Post #557758 by BigDTiki on Mon, Oct 4, 2010 4:31 PM

Here are a few more pictures of our work in progress, we mounted the tiki head yesterday, cemented it on and then I decided that he needed a hawaiian lei, hence the little round circles on his chest. I'll be molding concrete rope in between the circles this week and maybe another level to the waterfall ledge to make it cascade a bit more before hitting the pool.

But we tested it out after connecting the pipes and the water flowing from the mouth is pretty cool and bonus points for no leaks!

I've read some of the previous posts about making the head and I'll share the online instructable that I used to make my tiki head. We wanted a more traditional tiki face, so I found a mask online and then made cutouts from that, traced it onto styrofoam and then wrapped it with mesh joint tape so the concrete would have something to adhere to - unlike wire, the mesh joint tape can be shaped better onto the styrofoam.

As for the spout, we used PVC pipe and traced the basic shape onto the bucket and then drilled it out. When you concrete the head, we packed it around the pipe but twisted it a few times so the PVC pipe would not stick to the concrete.

Here are the directions I used for the head. We modified it for our use and what we wanted to create, but the basic steps and concrete applications are the same: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-a-Yard-Tiki-With-an-Outdoor-Speaker-in/

Mounted Tiki Head:

Close-up of mounted tiki head:

Project Seal of Approval from "The Supervisor":