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Is there anything cuter than a mushroom with polka dots?

I'm excited to share this video tutorial with you and show you, step by step, how to make these mushrooms. CLICK HERE to watch the video and please consider subscribing to my YouTube channel here!

I'm so pleased with the way these DIY mushrooms turned out, and they were very easy to make!

Follow the directions in THIS VIDEO to see exactly how I made these air dry clay mushrooms and added polka dots and a super glossy finish.

• DAS air dry clay
• toothpicks
• craft paintbrush with a flat head
• craft paint of choice
• white acrylic paint
• DecoArt Triple Thick brush on Gloss Glaze or Rustoleum Triple Thick Glaze (spray)
• heat gun or blow dryer
• styrofoam rounds and balls
• preserved moss

I also wanted to share some tips that made crafting these little mushrooms even easier.

I found toothpicks to be indispensible when making my mushrooms! It allows you to stand the mushrooms up while drying, with no danger to toppling. Using a toothpick makes it so easy to display the mushrooms and tuck them down into a bed of moss. You can easily adjust them to stand any which way you desire.

You must insert a toothpick into the clay while its still wet. Once the mushrooms are dry, the toothpick can be pulled out. This gives you options for displaying the  mushrooms. You can always reinsert the toothpick when you need to because the mushrooms have dried with that toothpick shaped hole in their stems.

Using a styrofoam round to hold the mushrooms while you are working with them, makes it so much easier! This is especially true once you start painting them and they must be left alone to dry.

I also found small styrofoam balls to be the ideal base to tuck into a small vessel for displaying the clay mushrooms. A little moss on top and you don't even notice it, but it gives the toothpick something to grip and helps the mushrooms to stay where you put them.

Another option that will help to display the mushrooms is small river rocks. Fill the vessel you are using with the rocks, top with moss, and you'll find the mushrooms with their toothpicks will stand upright.

If you're planning to use a glaze to add a glossy finish to the mushroom caps (which I highly recommend!), it doesn't matter what type of paint you use. Just grab a brush and paint!

Make sure the paint is completely dry before adding the polka dots. As I did in the video, dip the end of a small craft brush into white paint and dab it on to create polka dots.

Again, this paint must be completely dry before moving on! You can speed up the drying time by using a heat gun or blow dryer, as I did in the video.

Brush on the gloss glaze, or spray the tops with the triple thick glaze (I would do this outdoors) for a super glossy finish. This step is optional but in my opinion is what really sets these mushrooms apart and makes them look SO cute! I opted to leave the stems of my mushrooms unpainted and unglazed, but you could do whatever you'd like to!

I tucked some of my DIY clay mushrooms into an ironstone bowl on my coffee bar, and decorated it for St Patrick's day with several other easy and inexpensive DIYs. You can see the entire St Patrick's day post here.

I also tucked some of the mushrooms into my repurposed wall cubby where I love to display my small ironstone creamers, and other seasonal decor that gets switched out often.

I hope I've inspired you to make some clay mushrooms! If you're looking for a start to finish tutorial, please watch the video I've linked to above. As always, if you have any questions or comments, just drop them below!

How would you display clay mushrooms with polka dots? I'd love to hear!

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