If you’ve looked at this month’s collection, you know it’s a beautiful mix of spooky seasonal projects and cute woodland crafts. This project sits right in the middle. I designed them to look like a poisonous Death Cap mushroom, which promises to cause mayhem if eaten. I added a couple of paper moths to give these pretty but haunting paper mushrooms an added Halloween vibe. Otherwise, you could easily keep this project out all year long.
To get started, check out our supplies list below. Then follow our PDF photo tutorial.
Moths, mushrooms, and moss, oh my!
I just love how these paper mushrooms look like a piece of art on display. Plus they are very simple to make! Using honeycomb paper for the textured mushroom tops gives them such beautiful detail, and the crepe paper adds a soft, delicate look to the stem. Since I am using heavy crepe paper and simple forms, I do not recommend a cutting machine but instead simply cut the crepe and honeycomb by hand.
Once you’ve crafted your paper mushrooms, you can adhere them to the base of a glass dome and toss in some dried moss to give it a more realistic touch. You can also glue a paper moth somewhere inside and outside the dome.
Skill level: Beginner
Tools
- Craft Scissors
- Detail Scissors
- Pinking Shears — Zig Zag
- Needle-Nose Pliers/Wire Cutters
- High-Temp Hot Glue Gun
- Needle-Nose Tweezers
Materials
- Lia Griffith Heavy Crepe Paper – Snowflake
- Honeycomb Paper — Cream
- Floral Wire – 24-Gauge Paper Covered White
- Thick Paper Covered Stem Wire
- Art Glitter Glue
- Glass Domes 7-inch and 10-inch
- Dried Moss
Full tutorial available for members to download below.
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Love the whimsical woodland theme? Find more mushrooms to make. Or check out all of our woodland crafts for more ideas.
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22 Comments
Hi Lia,
I can’t buy the honeycomb paper from your store as I’m based in Singapore. I hunted high and low but the shipping costs far outweighs the cost of the paper. Is there an alternative method available? Thanks!
Unfortunately, not really. This design is unique to this honeycomb. We do have other mushroom projects on our site.
Making these now – can’t wait to put it all together!
Is there a template for the medium mushroom top?
I think I mislabeled it as small. The smallest one does not have the crepe top. I will update it. 😉
Hi, I am trying the large mushroom, little confused, is the hot glue just in the center, how do you glue down the rest of the honey comb to the cap? Am I missing something?
Thanks,
Just at the center. You really don’t need to glue the whole thing down, as it fits nicely together.
@Lydia Stank, you are not the only one 🙂
@Lia, Thank you for showing us a really nice project, once again. But I too have problems with understanding the instructions. I have a couple of questions.
1. How many “Honeycomb” pieces would I have to cut for a medium and also large mushroom? I will be using fine crepe paper for this.
2.Will I have to stretch the paper before or after I cut the mushroom stem template?
Thank you for all the brilliant inspiration on your website 🙂
Kind regards
Marlene
Hi Marlene! This a made from pre-glued honeycomb paper. We sell it in our shop, so here is a link. https://feltpaperscissors.com/product-category/honeycomb/ With this amazing vintage style paper, these mushrooms are quite easy to make. For the thin stem wraap that is to thicken the stem, I slightly stretched as I wrapped. For the final stem wrap. I did not pre-stretch the paper.
Hi Lia! Will there be a video tutorial for this as well or just the photo tutorial? Thank you!!
Just a photo tutorial. We tried, but too many things on the plate right now. 😉
Thank you for the message. I overlooked that this is a special kind of paper, I thought it was crepe paper and honeycomb was the colour
It is a new paper we are carrying now. It just seemed so perfect for these mushrooms. 🙂
Hi!
Will there also be a video tutorial here?
I have studied the photo instructions, but I don’t really understand points 11 to 14. Especially how the inner life of the mushroom is supposed to be created from 3 pieces.
I used three pieces of honeycomb paper, not crepe paper, for this mushroom part. Is that what you are using?
What sizes are the glass domes that you used? And where did you buy them?
Hi Laura! I just added links for these in the post. I am so happy Ikea still carries them.
This is going to be such a fantastical fairy garden addition Looking so forward to trying my hand at it
Some people learn better from written instructions and pictures and this is the big benefit of having pdf instructions. Also, not everyone has constant internet capability so being able to print off the instructions for later reference is a great membership benefit.
Thank you for providing so many magnificent creative projects
Thanks for your feedback! I will have the photo and written instructions up very soon. 🙂
Will there be an instruction pdf too??
We usually don’t include written instructions when there is a video tutorial. The video will do a much better job of explaining how to make this one!
I *MUST* make these for my mushroom-loving son’s room! Can’t wait for the video!
Love it! Hoping to have the video tutorial done by next week!