanna hassle with oatmeal and glue..hit the cauldron with the spray foam- it creates texture and it sticks to the plastic. Let it set for 15 mins and then paint!
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.
I just finished my version of this. I had found a metal cauldron last year and used that, which presented a few challenges. I also used a strip of waterproof LED lights to give the green glow from within the water well. I loved how it turned out! You guys are fantastic and I love how you break down the steps and what worked and didn't work. Definitely a fan and can't wait to try a few more things that you have done!
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!
I really like this one I've seen plenty of variations on the spray foam, hot coal, witch's cauldron, but none are as put together as this one. I might actually have to try my hand at making one.
All your videos are super fun, and I have to say - one of my favorite things is that you also show the things that didn't work so well for you. Mistakes are a helpful way to learn. Thanks for the inspiration!
This project is a decent and great idea to start but I'd recommend these improvements. The foam you were using is called Fomular and it retails for 5.99 in California, I consider that to be pretty cheap it is also water-resistant all by its self. Using a PVC pond liner and permanently affixing the bowl to the cauldron to allow for permanent use. This could be done in many ways like using more expanding foam and then sanding, painting and sealing it (you could even just use the foamular and a small ring of expanding foam to hold it in place then paint both once dried with flex seal in black ). Pond liner should be able to be bought from a home improvement store. Mine has some that are cut to order and you wouldn't even need a lot to fit in that small area. You could use any one of the Liquitex line of painting substrates that mimic stone or small bubbles or many other things I used the sand one to replicate beer foam and it looks amazing (these can be colored with acrylic paint). This would have worked much better than oatmeal and Mod Podge also if you go the mod podge route use the outdoor mod podge. Also, do not put paint into water it will not work as a "wash" or anything for that matter (it eliminates the bonding properties of the paint hence why it tells you to clean it up with water or with soap and water). You need something called glaze I keep several large bottles on hand and you add your acrylic paints to it and it makes them into a glaze which is more transparent allowing for a build-up of color which is what you were looking for here on the embers for the bottom of the cauldron. A great way to get the cast iron look would be to sponge or stipple colors onto the matte black cauldron. There are even kits that help you create the look you were going for. This can all be done on the cheap too with Coupons. I use them all the time as I live below the poverty level and without them, I couldn't get supplies. You can use Joann coupons at Michaels. I hope this helps someone who is thinking of making this so that it can be used for a very long time.
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.
In regards to your oatmeal/mod podge mix for texture.....I've had tremendous luck and quality with potting soil. Soils with little bits of other things like bark, twigs and peat moss.the texture is alot more workable and varied with super glue or mold podge. Good luck!
great stuff Fireblock foam is orange, makes a better base, dry brush black paint on for better contrast when lit, great stuff black pond foam could also work for contrasting dark coals
Thank you for showing the trial-and-error parts of your builds! That gives novice prop builders like me hope to succeed without the pressure of doing it perfectly the firsts time!
I did something similar. I didn't use oatmeal because i have heard stories about rats eating the prop. I used old wood pellets that got wet and pretty much turned to saw dust and it worked great. I mixed the saw dust in with killz primer and slapped it on randomly. Yours one came out great!
I love this channel already! I watched all your old vids from a year ago and I'm surprised I haven't found ya'll earlier. Keep up the good work! Hopefully, we can get some Christmas DIY decorations in the future!
Darn. 3 am insomnia and I just wanted to watch something random to get me back to sleep. Instead I am on like my fifth video of you two. You guys are just adorable.
Awesome, I believe it's a tri pod not tee pee. My cauldron is from Wal-Mart. It holds a lot of candy. If heavy maybe use grates just above fire. I think you could use a large pumpkin too as a cauldron.
A tip for anyone who is curious, they make fire retardant spray foam and that's a great option for using with lights that can get hot since spray foam is highly flammable.
Yes and also: Use LED lights. They don't get all that hot. If you have the skill to do it, you can run them at about 1/2 power and they still will make enough light to work. Also, also: They make fake ceramic fire place logs for gas fire places. They don't burn and some of them look quite real.
For the fire, recycling is your best friend. Paper towel rolls or used box board made into rolls for piled lumber for the fire gives the foam a better base to start with. Pre-paint those brown to resemble wood. If you leave a paper towel on the roll and midge podge it before brown washing it, you will end up with a better texture. Add the string lights in for the foam part after by drilling holes if you want them to glow brighter. (The same can be done by a paper mache' and water downed school glue paper towel ripped up combo mixture for the cauldron before painting it, to give it a more realistic feel.) And the name for the 3 wooden piece is just a cooking tripod, we use it with a Dutch Oven when camping.
