[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.
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[Autumn Crafts] Simple & Fun! Mushroom Craft Ideas (11–20)
Autumn Origami! How to Fold a Mushroom

Prepare two sheets of origami paper, round stickers, and glue to make a cute, original mushroom.
We’ll create it in two parts: the cap and the stem.
For the cap, fold the paper into a triangle, then fold the corners to shape it like a mushroom cap.
For the stem, make a triangular crease, then fold the left and right corners toward the center twice.
Tuck the tip into the crease, adjust the shape, and round it out to complete the stem.
Glue the cap and stem together, add the round stickers, and enjoy making your own original mushroom!
Autumn wall display! Mushrooms and bagworms

This is a wall decoration of mushrooms and bagworms that’s fun to stick on with glue.
First, make the parts.
Using construction paper in your favorite colors, cut out mushrooms in various shapes.
If you’re working with small children, please cut them in advance.
After cutting slits in the mushrooms, cut separate pieces of construction paper to serve as the stems.
Next, make the bagworms.
Have the children help with what they can, like drawing the eyes.
Now for the assembly.
Tear pieces of construction paper and glue them onto a background sheet to form the bagworm’s body.
Add the eyes and a little hat, too.
Finally, overlap the mushroom pieces at the slits and glue them so they become three-dimensional—that’s it, you’re done.
Cute mushrooms on the wall, too.
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Fold the origami paper in half into a square twice to make creases, then open it.
Fold the top left and right corners in to meet at the center.
Turn the paper over, fold the bottom edge up to match the horizontal crease, then turn it over again and fold the left and right sides in along the vertical creases.
Fold the top triangular part downward, then use that crease to make a pleat fold.
Squash the pleated sections from both sides into triangles to form the mushroom’s cap and stem.
Finally, tuck the remaining corners inward to round out the shape, and you’re done.
Drawing a face on it makes it even cuter.
Mushroom House
Someone is coming out of the window! Here’s an idea for a mushroom house.
What you’ll need: polka-dot origami paper, pale orange or light brown origami paper, half-size cut origami sheets, your favorite animals or people made from origami, and glue.
Use the polka-dot paper to make the mushroom roof, and finish it off in the shape of a cute house with the pale orange or light brown paper.
If you decorate it with small animals or figures, it will open up a storybook-like world.
Cutting and pasting origami will be a great opportunity to nurture creativity!
Easy Mushroom Origami Instructions

When you think of autumn flavors, many people probably imagine mushrooms.
Let’s make a mushroom out of origami.
First, fold the origami paper in half into a square twice, then open it and fold two corners toward the center.
Next, turn it over and fold the remaining two corners up to form a rectangle.
Turn it over again, fold the left and right sides inward, then fold it in half.
Fold down only the white part.
Fold the left and right sides of the white part inward.
Finally, fold all the corners inward to create rounded edges, and you’re done.
Feel free to draw patterns on your mushroom by adding drawings or stickers.
Mushroom chopstick rest

Make your mushroom-themed table even more festive! Here are some ideas for mushroom chopstick rests.
All you need is 9-cm square origami paper.
Fold the 9-cm squares into mushroom shapes and display them on the table as chopstick rests.
Just having handmade mushroom chopstick rests can make mealtime more fun! Since you’ll be using small 9-cm origami paper, it’s best to work together with a parent or teacher.
Until you get used to the folding steps, we recommend starting with 15-cm square origami paper.
[Autumn Crafts] Simple & Fun! Mushroom Craft Ideas (21–30)
shimeji mushrooms

Let’s make it by pasting origami together! Here’s an idea for shimeji mushrooms.
All you need to prepare is brown origami paper and scissors.
Enjoy the excitement as if you’re creating a tiny mushroom forest! Shimeji mushrooms are characterized by clusters of small caps, and by steadily layering and attaching pieces of brown origami, you can complete a whole cluster of shimeji.
It’s fun to recreate their mysterious shape! Now, let’s make a shimeji forest with origami.


