Thread: Mist Maker inside a Pumpkin. Can it be done?

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I have a bunch of mist makers - See here: http://www.spirithalloween.com/product/mist-maker1/
and was thinking I could put them inside carved pumpkins.

Has anyone done this?

Any tips or tricks?

Post pics if you have them

Thanks!

i havent used in pumpkin but i use them in cauldrons to make mist use a bowl that fits in bottom fill up with water and go.

if you use this, you will have to have a bowl of water in the pumkin. the mister used distilled water and just filling the pumpkin up with water will make the mister not work properly because of contaminants from the pumpkin rind.

I've never used a mist maker, is it the same as a fogger, where it heats up the liquid? Just wondering because i thought of doing ti with hot cider, but I'm guessing you can't do it with a hot liquid

Less of a heat thing, more of a vibration thing, I think. (The water doesn't get hot.)

I don't think you'd be able to do it with any liquid.

My concern about using a mister with a pumpkin is that it might all just condense on the inside. It doesn't have the oomph of a fogger.

Originally Posted by HalloweenHouseParty

I have a bunch of mist makers
and was thinking I could put them inside carved pumpkins.

Has anyone done this?

Any tips or tricks?

Post pics if you have them

Thanks!

I could imagine it COULD be done albeit, it would work better with foam pumpkins than real ones. But it does sound like a cool idea either way. My guess is you have a Jack-O-Lantern and you want the mist to 'roll' out of the mouth, huh?

Well, first things first, as others have stated you are going to need a proper sized bowl or even a glass as you have to have the mister submerged to a specific depth. Now the whole thing has to be placed into the pumpkin. Obviously if you carved a real pumpkin, you have made a lid for it. Doing this on a foam pumpkin is harder.

When set up right, the mist will build up across the top of the container it is in. So naturally the bigger the bowl the more mist on top you get. Once the mist reaches the edge, it just rolls over. Naturally because of this effect, it is a popular effect with cauldrons.

I tried to use misters last year on my Magic Mirror effect as I wanted to have lighted cauldrons hanging up within the area of my attraction. The trouble I ran into was that the cauldrons had chains (to hang them of course) and the mist poured out of the holes where the chains went into, and thus very little mist poured over the top.

You also have to take into consideration the location of where you will put your pumpkin. A huge problem I found out when using misters is that the moisture will collect anywhere within a 2 foot radius of the mister. Just about everything underneath the cauldrons I used got wet. Needless to say, I nixed the idea of using the hanging cauldrons with the misters.

Now moisture in a real pumpkin could be a good thing for longevity, but it still might be excessive. Oh! almost forgot...all that moisture comes from someplace and you will find that you will have to fill the mister's bowl up quite frequently during the night. This was another reason why I nixed the hanging cauldrons because I would have to get on a step stool to keep filling them.

I would say that if you have your pumpkin close to the ground or on something that is fine to get wet, it may be a cool idea. I don't think I would run the mister all the time you turn on your display, but for the big night, why not!

Anyway if you do this, post some pictures, I would like to see the end result.

Geo

I'm thinking of drilling a small hole in the back of the pumpkin, near the bottom. I believe the mist maker comes in two pieces and one end can be pushed through the drilled hole (from the inside of the pumpkin) and then connected to a power source. The nice thing about the mist maker is that it has colored lights that flash on and off, thus perfect for illuminating the inside of the pumpkin.. If I use the proper size bowl, mist will flow out of its mouth.

I'll try it out when I carve the pumpkins in a couple weeks. Carving too soon makes the pumpkins mushy.

I have one of those misters with the LEDs I got a few years back from Target. It has to make it's way up and out of a skull which works fine. I think you'll need a bowl or container inside to hold your water. I have found that using really cold water (or a little ice) produces the same effect as a fog chiller. Just make sure to get some kind of mat to put under it if you are using indoors as it will develop a puddle around the pumpikin.

This would only work outdoors. I tried it once on an indoor pumpkin and wound up with a pumpkin filled with water in a short amount of time. The mist condenses inside of it. It looked really cool though, as the wall-powered LEDs lit up the fog really nicely compared to battery ones. This will also make your pumpkin pretty soggy. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing in the long run. It'll keep it from shriveling but it'll probably rot faster as well.

Instead of putting the mister in the pumpkin couldn't you use a larger container hid under the pumpkin, then remove the bottom of the pumpkin to fit over top the container. Like a haybale or even a hole in the ground. You might need to seal the joint between the container and the pumpkin but that won't be that hard.