I made this and it turned out beautifully! Thank you for the instructions and the confidence. I’m always afraid to “mess something up” but I just kept painting till I loved it.
I see a lot of people saying Tripod. This is actually called a “Trivet”. I know this cause I do a lot of Dutch oven cooking. A trivet is a “tripod” used to hang a cooking apparatus like a cauldron pot, or Dutch oven. So for this specific application... “trivet” #funfactbymatt “the more you know”
What Halloween store did you buy that cauldron from? And where? I live in Canada and it is near impossible to find a cauldron anything like that and definitely nothing near that size. Where did you get it and how much was it? And in what currency
Sharon Edwards Walmart, Big Lotts, Hobby Lobby, and there’s this wonderful invention called the Internet. They have all kinds of stores; you’d be amazed.😏😉
65+ years ago, my friends and I went trick or treating in our neighborhood. It was safe to eat food people gave you back then; even homemade treats. There were lots of cool decorations and such, but Long Story Short: One of the houses had a 'haunted backyard'. Their whole family really got into it. Great costumes. Lots of fun stuff to do. Definitely cool. Anyway, there was a 'witch' stirring up 'brew' for us to drink. The cauldron was filled with something green, and smoky. The 'brew' was chilled homemade apple cider. The 'witch' was the dad, in full makeup and attire. He had a great evil cackle, too. The cauldron was an antique cooking pot, which was weathered black metal, suspended from a weathered black metal tripod with a big hook, also weathered black metal. (When not being used for witches brew, the pot 'grew' geraniums and ivy.) Remember I said the cider from the cauldron was chilled? Inside the pot was dry ice, thus the chill, and the smoke. Some phosphorous from a magic store provided the green glow. The overall effect of the witch and the cauldron was very spooky indeed. No. Nobody got sick from drinking cider from that old cook pot.
If you take a cheap cheap extension cord and a number 2 starter for florescent lights and split the wires, then cut one in half, strip both sides of the cut wire and connect to the starter. Then any low watt bulb or short christmas style lights will flicker at random. Making the fire lights look real
Don't pay any attention to all the negative people! I'd do it this way and I'd do it that way! This is fantastic. You guys made it very easy to understand and I wouldn't change a thing on this. 10 days until Halloween, but I'll definitely have this in my yard next year. Job well done!!!!!!!!;😊🎃
Think this tutorial was awesome. Have been working in mine. Did a different technique for the rust..cinnamon. Came out pretty cool. Thanks for the video
I made mine from an old Weber grill. Used the top to hold the faux fire mounted on plywood and rimmed with creek rock. The tripod came from bedrails and the cauldron itself is made from the bottom of the grill..guaranteed not to blow away in a wind storm
Fun that you show your mistakes. Tha tlooks good. The bamboo is a good idea. The rust can be called patina. I've used a mini mister for years. I'v ealso hooked up a fog chiller to the back. Either way ToT's and adults alike ask what's making it smoke lol
If you are having trouble finding a round dish, Home Depot or Lowes has a 17" dish thing that you put under potted plants to catch any water that goes through the dirt. Fits perfectly into 22 inch cauldron.
I used your part about the fire pit to create a couple for my Halloween campsite setup! They came out great! The big gap foam worked better than the door/window foam but I like the color of the latter better. Regardless they came out awesome! Thank you so much!
I made this last year and it turned out really great. One thing I did that I would change is I used cardboard for the fire/coals. It ended up being really wet last year where I live and it did end up growing some mold/mildew. I will probably remake it using some treated wood this year.
I made one of these a few years ago, but I added a stick that looks like it's magically stirring the cauldron by itself. But man, I dig your bubblin' effect! There's a short vid of my 2017 yard haunt on my channel if you're intetested. (I am not looking for subscribers/views. I am not a youtuber, just wanted to have a record of my haunt from that year.)
I've watched a lot of videos about cauldrons throughout 2019 since it was my planned addition for my own haunt. Your video is one of the best and it literally came out this year as I bought the last cauldron at a local Halloween store! I was so glad to see your video because it's given me something to refer to when I take the time to improve upon my own prop. Things I did differently - I scavenged for some dead fall in the forest to use as my 'tripod' since I wanted it to look rustic. I also hid a motion detector with effects of spell chanting, bubbling, and sizzling embers all layered over each other. Thanks again and great job!
