Mushroom Pin-Topper Tutorial

I've been asked by my good friend Teresa how I made the mushroom pins I showed in my last post. So yesterday I grabbed out my supplies and with camera in hand, created an easy peasy tutorial for her, and thought I'd share it with all of you guys too! It is so easy, you won't believe you never knew how to make them!You will need -

• Pearl head pins
• Polymer clay in your chosen colours (I used red and white)
• Small beads
• Oven

Step one - Roll a small amount of white clay into tic tac sized and shaped pieces:Step two - Push this "tic tac" of clay up through the sharp end of the pin, so it's sitting as pictured:Step three - Roll pea-sized bits of red clay into balls:Step four - slightly flatten red clay balls as pictured:Step five - Push pearl pin head softly into the center of your flattened red ball of clay, pick it all up and gently squeeze the edges of your flattened red clay around the pin head as pictured:Step six -Once flattened all the way around and in the shape of a mushroom, add however many beads you wish to make your mushroom look shroom-y (You could also use small round balls of clay to achieve this effect):Step seven - lay on some baking paper and follow directions on your polymer clay packet to bake:Step eight - Once cooked and cooled, take pins and stick them in your pin cushion for a photo shoot!!Step nine - Leave a comment on this post letting me know that you've made some!

EDITED TO ADD:

Thankyou all so much for your wonderful comments! Here's some links to crafter's who have made their own! I love how they all turn out differently -

Teresa (of course) of All Things Vintage
Lisa at Cubby House Crafts