[Michael Myerscough]

Here's my first attempt at a cauldron using this method.

i had to stuff the gaps with paper as working on a smaller scale meant the ribs weren't as strong.







Since then i have added some custom made handles using a couple of curtain rod knobs and the handle that came with the bucket.

Next job is to paper mache for strength then paint.

 

[Old Man Bakke]

Looks good. Just remember as you apply layers of mache...smoooooth them out. Make each consecutive layer smoother AND if need be make you squares smaller or just got to strips!...But it will look good.

 

[Michael Myerscough]

Yeh i know it's a little wrinkly right now, i didnt have any of the silver duct tape on hand and masking tape was too weak so i used packing tape instead. When i paper mache im planning to do at least 3 layers and the final layer to be as smooth as i can. Im goign for the old and rusty look so the wrinkles will help. Was supposed to do it last night but i was lazy. Will try tonight and post some pics when it's done.

 

[Mistress of the Abyss]

Wow that is simply amazing! I am so saving this page for a future project!

 

[Redhead]

I have to say that this is one of the best ways to make a cauldron that I have seen in years of Halloween tutorial surfing. So going to try this as well! Thanks for sharing with the rest of us.

 

[pacman]

I agree with Redhead , i really like the way you have bulked out and finished the cauldron it really looks the part i hope if i get time after my other projects that i might try to make a cauldron using this method and hope it comes out as good as yours thanks again for taking the time to share it with us , it really is a great prop and an informative tutorial that i,m sure will be referenced and sought out for quite a few years to come on the forum .

 

[ArtemisBrewski]

This looks easy enough. Have the tub already, and the cardboard easy to get. Was gonna do a witch theme, now spiders, but still could use this!

 

[HalloweenGirl7]

HI,
How do you remove the rope handles from the cauldron?
Tx!!
HalloweenGirl7

 

[Old Man Bakke]

HI,
How do you remove the rope handles from the cauldron?
Tx!!
HalloweenGirl7

With a sharp knife and some persistence.

 

[HalloweenGirl7]

Strips or whole sheets of newspaper?

and 5, or 6, or could it have been 7 coats of paper mache later..... Had no issues with it adhering to the duct tape. I did use a slightly different method though. I did not put the paper in the glue mix, but rather smeared the glue water mix on the duct tape and then put the dry paper on the moist surface. Then smoothed it out with a wet hand from the mixture....just like Dan the Monster Man does it.

I am doing this today I am running behind!
Lol
I am using tissue paper first then the newspaper.
Whole sheets of paper or strips?
Would magazine paper work too?
Like from a Pottery Barn catalog or something...?

 

[daddywoofdawg]

glossy paper doesn't work well.

 

[Old Man Bakke]

Stay away from magazine, ads, glossy, catalog paper!!...Only News print...and tear off all factory edges!

 

[Kelloween]

my first cauldron

well, got mine made, the only thing I didnt care for, you can see my lines from my cardboard..and that was with like 7 coats of paper mache and a coat of monster mud! The reason its kind of shiny..I painted it with liquid bronze..because it dries really hard

 

[ALKONOST]

well, got mine made, the only thing I didnt care for, you can see my lines from my cardboard..and that was with like 7 coats of paper mache and a coat of monster mud! The reason its kind of shiny..I painted it with liquid bronze..because it dries really hard

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Awesome job! I like the bronzing you did too.. makes it look antique. Does monster mud stick to plastic ok? I bought a very large, plastic cauldron from Halloween city last year and wanted to grunge it up using either "great stuff" or the monster mud. I'm starting to feel like I'm way behind!

 

[Kelloween]

Awesome job! I like the bronzing you did too.. makes it look antique. Does monster mud stick to plastic ok? I bought a very large, plastic cauldron from Halloween city last year and wanted to grunge it up using either "great stuff" or the monster mud. I'm starting to feel like I'm way behind!

I AM way behind..lol..this was my first project this year I put paper mache on first, but I think that monster mud will stick to anything..and it dries super fast!

 

[Katster]

well, got mine made, the only thing I didnt care for, you can see my lines from my cardboard..and that was with like 7 coats of paper mache and a coat of monster mud! The reason its kind of shiny..I painted it with liquid bronze..because it dries really hard

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OK Kell I have been looking at this from an unbias angle and I can see your concern but it does make it original and unlike all others but my concern is your choice of legs it looks kinda flimsy where as if legs were bulked up a little it would pull it all together and original???

 

[Kelloween]

OK Kell I have been looking at this from an unbias angle and I can see your concern but it does make it original and unlike all others but my concern is your choice of legs it looks kinda flimsy where as if legs were bulked up a little it would pull it all together and original???

LOL, The legs are cast iron from old porch poles and they are screwed on! They probably wont show up anyway, I just wanted something to keep it off the ground and they were here so..ya know how that goes....

 

[Katster]

Nope I get it I could just picture your legs made out of something bulkier like tree stumps or something weird something natural like rocks or driftwood

 

[Katster]

Kell just batting ideas hope you don't mind

 

[Katster]

Kelloween I hope you do not mind but I just hit my 500 entry and it is an honor as you are the one I was talking to so now I get to choose my whatever that thing is I get to choose.