What a fantastic way to make the most out of a cheap plastic prop. I love the fire effect! I've had one of these plastic cauldrons for years, I may try to make much more of it after being inspired by your video.
Love the video..I built a great brewing cauldron using your tutorial..a great side note was that I used textures ceiling spray paint on the cauldron which worked great for texture..
Love this! I’m really excited to start building my own. How big was the cauldron you used? 16 inches? 22 inches? How how long were the sticks of bamboo?
I asked the same question, all I can is a 16in cauldron from party city that is reasonably priced I can’t find a 22in one! If you happen to find one somewhere let me know!
Found your channel from the pvc candy chute video and am loving every video! Love how you guys aren’t afraid to try new things and let your viewers know when something just doesn’t work out 😄
They are called ultrasonic nebulizers. Make sure you get ones that have automatic shutoff on hem when the water gets low, as the cheaper ones will destroy the ceramic disc inside if left running with no water on it. Also, never touch the ceramic disc when power is on.
You two are awesome! Thank you for sharing your Halloween ideas with all of us. You two truly look like your enjoying yourselves and also being problem solvers, to make something work. I’m a new subscriber and look forward to seeing the next videos you put out!
Thanks for the inspiration! I really enjoyed the video and now we have a cool halloween decoration! We cut some corners- we only use spray paint. The texture "stone" paint did an awesome job of adding some variety to the pot and a salt and pepper ashiness to the foam. Also we just used branches from some trees rather than bamboo and only painted the bottoms where it was closer to the fire.
I was actually just coming to look through comments to see if this had been asked. My first coals I made were unevenly proportioned with my cauldrons, so I'm going a different route and found this video. I don't want to mess the coals up again, so I'm trying to make sure I do every single step and wasn't sure what was in the middle of the lights and if it's something I needed to do /use myself
it’s great, I love it, it looks so simple watching you do it, but... you have all the equipment you need, when you don’t have all that, it gets much more complicated.
Thanks!! 🙏 You really don’t need any equipment to do this one. We listed all the stuff we used in the description. 😀 Just some paint, brushes, hot glue gun, stuff like that.
@@Katherine69069 Yes, but not when encased in a most perfect thermal insulator! ALL lights make SOME heat, which most be able to escape. The better the insulation, the higher temperature that the lights must reach in order for that heat to escape at the same rate it is being made. Even LED lights can overheat when foam embedded!
@@WickedMakers But it could be very hot INSIDE the foam. The only you would know is if you poked a thermometer in, or cut it open later to look for thermal damage. (Been There Done That with R2D2 robot prop with foam top & 25W light inside. It took 10 hours to overheat, but boy did it! The foam & the inside of the robot was smoking hot! A small fan & vent solved that problem.
@@ucitymetalheadLong comment, but played with it a bit for a zombie party. But if you stir it when it is trying to expand, it kind of deflates a little. You can add the foam in small quantities to a pre-made base structure from chicken wire or cardboard/box board (recycled materials), to give it a better height and depth and more formed structure. Adding the skulls, eyeballs, bones, etc. out from that point, but the first layer of paint and glue is still a roll up bubble mess with many coats to come to properly cover it later. It can be a pain for overall coverage, but work to your advantage later. We have a counter top meat grinder (the antique metal hand crank type, not machine type), took and mounted it to a table outside. Placed a few pre-painted pong balls, skeletal hands, a plastic heart and liver, etc. onto a dollar store foam cooler and use the spray foam to make swirly intestines on the lid with trails off the top as if it was a cooler bursting full of Human parts going into the grinder. Watered down red acrylic paint wash over the top works perfectly with the nature of the foam to give it splotchy blood effects. Red strings of yarn hooked into a circle and dangling from the grinder, as if some of the parts were already being processed. Set our buffet out over a plastic skeleton, jello mold for brains, spare ribs for ribs, sausages and linked hot dogs for intestines, swedish meatballs for...well lol, you get the picture. The foam itself can also be carved with masks! In open areas! (But found buying the sheets at 5 bucks a pop were just easier after all the work was done with trying to manipulate the spray foam). So if you are looking to do filler work use spray, structured use sheets.
