How to Make a Paper Honeycomb Mushroom
This charming paper honeycomb mushroom is so cute and surprisingly simple to make. Print the template, trace your pieces, and assemble a paper mushroom that looks straight out of an enchanted forest.
Yield: 1 paper honeycomb mushroom
Cost: $1
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Instructions
Step 1: Find what you need
- Gather your supplies and materials.
Step 2: Make the mushroom cap
- Print our free paper honeycomb mushroom template and cut out the shapes.(We recommend printing the template on cardstock or copying the pattern onto cardboard for a sturdy template that’s easy to trace).
- Trace the mushroom cap onto red paper and cut out 23 pieces.
- Fold each of the cap pieces in half from right to left.
- Open the fold and add a horizontal line of glue in the middle of one side.
- Fold in half again, pressing down to make it stick. Repeat for the rest of the pieces.
- Add 2 horizontal lines of glue to the folded shape: 1 near the top, and 1 near the bottom.
- Set one of the other folded shapes on top. Line up the edges as you connect the 2 pieces of paper.
- Repeat this process until all the cap pieces are connected.
- Make sure the edges are well lined up, then attach a medium sized binder clip to keep the papers together as the glue dries.(It will take several hours for the glue to dry, but we prefer to leave it overnight.)
Step 3: Make the mushroom stem
- Trace the mushroom stem onto white paper and cut out 15 pieces.
- Fold each of the stems in half from right to left. Unfold and add a horizontal line of glue to the middle.Fold the stem in half again and repeat with the rest of the pieces.
- Add glue near the top and bottom of the folded stem.
- Connect the next stem, and repeat with the rest. Line up the edges and use a binder clip to keep them together.
Step 4: Open the shapes
- Once the glue is completely dry, remove the binder clip from the cap and slowly open the papers to reveal a honeycomb shape.
- Add 2 lines of glue to one of the flat sides (the former top or bottom of the bundle).
- Bring the outside edges together, creating the mushroom cap shape. Secure the papers in place with small binder clips as the glue dries.
- Repeat with the mushroom stem.
Step 5: Attach the cap to the stem
- Once the glue is dry, remove the binder clips from the stem and set it upright. Use the template to cut a large circle from white paper. Add a generous amount of glue to it.
- Place the spot, glue side down, onto the top of the stem.
- Add more glue on top of the stem (on the spot) and connect the center of the cap to the stem. Allow to dry.
Step 6: Add spots to the cap
- Trace the circle templates and cut about 10 more spots in varying sizes.
- Use a generous amount of glue to attach them around the mushroom cap. Hold them in place for a minute until they stay on their own.
- Your paper honeycomb mushroom is complete!
- Have fun making more 3D paper mushrooms in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colours!
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