DIY Garden Mushrooms Using Thrift Store Glassware

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Square closeup of a finished DIY Garden Mushrooms

Create whimsical DIY garden mushrooms using thrifted glassware and solar lights. This budget-friendly upcycle project is perfect for adding charm to your garden.

DIY Garden Mushrooms – Video

YouTube video

Supplies

How to make DIY Garden Mushrooms – 3 Easy Steps

STEP 1:

Start by spray painting your glassware with frosted spray paint. I spray-painted the inside of the bowl to reduce paint wear from the outside elements. The links to the spray paint I used are above. This is an optional step.

Photo of three glass bowls that have been painted with three different frost glass spray paints in orchid, sea foam green and frosted coral.
Inside view of the glass bowls painted with frost spray paint.

STEP 2:

Next, glue on glass gems in any pattern you like. I do recommend using silicone caulk to glue everything. It’s waterproof and good for outdoor use. Take your time with this. Some of my gems slid right off, so I tried to glue them in stages to give the adhesive time to set up a little.

Tube of GE Silicone Adhesive shown with glass gems around it.
Silicone glue.

STEP 3:

Glue a solar light to your mushroom top. Depending on the glassware, you may need to flip the vase upside down and attach the light to the bottom, or place the light inside a jar filled with glass gems. Secure the mushroom tops to the bases with the solar light centered between them.

Top of a dollar store solar light in front showing placement with a vase (mushroom base) in front.
Dollar Tree solar light removed from the stake.
Showing option to fill a mason jar with glass jems and sit a dollar store solar light inside.
Another option: Fill a clear vase or jar with glass gems and place a solar light inside.
DIY Garden Mushrooms during the day shot decorated with colorful glass gems sparkling in the sun with a gnome in front.
DIY Garden Mushrooms in daylight.

Another photo of my garden mushrooms at dusk.

Three DIY mushrooms made with thrifted glassware and decorated with glass gems, lit up at night with solar lights.
DIY Garden Mushrooms at dusk.
Vertical image with three DIY Garden mushrooms in the grass with wild flowers behind and a stone gnome.
Star divider used has two hand drawn lines with a star in the center, used as a content break and signals new or different content below. This doodle style illustration is in a medium charcoal gray.

– MORE TO EXPLORE –

Repurposed Kitchenware + Free Printable Thank You Cards + Ideas For Vintage Tins

Two vintage red handle kitchen mashers used as bookends with blue, red and light blue books in between on a shelf.
Horizontal image of three Kawaii Fruit Thank You Cards - Strawberry, Pineapple and Cherries.
Closeup of a vintage yellow Mambo's Coconut Macaroon tin on a shelf with other vintage tins.
Two vintage red handle kitchen mashers used as bookends with blue, red and light blue books in between on a shelf.
Repurposed Kitchenware
Horizontal image of three Kawaii Fruit Thank You Cards - Strawberry, Pineapple and Cherries.
Free Printable Thank You Cards
Closeup of a vintage yellow Mambo's Coconut Macaroon tin on a shelf with other vintage tins.
Ideas For Vintage Tins

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