This video helped me so much! I'm going to make some adjustments for next Halloween, but everyone complimented my set up and said it was their favorite part of our decorations. Thank you for sharing this with us.
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.
Thank you
I just subbed to U and liked Ur comment😊
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.
Great tips! 👊🏼👊🏼
Awesome tips thanks!!! Would you mind sharing what size cauldron you used?
@@iznethflores I used a 22” cauldron just like they did.
Did you use spray flex seal?
@@tr0ysk1 I can not find that size any where so Im using the 16 inch that I already have
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.
Re: soaking highlighters, do you mean the felt part with the ink from inside? Not the whole plastic pen, right?
@@wolfeyez77 the felt part has the ink so yeah the felt
@@wolfeyez77 yes, you remove the inner felt and soak it. It is a great way to make tints with alcohol too.
That takes me back. Back in college I made a whole set of bottles like this with different color highlighters. Looked wicked cool under the blacklight.
get some cheap dollar store skulls and age them, then replace the stones at the bottom with skulls?
I would place a skeletal leg so it partially peeking out of the brew.
Good idea. Saw one where they put some twigs in the coals too
Thats what I did
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!
This!!
@@daniellemeows thank you
That small detail about their mistakes makes me more comfy
While I agree with you, I also noticed some tweaks were put in that I’m confused about. The coals under the cauldron appear to be modified from when they finish it to the final product. I’d love to know what they did.
If you like that type of content then I highly suggest Evan and Katelyn!
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!
Thank you for your suggestion
For anyone making this in 2021, I crushed the oatmeal and it worked perfectly 🙂
If you want to make that coal bed even better leave room holes for the air and mount a PC fan underneath. Then attach a couple of peices of silky white cloth in the center on the top side. The fan will blow the cloth up and the orange lights will illuminate it making it look like fire still burning in the middle of the coals
TIP - Instead of painting, just dust the foam with KITTY LITTER while the foam is still wet. Don’t wait, just spray the foam and dust with litter. It adds texture and an ash color.
A non food item
you two are literally what I wanna be when I'm older
Pixel Hearts same and I’m probably older then them lol
same lol
I'm probably their age and still thrive to be like them lol
If anyone does this and you don’t wanna hassle with oatmeal and glue..hit the cauldron with the spray foam- it creates texture and it sticks to the plastic. Let it set for 15 mins and then paint!
Me as well and i am 69! Love Halloween.
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.
For the rust effect you can use cinnamon as well! Looks great!
I used a can of aerosol drywall texture on my cauldron before painting and it worked wonderfully to give that pitted, old rusty iron-y look.
I just finished my version of this. I had found a metal cauldron last year and used that, which presented a few challenges. I also used a strip of waterproof LED lights to give the green glow from within the water well. I loved how it turned out! You guys are fantastic and I love how you break down the steps and what worked and didn't work. Definitely a fan and can't wait to try a few more things that you have done!
Awesome!! And thanks. Glad you liked it. 👊🏼👊🏼
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.
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!
Thanks! 😀
I have a question. Can I use my clear plastic Christmas ornaments on top of the foggers to look like bubbles??
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!
When the oatmeal starts to rot it will smell authentic, too!
I really like this one I've seen plenty of variations on the spray foam, hot coal, witch's cauldron, but none are as put together as this one. I might actually have to try my hand at making one.
All your videos are super fun, and I have to say - one of my favorite things is that you also show the things that didn't work so well for you. Mistakes are a helpful way to learn. Thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks! 👊🏼😄 We appreciate it!
This project is a decent and great idea to start but I'd recommend these improvements. The foam you were using is called Fomular and it retails for 5.99 in California, I consider that to be pretty cheap it is also water-resistant all by its self. Using a PVC pond liner and permanently affixing the bowl to the cauldron to allow for permanent use. This could be done in many ways like using more expanding foam and then sanding, painting and sealing it (you could even just use the foamular and a small ring of expanding foam to hold it in place then paint both once dried with flex seal in black ). Pond liner should be able to be bought from a home improvement store. Mine has some that are cut to order and you wouldn't even need a lot to fit in that small area. You could use any one of the Liquitex line of painting substrates that mimic stone or small bubbles or many other things I used the sand one to replicate beer foam and it looks amazing (these can be colored with acrylic paint). This would have worked much better than oatmeal and Mod Podge also if you go the mod podge route use the outdoor mod podge. Also, do not put paint into water it will not work as a "wash" or anything for that matter (it eliminates the bonding properties of the paint hence why it tells you to clean it up with water or with soap and water). You need something called glaze I keep several large bottles on hand and you add your acrylic paints to it and it makes them into a glaze which is more transparent allowing for a build-up of color which is what you were looking for here on the embers for the bottom of the cauldron. A great way to get the cast iron look would be to sponge or stipple colors onto the matte black cauldron. There are even kits that help you create the look you were going for. This can all be done on the cheap too with Coupons. I use them all the time as I live below the poverty level and without them, I couldn't get supplies. You can use Joann coupons at Michaels. I hope this helps someone who is thinking of making this so that it can be used for a very long time.
