Cauldron Coloring Page

This cauldron coloring page puts a witch's pot right in the spotlight. The round pot sits over a small campfire and has a sweet smiling face with pink cheeks. Green potion bubbles over the rim, and big bubbles float up into the air with a star and a heart among them. Two bats and a few stars fill the sky.

The flames are simple shapes, and three logs sit under them. All the parts are large, so children can finish the sheet in one sitting. The face turns a spooky object into a friend.

Colors for a cauldron coloring page

A pot does not have to be black. Dark purple, deep gray or even navy blue all look good, and they leave the eyes and smile easy to see. Add a lighter shade along one side so it looks round. The rim can be plain gray.

Now for the potion. Slime green is the obvious pick, but a pink potion or a blue one is just as much fun. Keep the bubbles lighter than the liquid, and leave a small white curve on each so they shine. For the fire, go from red at the outside to orange, with yellow in the middle.

• Color the fire before the logs, so the brown stays clean.
• Use a soft purple sky so the pot still stands out.
• Draw more bubbles if your potion is extra busy.

Make up a silly potion

This page begs for a story. Ask your child what is cooking in the pot. A sleepy potion? A potion that turns broccoli into cake? Write the recipe on the back, with funny ingredients such as two frog burps or one sock. Older kids can add amounts, which is good practice with measuring words. Spoon, cup and pinch all work.

Then try a real kitchen potion. Mix baking soda with a bit of vinegar in a cup on a tray, and watch it fizz. A drop of green food coloring makes it look just like the drawing. Grown ups should stay close, and nobody should drink it.

What is a cauldron?

A cauldron is a large metal pot for cooking over an open fire. Long ago, many homes used one every day for soup and stew. Later, storytellers gave them to witches, and the idea stuck. The famous witches in Shakespeare's play Macbeth stir one while they chant. You can read about the cauldron on Wikipedia.

That small fact surprises a lot of kids. A witch's pot began as a simple dinner pot.

Classroom and party uses

For a class party, set out this sheet with stickers of stars and moons. Each child can decorate the pot and add bubbles. For early writers, use the blank sky for a short list. What goes in the pot? Sound out each word together.

It also pairs well with a rhyme. Say a line, then let kids add a rhyming word and draw it as a bubble, one word per bubble, until the whole pot is full. Hat and cat fit nicely, and so do frog and log.

Add a label for the pot, written in big letters across the front. Every good potion needs a silly name and a warning, such as Do Not Shake. You can also draw a few tiny extra bubbles drifting up past the two bats, so the potion looks like it is still bubbling.

More magic pages

A pot needs a cook, so print the witch coloring page next to this cauldron coloring page. The witch hat coloring page finishes the set. Browse them all on the Halloween coloring pages hub.

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