Looking for a fun and easy Halloween craft to try with the kids? This DIY Witches Cauldron is a perfect project to add some spooky magic to your home! It’s simple, budget-friendly, and a great way to get creative with the kids as you get into the Halloween spirit.
Here is what you will need
Baubles – I change the colour schemes of my tree to match whatever the room is decorated in, so these lime green baubles were no longer needed.
Cotton Balls
Mini Pom Poms
Green Pipe Cleaners
Googley Eyes
Newspaper
LED Battery Powered Lights
Card/Paper
Glitter
Glue
Plastic Cauldron
First we filled our cauldron with scrunched up newspaper. Doing this just saves you having to fill the whole thing with baubles.
We then placed our LED lights on top and carefully placed our green baubles, making sure to leave little gaps for the lights to shine through.
The baubles were placed upside down (as you don’t want to see the hanging part) and then we added some green mini pom poms to make it look like a disgusting bubbling broth.
We then stuck some google eyes onto our white cotton balls with PVA glue for our eyeballs.
Then twisted some lengths of pipe cleaner around our finger to create ringlet like shapes to represent the ghastly green smoke rising from the cauldron.
Lastly I designed a label, which you can also do quite easily using Picmonkey, and drew some little pumpkin shapes which we coated with PVA and glitter.
Monkey stuck on the pumpkins and label and I stuck the pom poms flowing down the side with a glue gun.
Here it is by night!
It’s so much more fun having a go at making your own Halloween decs rather than buying them in. There are lots of Hobbycraft supplies to choose from! So why not have a go at this simple craft and #makeitdontbuyit.
*We were sent craft supplies from Hobbycraft, some of which were used in this post. All thoughts and opinions are our own.
This looks great, fab job here 🙂 We love Halloween and getting some crafty thing done this week 🙂
We haven’t had the chance to replenish our craft stash. This looks so much fun and love that it looks spooky too! 🙂
This looks amazing and so effective, I would never have thought of this idea. Will show my daughter later x
Oh another amazing Halloween craft!! You’re so creative! I’m still planning there witch wreath but never get around to it! Maybe next week!
Love this idea especially in the dark. Might be a project for me and kids this half term.
Oh wow this is such a clever idea and it looks great. We don’t normally do much for Halloween but I think I will go all out and decorate the house next year when the kids are older, something like this would look fab in the hallway x
That looks like a fun but easy thing to make, which is exactly what I need.
Can see your little one is really busy. Looks like a fun activity.
This is brilliant. I love the effect when it is all lit up and love that you can do it with the kiddies. xxx
This came out so great, I love that you used green baubles for it, just goes to show they’re not just for Christmas.
This is so clever! I really love this idea and I love hobby craft. It’s our go to store for every holiday. X
This is far too cool, I want a glowing witches cauldron now, just brilliant x
This is genius! Seriously love how it looks at night – great job!
This is absolutely fabulous! I would be tempted to keep it all year around.
That looks really effective, will have to give it a try
Such a fantastic Halloween crafting activity – looks great!
Ooh I am like a kid in a sweet shop when it comes to Hobbycraft! I love the cauldron it is absolutely amazing and looks like it was a lot of fun to make. I love the creative way you used your old Christmas baubles, great idea! Have a fab week #MMBC
I love it! So easy to make and looks really good!