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 had the same problem with the oatmeal. I found I could use the stone texture spray paint and it worked out really well!
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.
WOW. This is the BEST DIY of 2019! Aiming to try this next year!
You still gonna try?
You are just what RUclips needed! Amazing Props and decoration ideas for Halloween and year round. Love you guys keep up the AMAZING STUFF!!!
In regards to your oatmeal/mod podge mix for texture.....I've had tremendous luck and quality with potting soil. Soils with little bits of other things like bark, twigs and peat moss.the texture is alot more workable and varied with super glue or mold podge.
Good luck!
Tripod stand..Structure…Tripod base?
Love this video so much!
great stuff Fireblock foam is orange, makes a better base, dry brush black paint on for better contrast when lit, great stuff black pond foam could also work for contrasting dark coals
Thank you for showing the trial-and-error parts of your builds! That gives novice prop builders like me hope to succeed without the pressure of doing it perfectly the firsts time!
Yeah you bet! There are TONS of errors haha. It's the only way to improve is to be willing to make mistakes. 👊😀
Now you just need a cackling witch standing by the side of it. That was amazing.
I did something similar. I didn't use oatmeal because i have heard stories about rats eating the prop. I used old wood pellets that got wet and pretty much turned to saw dust and it worked great. I mixed the saw dust in with killz primer and slapped it on randomly. Yours one came out great!
WOW I LOVE IT! Add some eyeball ping pong balls in different colors to the water for a much freaker look.
Sporatic oatmeal sounds like a bunch of diner cooks garage band...
I love this guys, me and my mom made it and all of the little kids in the neighborhood love it! Thanks guys!
Did something similar years ago. Used dry foam around the top of the cauldron, dripping down the sides for bubbling over effect. Then use paint.
I gotta say: I made this prop using your video and it's the coolest prop in my yard! Thank you so much!
I love this channel already! I watched all your old vids from a year ago and I'm surprised I haven't found ya'll earlier. Keep up the good work! Hopefully, we can get some Christmas DIY decorations in the future!
Darn. 3 am insomnia and I just wanted to watch something random to get me back to sleep. Instead I am on like my fifth video of you two. You guys are just adorable.
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If it has 3 legs then it’s a tripod.
If there’s 4 it’s a quadrapod. ❤️
Awesome, I believe it's a tri pod not tee pee. My cauldron is from Wal-Mart. It holds a lot of candy. If heavy maybe use grates just above fire. I think you could use a large pumpkin too as a cauldron.
A tip for anyone who is curious, they make fire retardant spray foam and that's a great option for using with lights that can get hot since spray foam is highly flammable.
Yes and also:
Use LED lights. They don't get all that hot. If you have the skill to do it, you can run them at about 1/2 power and they still will make enough light to work.
Also, also: They make fake ceramic fire place logs for gas fire places. They don't burn and some of them look quite real.
Thanks for the great video. I ended up using a 16 inch planter saucer from Home Depot for my tray. I can't wait to put it out this year.
Omg thank you. I could not figure out what to use!!!
Same here.
Going over your mistakes is brilliant. It gives newbies like me the forewarning of what to avoid. So thank you!!
For the fire, recycling is your best friend. Paper towel rolls or used box board made into rolls for piled lumber for the fire gives the foam a better base to start with. Pre-paint those brown to resemble wood. If you leave a paper towel on the roll and midge podge it before brown washing it, you will end up with a better texture. Add the string lights in for the foam part after by drilling holes if you want them to glow brighter. (The same can be done by a paper mache' and water downed school glue paper towel ripped up combo mixture for the cauldron before painting it, to give it a more realistic feel.) And the name for the 3 wooden piece is just a cooking tripod, we use it with a Dutch Oven when camping.
