Learn how to make cute Acorn Cap Mushroom Ornaments with our step-by-step guide. Perfect for adding a whimsical touch to your holiday decor!
Depending on where you live, acorn caps can be found in abundance just by walking around outside (like in my yard!). Once you have washed the acorns, they make lovely craft supplies.
One of my favorite ways to use them is to make felt ball acorns with them, using the acorn cap on top of a felt ball. We made felt ball acorn ornaments and they were a hit.
Today, we are going to use acorn caps in a new way. By hot gluing them onto a small section of a branch, we will make DIY acorn cap mushroom ornaments that are just the cutest!
Here's how to make them!
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Why You'll Love This Craft
- Craft projects made with items from nature are fun because you might not have to buy anything! If you live in a place with oak trees, you can scavenge for acorn caps and sticks, and once the acorns have been cleaned, they are ready to use!
- There is something so whimsical and quaint about acorns - and acorn caps especially. We've used them to make felt ball acorns and as a little hat for a pinecone person ornament. I love any project that uses acorn caps!
- Natural ornaments are beautiful, rustic, and classic. These acorn cap mushroom ornaments take it a step further by being teeny tiny - I love anything miniature which makes them so much more fun!
Craft Supplies Needed
- Acorn Caps - Cleaned and ready for crafts using this method, if you collect your own.
- Small Sticks or Branches - These will become the mushroom stems.
- Hot Glue Gun and Glue - This is the best glue for this project because it dries fastest and holds strong.
- Twine - I used a thin twine as the hanging string for my ornaments because it is rustic and pairs well with the natural materials of the mushroom. You could also use string, embroidery floss, or bakers twine as hanging string too.
- Scissors - To cut the hanging string.
- Pruning Shears - I used these to cut the sticks into stem sections.
How to Make Acorn Cap Mushroom Ornaments
Step 1. Cut tree branches into 1" lengths using pruning shears.
These are going to be the mushroom stems.
Step 2. Dab hot glue into the underside of an acorn cap, and add a branch piece, making a "mushroom cap and stem."
Hold them in place until the glue is dry.
Step 3. Repeat for all of the acorn caps and branch pieces.
They will form little teeny acorn mushrooms.
Step 4. Cut a piece of twine and tie it into a loop to make a hanging string.
Hot glue the bottom of the loop to the top of the acorn cap.
Let the glue dry.
Step 5. Repeat for all acorn mushrooms until they each have a hanging string.
That's it!
Your acorn cap mushroom ornaments are finished!
Aren't they just the cutest little things?
Common Questions
If you don't live in a place where you can collect acorn caps outdoors, you can buy them from a store. Check craft stores, online from Amazon, or from personal sellers on Etsy or eBay.
If you don't have any branches or sticks to use as mushroom stems, you could use wooden dowels for the stems. You can also find sticks at craft stores, on Amazon, and from sellers on Etsy and eBay too.
They really are so cute and fun to make, aren't they?? They would work great as part of a fairy house (and maybe alongside some tiny felt ball pumpkins??). I also think they could be made into little mushroom earrings - but a metal eye screw would need to be inserted into the top of the acorn cap so the earring hook has something to attach to. (A future tutorial idea, perhaps??)
They are so simple and yet quite striking hanging on a tree.
These tiny acorn cap mushroom ornaments are the perfect addition to a nature-themed Christmas tree, or used in rustic chic holiday decor.
They look lovely on a traditional evergreen tree, on a more modern flocked tree, or even on a white Christmas tree.
And, if you want to try something totally new, you could use a simple bare tree branch as your Christmas tree and these beauties would still look fantastic on that too!
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How to Make Acorn Cap Mushroom Ornaments
Materials
- Acorn Caps
- Small Sticks or Branches
- Hot Glue Gun and Glue
- Twine
- Scissors
- Pruning Shears
Instructions
- Cut tree branches into 1" lengths using pruning shears.These are going to be the mushroom stems.
- Dab hot glue into the underside of an acorn cap, and add a branch piece, making a "mushroom cap and stem."Hold them in place until the glue is dry.
- Repeat for all of the acorn caps and branch pieces.They will form little teeny acorn mushrooms.
- Cut a piece of twine and tie it into a loop to make a hanging string.Hot glue the bottom of the loop to the top of the acorn cap.Let the glue dry.
- Repeat for all acorn mushrooms until they each have a hanging string.
Notes
- If you can't collect your own acorn caps, you can buy them on Amazon, from sellers on Etsy and eBay, and they may be available at your local craft store as well.
- Sticks are also sold at craft stores and online. Or, you can use small wooden dowels as the mushroom stems too.
- You can also use any type of string, embroidery floss, or baker's twine as hanging string if you don't have twine or don't want to use it.
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