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[Autumn Crafts] Easy and Fun! Mushroom Craft Ideas
Autumn is the season of hearty appetites! There are so many delicious foods in fall, aren’t there?
How about incorporating mushrooms—one of autumn’s seasonal delights—into your craft projects?
This time, we’re introducing mushroom-themed craft ideas.
Packed with fun projects that spark children’s curiosity and stimulate the five senses—using familiar recycled materials and unique techniques alike!
Let’s make lots of colorful, charming mushrooms and enjoy an autumn of art together!
As we are sharing ideas for expressive, free-form creations that value individuality, we use the term “制作 (seisaku)” rather than “製作 (seisaku)” in the main text.
[Autumn Crafts] Easy & Fun! Mushroom Craft Ideas (1–10)
cotton-ball mushroom
Introducing a mushroom craft made with cotton balls—its three-dimensional, colorful pattern is super cute! First, cut out the mushroom cap and stem from construction paper.
Depending on the children’s ages, the teacher should prepare the cutouts in advance.
Next, glue cotton balls in your favorite colors onto the cap, using as many as you like and arranging them however you prefer.
Finally, combine the cap with the paper stem, and you’re done! Mix and match different colored cotton balls to make it even more vibrant.
Mushroom vegetable stamp
https://www.instagram.com/p/Chb9vQgrCRj/Let’s use vegetable stamps to create autumn-like mushroom patterns! Vegetables with distinctive cross-sections, such as lotus root and okra, are perfect for stamping.
If you’re growing vegetables in the school garden, harvesting and using those is also great! Have the children stamp on drawing paper with the vegetables, and then the teacher can use that paper to make mushrooms.
They’ll look adorable if you make them in any shapes and sizes you like, or add faces.
Using vegetables as stamps isn’t something you get to do often, so it will surely be a stimulating experience for the children!
Mushroom with a balloon stamp
https://www.instagram.com/p/ClFwtkGv21P/Would you like to try making mushrooms by stamping with balloons? Have an adult inflate the balloons.
The key is to blow them up a bit smaller so they’re easy for children to hold.
Dip the balloon in paint and stamp it onto construction paper in the color of your choice.
It’s more fun if you use several colors of paint.
Finally, attach the stem pieces and your mushroom is complete.
You can draw patterns on the stem or add a face to create a unique mushroom all your own.
Perfect for autumn wall decorations, too.
Tissue paper mushroom
https://www.instagram.com/p/ChGP-IYPeor/Let’s make colorful and cute mushrooms using tissue paper! First, cut out a large mushroom stem (stipe) from construction paper.
Depending on the children’s ages, the teacher can prepare these in advance.
Next, have the children choose their favorite colors of tissue paper and crumple them into small balls.
Once they’ve made enough, place the balls on a sheet of plastic wrap and wrap them up while shaping them into a mushroom cap.
When it’s done, attach it to the construction paper stem to finish! If you like, draw a face on the stem for extra fun.
Mushrooms in bleeding watercolor
Let’s use wet-on-wet painting to make cute mushrooms for the autumn season.
We’ll start with the stem.
Apply glue all over a sheet of origami paper and attach it to a toilet paper roll.
Fold and glue the excess at the top and bottom inward.
Next, use a coffee filter to make the cap.
Draw patterns on the coffee filter with water-based markers, then mist it with water.
Once it’s dry, firmly glue the stem and cap together.
Your mushroom is complete! Be sure to spray enough water so the ink bleeds nicely.
Prepare several colors of water-based markers and let the children choose their favorites.
Crayon-resist mushroom painting
https://www.instagram.com/p/CiFNs_sp-vp/Let’s make mushrooms using a wax-resist painting technique! First, take a piece of construction paper cut into a mushroom cap shape and draw patterns on it with crayons.
Once your patterns are done, paint over the top with your favorite watercolor paint, using plenty of water for a solid wash.
The paint will resist the crayon marks, and the beautiful patterns will appear! After the paint dries, combine it with a piece of construction paper cut into the stem shape to complete your mushroom.
You can also add a face with round stickers or however you like.
Depending on the children’s ages, teachers should handle the cutting of the construction paper.
Pom-pom mushrooms made from toilet paper rolls
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch3DcuRPdjJ/Let’s use toilet paper rolls like stamps to decorate the mushroom caps! First, cut out the shapes of the mushroom stem and cap from construction paper.
Depending on the children’s ages, the teacher may want to handle the cutting.
Once the construction paper is ready, dip the open end of a toilet paper roll in paint of your choice and stamp it onto the cap with a tapping motion.
After you’ve created the pattern you like, combine it with the stem piece to complete the mushroom! It’s also a great idea to draw a face on the stem with a pen or add round stickers.
Origami: Mushroom
As one of the quintessential foods of autumn, mushrooms are surely indispensable.
The way they peek out from between fallen leaves has a certain charm.
Let’s try making mushrooms using origami.
The key point is to make fine creases to create the mushroom’s rounded shape.
By adjusting the folding method and cleverly using the reverse side of the paper, you can complete an adorable mushroom with differently colored cap and stem.
Their simple cuteness makes them perfect as accents in drawings or as part of decorations.
Torn-paper collage mushroom
https://www.instagram.com/p/CiCluODtXRW/How about adding patterns to a mushroom cap using torn-paper collage? First, cut out the mushroom cap and stem from construction paper.
If the children are old enough to use scissors, let them do it themselves; if not, the teacher should prepare the pieces in advance.
Next, tear colored origami paper into small pieces.
Then randomly glue the pieces onto the mushroom cap to decorate it.
Once you’ve covered it enough, attach the cap and stem to complete the mushroom.
If you like, draw a cute face on the stem with crayons or pens.
Bubbly little mushroom
Let’s use the bubble wrap lying around at home to make autumn-themed mushroom decorations! Draw the shapes you want on construction paper or cardstock and cut them out.
Then cut the bubble wrap to match those shapes and glue it on top.
After that, use permanent markers to color the bubble wrap.
You’ll create decorations that feel fresh thanks to bubble wrap’s unique texture.
Coloring the bubble wrap is also a sensory experience you don’t usually get, so kids are sure to enjoy it.
It’s a great craft that puts bubble wrap—often thrown away or hard to repurpose—to good use!