I made this and it turned out beautifully! Thank you for the instructions and the confidence. I’m always afraid to “mess something up” but I just kept painting till I loved it.
I see a lot of people saying Tripod. This is actually called a “Trivet”. I know this cause I do a lot of Dutch oven cooking. A trivet is a “tripod” used to hang a cooking apparatus like a cauldron pot, or Dutch oven.
So for this specific application... “trivet”
#funfactbymatt “the more you know”
Awesome!!!!!! This is great info.
Trivets go under the cauldron, not above.
triv·et
/ˈtrivit/
noun
plural noun: trivets
an iron tripod placed over a fire for a cooking pot or kettle
It really is either.
Love that you show what not to do as well. Thanks
And the three sticks is usually just referred to as a cooking tripod.
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What Halloween store did you buy that cauldron from? And where? I live in Canada and it is near impossible to find a cauldron anything like that and definitely nothing near that size. Where did you get it and how much was it? And in what currency
My husband said the same thing: a tripod. He has one for his SCA Reenactment stuff.
Sharon Edwards Walmart, Big Lotts, Hobby Lobby, and there’s this wonderful invention called the Internet. They have all kinds of stores; you’d be amazed.😏😉
Where’s the best place to get the bamboo poles at?
65+ years ago, my friends and I went trick or treating in our neighborhood.
It was safe to eat food people gave you back then; even homemade treats. There were lots of cool decorations and such, but Long Story Short:
One of the houses had a 'haunted backyard'. Their whole family really got into it. Great costumes. Lots of fun stuff to do. Definitely cool.
Anyway, there was a 'witch' stirring up 'brew' for us to drink. The cauldron was filled with something green, and smoky.
The 'brew' was chilled homemade apple cider. The 'witch' was the dad, in full makeup and attire. He had a great evil cackle, too.
The cauldron was an antique cooking pot, which was weathered black metal, suspended from a weathered black metal tripod with a big hook, also weathered black metal.
(When not being used for witches brew, the pot 'grew' geraniums and ivy.)
Remember I said the cider from the cauldron was chilled? Inside the pot was dry ice, thus the chill, and the smoke. Some phosphorous from a magic store provided the green glow.
The overall effect of the witch and the cauldron was very spooky indeed.
No. Nobody got sick from drinking cider from that old cook pot.
Dang, why did i have to discover your channel just 2 weeks before Halloween?!? lol
Comin' here to remind kd5mtl that... Halloween is coming up. Get your fresh ideas goin' before you only have 2 weeks to go :P
If you take a cheap cheap extension cord and a number 2 starter for florescent lights and split the wires, then cut one in half, strip both sides of the cut wire and connect to the starter. Then any low watt bulb or short christmas style lights will flicker at random. Making the fire lights look real
Don't pay any attention to all the negative people! I'd do it this way and I'd do it that way! This is fantastic. You guys made it very easy to understand and I wouldn't change a thing on this. 10 days until Halloween, but I'll definitely have this in my yard next year. Job well done!!!!!!!!;😊🎃
Think this tutorial was awesome. Have been working in mine. Did a different technique for the rust..cinnamon. Came out pretty cool. Thanks for the video
Id love to see you guys do a projector screen project!
I totally 2nd this!
Tripod..... your 'teepee' is a tripod! And your cauldron is awesome, whatever you call its support!
Yes!!
Right after you paint the rust on....sprinkle a little cinnamon powder on it......looks like real rust!
Ohhh wow that’s a killer idea!!!
Use blinking /chase lights for the fire and it'll look even better
Good call!
What does it look like when it’s completely dark outside?? Probably looks epic.
I made mine from an old Weber grill. Used the top to hold the faux fire mounted on plywood and rimmed with creek rock. The tripod came from bedrails and the cauldron itself is made from the bottom of the grill..guaranteed not to blow away in a wind storm
Fun that you show your mistakes. Tha tlooks good. The bamboo is a good idea. The rust can be called patina. I've used a mini mister for years. I'v ealso hooked up a fog chiller to the back. Either way ToT's and adults alike ask what's making it smoke lol
If you are having trouble finding a round dish, Home Depot or Lowes has a 17" dish thing that you put under potted plants to catch any water that goes through the dirt. Fits perfectly into 22 inch cauldron.
Great build!!
Thanks guys!! :)
@@WickedMakerscan I ask Jamie something or no
I use an ultrasonic fogger for a cloud chamber to detect high energy subatomic particles from cosmic rays and from minerals.
