Paper Mushrooms
Mushrooms are a food that are familiar to everyone. The world of mushrooms is deep and full of mysteries. Did you know that there are several million varieties of mushrooms worldwide? Let us observe them carefully and create several types of mushrooms. Shiitake, shimeji, king oyster mushrooms, enoki mushrooms… What colors and shapes are they? How to they feel to the touch? How big are they? What do poisonous mushrooms look like?
Roll up and roll out a large piece of paper, exercising your imagination and creating the shape. Don’t you think the texture of paper resembles that of a mushroom? This is an extremely simple and fun autumn craft.
Materials
– Newspaper, craft paper, or other recycled paper *whatever you happen to have in the house
– Colored paper for decoration
– Tape and glue
Instructions for making
Step 1. Create the basic shape
Roll up the recycled paper to create the basic shape. Later you will wrap it with decorative paper so just scrunch it up as much as you want. Depending on the mushroom type, you can make the cap round, triangular, or long and thin. Making a donut shape will make it easier to later wrap with decorative paper. The shaft is a long, thin shape however it does not need to be completely straight and should be thicker towards the bottom. Look carefully at your mushroom model while creating the cap and shaft.
Step 2. Wrap with the decorative paper
Wrap with the decorative colored paper. Stretch out and use the folds so that the paper covers the donut-shaped base of the cap. Wrap the base paper like you are gift-wrapping it.
Step 3. Glue together
Glue the shaft and cap together to complete your mushroom. Try making a small mushroom, a big mushroom – all kinds of mushrooms.
