This fall we are decorating the house and garden with cute mushrooms. We offer you several DIY ideas that are the perfect activity for families with children. But other craft enthusiasts will certainly appreciate the beautiful autumn decorations with mushrooms.
Autumn decoration ideas for the front door and entrance area: door wreath with mushrooms
The first idea for DIY fall decorations is for a door wreath made of moss and mushrooms. For the wreath you need a Styrofoam ring, hot glue, a moss mat on a paper base and the mushrooms. First, cut the moss mat into 5 cm wide strips and stick them onto the Styrofoam ring.
Then make the mushrooms out of Styrofoam cones, crepe paper and modeling clay. Wait until theModeling clay hardensand then you can paint the mushrooms red. For this purpose you can use watercolors or acrylic paints. Then stamp white dots on the mushrooms with Styrofoam.
To make the arrangement look as natural as possible, you can put together mushrooms in different sizes and then attach them to the wreath. This beautiful decoration can decorate the apartment door, the covered front door or the entrance area.
Autumn crafts with children: mushrooms made from plastic plates and Styrofoam cones
Large mushroom figures are perfect as decoration in the children's room, in the hallway or in the living area. For the next craft project you will need red mason plates, stamps, white acrylic paint, green construction paper and cones. First stamp the red plates with white dots, cut out grass from the green construction paper and then assemble the mushrooms. This craft idea is perfect for kindergarten-aged children. The mushrooms can be put together quickly and easily and there are plenty of different tasks for the children to keep themselves busy with.
Large mushroom figures as table decorations for autumn and winter
Large mushroom figures made from modeling clay, polystyrene cones and fabric are a real eye-catcher and the perfect decoration for the transitional period between autumn and winter. These can be staged with pine cones and branches as well as with fruits, butterflies and other decorative figures.
Leave the stamping and cutting out the cones to the children. School-age children in particular will be enthusiastic about the task.
Arrange autumn decorations with mushrooms on a cake stand
Do you have a cake stand made from tree slices? You can also arrange colorful autumn decorations on it. Place the stand on a side table and cover it with moss and grasses in small pots. Make different sized mushrooms out of crepe paper, Styrofoam and modeling clay. Decorate the cake stand with other small decorative figures - butterflies made of cardboard, ladybugs made of modeling clay and hedgehogs made of pine cones and leather.
You can make the mushrooms as simple or as complicated as you like. This means the craft idea can be adapted to the age of the children.
Natural autumn decoration with mushrooms for the table
An effective autumn decoration that looks as natural as possible: This is how your next craft project can be described. Decorate the table with treasures from nature. Organize a trip to the forest and collect twigs, moss, cones. In addition, you can arrange herbs or other fragrant plants on the table.
Then the real work begins: you can grow mushrooms with the children. For this purpose, you can purchase mushroom spawn at the garden center. In order for the mushrooms to grow quickly, they still need suitable breeding ground. Large twigs or branches that you trim to size provide such a breeding ground. Coffee grounds also promote growth and can continue to help. If you want to save yourself the work and effort, then rely on a ready-made culture in substrate balls. Together with the children you can then water the bales and watch the mushrooms grow. This variant has the advantage that the first mushrooms appear after just 2 - 3 days.
ThisDIY idea is for childrenideal for primary school. You can explain the cultivation of mushrooms in a playful way and read more about the mushrooms themselves. Proper handling of mushrooms is also important. Explain to the children that there are edible and inedible mushrooms.
Autumn decoration for the flower box: mushrooms made of corrugated cardboard and felt
The next DIY idea is perfect as a decoration for the flower box. You will need cotton swabs for the trunk, white felt and red fabric paint, and white corrugated cardboard for the hat. First, cut the details out of corrugated paper and form small cones out of them. Cover the cones with the white felt fabric and paint it dark red. Then you can put the mushroom figures together.
These can be perfectly staged with moss and dry leaves and flowers and bring a vintage touch into the house. But they also look good as decorative plugs for the flower box.
Illuminated autumn decorations in a natural look
The final autumnal arrangement looks good not only during the day but also in the evening. You need mushroom figures made from modeling clay, batteries and LED lights. Attach a Led light directly under the cap of each mushroom. These will look particularly attractive in the evening. Thesubtle lightingwill really set the scene for the whole arrangement. You can also use other natural materials (a large branch, pine branches, pine cones, etc.) to stylishly present the illuminated mushrooms.
