This is my third year making the DIY Bubbling Cauldron. Every year I’ve learned to add something extra, and my followers on Instagram have helped.
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Step 1
Place your small Amazon and store paper bags at the bottom of the Cauldron. I also used a bowl in mine. Last year I used Amazon boxes. You can also use a Styrofoam ball. This will help you fill the cauldron’s space which will be less space that you have to fill with plastic ornaments.
Step 2
Plug in your hot glue gun and let it warm up while you remove all the plastic ornaments’ tops and place them in the cauldron. The bottom layer of the cauldron, right above the boxes and paper bags I like to leave free (No glue)
Step 3
I then add the second layer of plastic ornaments and work in the fairy lights before I start gluing the ornaments together. This allows me to place the fairy lights where I want them without working around the glued ornaments. Make sure that the batteries to the fairy lights are accessible, as you might need to change your batteries before the season is over.
Step 4
I start gluing the ornaments together, almost in a little hill. Remember that you want it to look natural, so uneven is good! This year, I decided, after many messages from followers on Instagram, to put some ornaments on the outside to give it an overflowing look. Gluing the ornaments to the side of the cauldron can be tricky. Make sure that once you’ve placed the glue on the ornament, you hold it on the cauldron, allowing it time to stick; make sure to add a little pressure.
Step 5
Carefully add one more strand of fairy lights to the overflowing bubbles on the outside of the cauldron. This can be a little tricky, because if the ornaments are not secure, they might fall off during this process. If that happens, you can just reattach them after you’ve added the additional strand. Make sure to have the fairy lights turned on during this process so you can ensure proper placement.
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