Gumball Machine Prop

 

We modified the following tutorial: DIY Gumball Machine for Incentives.

Materials needed include plastic planter with saucer, plastic fishbowl, washer, lid from individual applesauce container, small styrofoam balls, paint, paintbrushes, hot glue gun, hot glue sticks, red spray paint (if planter isn't red), gray spray paint. 

Gumball Machine on set of Willy Wonka Jr. 

So, take your pot  take off the bottom and spray paint it red.  Take the Styrofoam balls and paint them bright colors. Put them into the fishbowl. Now hot glue part of your pot to the bottom or top of the fishbowl, the other part of the pot, to the other side. Hot glue a metal washer to the side of the pot as shown in the pictures, and one of these twisty applesauce lids, right under it. and you are done.    

Sabrina