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Home » accessories » Make Your Own Decorative Mushrooms

Make Your Own Decorative Mushrooms

October 9, 2011 Brittany Bailey

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Did you see the cute little red and white mushrooms in my terrariums that I made? They were super easy to make. I can show you how and this will only take a second.

Materials:

  • Wooden dowel rod or stick
  • Acorn tops
  • KILZ spray primer
  • Red spray paint (Rustoleum Apple Red)
  • E-6000 glue
  • Small round brush
  • White acrylic paint

Instructions:

Mark the height you want your mushrooms to be on the dowel rod. Add 1/2″ to the height for anchoring it into the soil. Cut your dowel rod (or a branch in a pinch.)

Spray your cut dowel rods (or branches) with spray primer. Be sure to coat all sides. Spray the acorn caps at the same time.

Spray paint your acorn caps red.

After the paint has dried, glue the acorn tops to the dowel rods using E-6000 glue.

Let the glue harden (about 30 minutes.) Add some dots of white paint onto the red caps.

Press your adorable little mushroom into the soil in your terrarium and then sit and wait for a fairy to move in.

See, I told you it would only take a second! Well, besides waiting for the paint to dry, this project takes less than five minutes.

I have a mushroom leftover, but I don’t have any more terrariums. Any ideas what I can do with a little lone mushroom?

UPrinting.com Giveaway Winner

I have to tell you that I really enjoyed reading all your comments on the UPrinting giveaway. Some of you had some amazing photos that you really wanted to have printed. And some of you brought tears to my eyes when reading about photos of loved ones who have passed on. You made me think about both my grandmothers who passed away over 5 years ago and who I still miss almost daily. I wish I had a photo canvas for each and everyone of you. If you didn’t win, I really hope you will look into having your photo printed as a rolled canvas and stretch it yourself to save money. Your photos are too precious not to! (Oh, don’t make me cry again.)

We do have ourselves a winner of the UPrinting.com rolled canvas! And she has a special photo in mind.

Deborah wrote: “Thank you for posting this. I would never have known you can do this yourself. I would love to have my favorite picture of my 3 kids printed in a huge size for over out sofa in the living room.”

Deborah is a blogger and homeschooling mother of three children. This month she is writing a series (inspired by The Nester) on 31 days to Slash Your Budget Painlessly on her blog Green Willow Pond.

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She has some great tips and ideas on saving money. From making your own linen napkins to making your own laundry detergent! Truly a woman after my own frugal heart.

Congratulations Deborah. Please check your email and get back to me asap to claim your prize.

 

 

 

 

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Comments

  1. Jenni says

    October 23, 2011 at 11:52 pm

    Adorable!! These are so cute!! Please hop over and share them on my Rust-Oleum LOVE Project Parade Linky!!!
    http://kissedbyafrog.blogspot.com/p/rust-oleum-craft-project-parade-linky.html
    HUGS~
    Jenni

  2. Lucy says

    October 10, 2011 at 3:23 pm

    As usual, my reaction was “Now, why didn’t I think of that?” Nice work. Thanks for sharing all your great ideas and projects.

    • Brittany (aka Pretty Handy Girl) says

      October 21, 2011 at 1:46 pm

      Lucy, you are welcome. And, not sure why you didn’t think of the acorn mushroom idea. Maybe you weren’t challenged to come up with some color in a terrarium 😉

  3. Deborah says

    October 10, 2011 at 1:25 pm

    In all my excitement I forgot to say how adorable I think your terrariums are. Those mushrooms add just the right little pop of color!

  4. Deborah says

    October 10, 2011 at 1:21 pm

    Squeal!! Thank you so much Brittany. I never win anything! I am doing cartwheels in my head…if I tried it for real I’d be sure to hurt myself LOL! What a great way to start my week. Thank you also for your lovely feature of my blog. I am honored, because I just love yours.

    I will definitely do a post and let you know when I receive the canvas. Thanks again and have a fabulous week.

  5. Karmen says

    October 10, 2011 at 9:21 am

    Acorn you said. You’re a genius! Beautiful work. I like your terrarium very much…. and dinosaur has found a new home too.

  6. Laura @ Our Prairie Home says

    October 10, 2011 at 8:22 am

    Ingenious! Love those little mushrooms! And congrats to Deborah! 🙂

  7. pavani reddy says

    October 10, 2011 at 7:11 am

    nice tute…

Hi, I'm Brittany aka Pretty Handy Girl. I like the smell of coffee and sawdust in the morning. I live to break stereotypes and empower you to take on your own DIY project.

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