I used your part about the fire pit to create a couple for my Halloween campsite setup! They came out great! The big gap foam worked better than the door/window foam but I like the color of the latter better. Regardless they came out awesome! Thank you so much!
Nice!!!
I made this last year and it turned out really great. One thing I did that I would change is I used cardboard for the fire/coals. It ended up being really wet last year where I live and it did end up growing some mold/mildew. I will probably remake it using some treated wood this year.
I made one of these a few years ago, but I added a stick that looks like it's magically stirring the cauldron by itself. But man, I dig your bubblin' effect! There's a short vid of my 2017 yard haunt on my channel if you're intetested. (I am not looking for subscribers/views. I am not a youtuber, just wanted to have a record of my haunt from that year.)
did this one and came out awesome... Wish I could add photos in here
This channel is pretty cool! I love Halloween, and while I love going out to buy decorations, it’s so much more fun to make your own decorations!
Thanks!!! 👊🏼😄
Sporadic oatmeal would be a great name for a band
Thanks for the awesome.vids
I've watched a lot of videos about cauldrons throughout 2019 since it was my planned addition for my own haunt. Your video is one of the best and it literally came out this year as I bought the last cauldron at a local Halloween store! I was so glad to see your video because it's given me something to refer to when I take the time to improve upon my own prop.
Things I did differently - I scavenged for some dead fall in the forest to use as my 'tripod' since I wanted it to look rustic. I also hid a motion detector with effects of spell chanting, bubbling, and sizzling embers all layered over each other.
Thanks again and great job!
tripod ....use sawdust rather than oatmeal...
I came down to the comments just to post this. I don't know why "tripod" is such a hard word for people to come up with, but it is.
Just a tripod.
Mix sawdust with one of the new vinyl flexible plasters and latex paint. Otherwise known as monster mud.
@@rednecktech255 Not everyone has readily available saw dust but atleast critters wouldnt be eating at it.
@@Soul_N_Control then just paint, and plaster
@@rednecktech255 Ok, I might just try that. Ty!
Thanks for showing when you make mistakes! It's really helpful to see what works and what doesn't.
The prop turned out awesome - Great job.
That is an awesome Halloween prop!
awesome
a tip: you can watch movies on Flixzone. Me and my gf have been using them for watching lots of of movies these days.
@Kamden Jimmy Definitely, I have been watching on flixzone} for years myself :D
I made a mini version balcony sized bubbling cauldron. It turned out so cool. Love it.
Nice!!!!
This should be a tv show.
Also, glow in the dark paint that shows up with black light is really cool on a project like this
Awesome video guys....got some awesome ideas from your guys videos...keep these diy videos coming
teepee thing = Tripod LOL Love the build, your fire effect is awesome
Turned out awesome 👌
What a fantastic way to make the most out of a cheap plastic prop. I love the fire effect! I've had one of these plastic cauldrons for years, I may try to make much more of it after being inspired by your video.
I’m more jelly of their thick lawns grass. 😭
Hahah. Lots of water.
Love the video..I built a great brewing cauldron using your tutorial..a great side note was that I used textures ceiling spray paint on the cauldron which worked great for texture..
Oh nice!!!! That’s a clever idea.
Love this! I’m really excited to start building my own. How big was the cauldron you used? 16 inches? 22 inches? How how long were the sticks of bamboo?
I asked the same question, all I can is a 16in cauldron from party city that is reasonably priced I can’t find a 22in one! If you happen to find one somewhere let me know!
I used the flex stone paint that gave mine a more cast iron look, I painted over the flex stone paint with flat black.
Found your channel from the pvc candy chute video and am loving every video! Love how you guys aren’t afraid to try new things and let your viewers know when something just doesn’t work out 😄
Awesome!!! 😄😄😄
They are called ultrasonic nebulizers. Make sure you get ones that have automatic shutoff on hem when the water gets low, as the cheaper ones will destroy the ceramic disc inside if left running with no water on it. Also, never touch the ceramic disc when power is on.
Where do you find the mini ultrasonic nebulizers?
You guys SHOULD have a TV show! :-) What kind of ultrasonic foggers do you use?
Thanks!! 👊🏼😄 The link to ones we used should be in the video description.
Nice upgrade to a classic. I like using oatmeal applied to skin as rotting flesh effects. It also dries and drops off like rotten flesh.
