Inside: 22 best on-trend mushroom crafts and DIYs for adults to make.
Walk into any home store, from high-end interiors to the high street, and you’ll be hard-pushed to avoid the wonderfully whimsical fungi. The mushroom trend seems to be growing; you’ll find a fungi motif on crockery and pillows to doormats.
It’s even penetrating fashion with great fungi-printed PJs and shirts.
The rise in mushroom-core reflects the general trend for nature-inspired interiors and crafts. And it’s not just the popular cartoon-like red and white toadstools but more fungi in subtle natural colours.
Check out the vintage mushroom charts on Pictureboxblue to see the fantastic variety of shapes and colours that mushrooms come in. The free fungal prints also make great wall art.
The Best Mushroom Crafts For Adults
Inspired by this trend, I have been making mushroom decorations. It’s amazing what different materials you can use for making fungi. You can make them out of scrap fabric, acorns, paper, cotton wool, clay and even concrete.
You should find the perfect mushroom DIY in this list of ideas to inspire you to embrace this remarkable mushroom-core trend, from tiny bowls of painted pasta mushrooms to giant concrete toadstools for the garden.
Check out these vintage James Sowerby fungal drawings if you want mushroom images for your decoupage crafts.
DIY Fabric Mushrooms - Free Pattern
I warn you once you start this fabric mushroom craft, you won't want to stop. They are easy to hand sew and can be made with small fabric scraps and sample swatches. There are many fantastic ideas for how to display them too.
Repruposed Styrofoam Mushrooms
You can paint these gorgeous DIY styrofoam mushrooms in any colour to suit your decor. They are made from repurposing old styrofoam pumpkins used for fall decor. I love a mushroom decoration to a pumpkin one any day.
How To Make A Cute Fabric Mushroom Display
Print paintings of real mushrooms onto fabric at home to make this fabulous fabric fungus display for your mantle.
DIY Upcycled Book Page Mushrooms
To make these cute paper mushrooms from book pages, you’ll need old books, scissors or a craft knife, hot glue and a pencil. They look fantastic on the mantle and are a fun gift for book lovers.
DIY Pasta Mushrooms
Orecchiette pasta is the perfect shape for a mushroom cap. At the same time, there are several pasta shape options for the stems.
Fantasy Curly Top Mushrooms and Crescent Moon Wreath
Make a mystical moon wreath with two curly top fairytale-like clay mushrooms.
How to Make Baked Cotton Mushrooms
This unique craft combines cotton wool, flour and water to make these cute toadstools.
Mushrooms, Magic and Paper Mache
Mini paper mache mushrooms, I love their shape and the clever use of pleated paper for the gills.
Mushroom stamping art
Try different mushrooms for different patterns in a fun DIY mushroom craft for adults and children.
Crepe Paper Mushroom Tutorial
Make these crepe paper mushrooms in a variety of sizes and add a touch of watercolour paint.
Crochet Mushroom Applique
Crochet mini mushroom, perfect for embellishing clothes, blankets, hats, etc. Or turn them into a woodland garland.
Acorn Toadstools!
Great for fairy gardens, paint acorns to look like mini toadstools.
Mushroom Tote Bag pattern by Rachel Veenstra
A free crochet pattern to make this gorgeous mushroom tote bag.
DIY: Giant Papier Mache Mushroom
This would be a fun paper mache decoration for any summer garden party.
DIY Mushroom Patch – Cute Cottagecore Craft Idea
Customize your clothing and accessories by making these fun fungi fabric patches.
DIY Bundt Pan Toadstools
Raid your kitchen cupboards for old Bundt cake tins and turn them into garden toadstools.
Crochet mushroom pattern | Free woodland amigurumi pattern
A free pattern to make these super cute 3D amigurumi fungi.
DIY Tutorial For A Large Concrete Mushroom!
A tutorial for a large magical DIY concrete mushroom for your garden or yard. It works out a lot cheaper than buying one from the garden centre.
Felt Mushroom Garland Tutorial
Decorate your fall mantle with one of these colourful felt mushroom garlands.
DIY: Plush Toadstool
Free pattern and tutorial to make this large plush toadstool.
DIY: Super Cute Air Dry Clay Mushroom Ornaments
No need for a kiln. These whimsical mushrooms are made with air dry clay.
Make Garden Stools That Look Like Toadstools
Not only are these fun fungi, but they are handy garden furniture too.
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Michelle
Monday 13th of February 2023
Lordy, if there's one craft I don't need any encouragement to do more of, it's mushrooms. What a gorgeous collection of ideas. Thanks, Claire. I'll be adding a few of these to my list of "must make soon".
Claire Armstrong
Monday 13th of February 2023
Thank you, I love all your mushroom crafts too. They are fungi's to craft.
Julie
Friday 10th of February 2023
This is a lovely collection but it's really not helping my already very long "to do list" as I'm now forced to add a toadstool crochet bag!!!
Claire Armstrong
Friday 10th of February 2023
Thank you, that toadstool bag is adorable and you need to make it!