You two are awesome! Thank you for sharing your Halloween ideas with all of us. You two truly look like your enjoying yourselves and also being problem solvers, to make something work. I’m a new subscriber and look forward to seeing the next videos you put out!
Thanks for the inspiration! I really enjoyed the video and now we have a cool halloween decoration! We cut some corners- we only use spray paint. The texture "stone" paint did an awesome job of adding some variety to the pot and a salt and pepper ashiness to the foam. Also we just used branches from some trees rather than bamboo and only painted the bottoms where it was closer to the fire.
This is amazing!!!!!!!! 🧙♀️
That paint job on the cauldron is legit! Great work, guys!
For the coals, does anyone know why there’s the small clear bowl in the middle of them? Is that an important step?
It’s not important. 😄
I was actually just coming to look through comments to see if this had been asked. My first coals I made were unevenly proportioned with my cauldrons, so I'm going a different route and found this video. I don't want to mess the coals up again, so I'm trying to make sure I do every single step and wasn't sure what was in the middle of the lights and if it's something I needed to do /use myself
it’s great, I love it, it looks so simple watching you do it, but... you have all the equipment you need, when you don’t have all that, it gets much more complicated.
Thanks!! 🙏 You really don’t need any equipment to do this one. We listed all the stuff we used in the description. 😀 Just some paint, brushes, hot glue gun, stuff like that.
Beware! The lights could overheat encased in the foam. Maybe use LED lights, which make less heat?
Holiday lights are specifically made not to overheat. They're fine.
@@Katherine69069 Yes, but not when encased in a most perfect thermal insulator! ALL lights make SOME heat, which most be able to escape. The better the insulation, the higher temperature that the lights must reach in order for that heat to escape at the same rate it is being made. Even LED lights can overheat when foam embedded!
It’s a legit concern but in this case we’ve run these for days on end and you can’t even feel any heat.
@@WickedMakers But it could be very hot INSIDE the foam. The only you would know is if you poked a thermometer in, or cut it open later to look for thermal damage. (Been There Done That with R2D2 robot prop with foam top & 25W light inside. It took 10 hours to overheat, but boy did it! The foam & the inside of the robot was smoking hot! A small fan & vent solved that problem.
@@bpark10001 It's not a concern. Holiday are made to not produce heat for the reason of fire.
I just finished my own cauldron. I didn’t do the other parts because lack of moolah. It turned out fantastic! Thanks for the video
Awesome!!!
Is the spray foam "wet" and "sticky" enough when first sprayed to dust it with actual ash from a fire?
Not really. We found that out in our Graveyard Skeleton project. 😄
I'd imagine you could get something to stick since that stuff adheres to anything you get it on but maybe kind of stir in in a bit?
@@ucitymetalheadLong comment, but played with it a bit for a zombie party. But if you stir it when it is trying to expand, it kind of deflates a little. You can add the foam in small quantities to a pre-made base structure from chicken wire or cardboard/box board (recycled materials), to give it a better height and depth and more formed structure. Adding the skulls, eyeballs, bones, etc. out from that point, but the first layer of paint and glue is still a roll up bubble mess with many coats to come to properly cover it later. It can be a pain for overall coverage, but work to your advantage later. We have a counter top meat grinder (the antique metal hand crank type, not machine type), took and mounted it to a table outside. Placed a few pre-painted pong balls, skeletal hands, a plastic heart and liver, etc. onto a dollar store foam cooler and use the spray foam to make swirly intestines on the lid with trails off the top as if it was a cooler bursting full of Human parts going into the grinder. Watered down red acrylic paint wash over the top works perfectly with the nature of the foam to give it splotchy blood effects. Red strings of yarn hooked into a circle and dangling from the grinder, as if some of the parts were already being processed. Set our buffet out over a plastic skeleton, jello mold for brains, spare ribs for ribs, sausages and linked hot dogs for intestines, swedish meatballs for...well lol, you get the picture.
The foam itself can also be carved with masks! In open areas! (But found buying the sheets at 5 bucks a pop were just easier after all the work was done with trying to manipulate the spray foam). So if you are looking to do filler work use spray, structured use sheets.
@@Vampkiki Thanks for the info and the time it took to type all that out.
This video helped me so much! I'm going to make some adjustments for next Halloween, but everyone complimented my set up and said it was their favorite part of our decorations. Thank you for sharing this with us.