We love the changing seasons here at Babipur and it seems our team does too! Join us getting creative with some Autumn Crafts. We have a great selection of eco craft supplies, ready for your imagination to run wild!

Huge thanks to our buddies and team for getting stuck in to create some fantastic Autumn Crafts to share with you all on the Babipur Blog.

In this blog we have featured some of the craft resources you can find at Babipur.

Mushroom Felting with Glückskäfer

A set of handcrafted Gluckskafer felted wool mushrooms displayed on a wooden surface with autumn-themed decorative props like pinecones, leaves, and dried flowers in a warm, styled indoor setting.

Autumn has got to be one of my favourite seasons. The changing colours of nature, golden sunlight, crisp air, crunchy leaves and fun autumnal crafts.

There’s nothing quite like getting cosy on the sofa as the nights draw in and getting your crafting on!

Needle Felting is such a lovely craft. I love that you can turn a ball of wool into a fuzzy felted creation. It is the perfect time of year to make Autumnal themed decorations for seasonal displays and small world play.

A wooden house-shaped shelf filled with colorful wooden toy figures and small decorative pieces, styled on a tabletop with Gluckskafer felt mushrooms, dried flowers, pinecones, and a glass vase of botanicals against a light wall.

Needle felting is the process by which you use the needles to poke the wool to interlock and entangle the wool fibres together and shaping it into the desired shape.

All you need to get started is:
- Glückskäfer wool
- Felting needles
- Felting mat

A handcrafted Gluckskafer felted wool mushroom pin or ornament with an orange cap, white spots, and a green-and-white stem, displayed on a small burlap pillow over a wooden surface.

I’ve have been eager to test out the Glukskafer wool from Babipur so was really excited to be given the opportunity to create something for their Autumnal craft blog and what calls out Autumn more than toadstools!

We love nothing more than a walk in the woods spotting all the unusual fungi. Toadstools are one of nature’s amazing treasures. We absolutely love them here and it’s no wonder they are one of my favourite felting creations to make.

Creating a felt toadstool couldn’t be simpler and are great for beginners. Here’s my step by step guide:

A six-panel collage showing the step-by-step creation of a Gluckskafer felted mushroom figurine. The process begins with wool felt pieces on a burlap cushion, progressing from a white stem to an orange cap with white spots, and finally to a painted green and yellow flower at the base.

Place your wool on the felting mat and use your felting needle at a diagonal angle and poke into the wool. This will entangle the wool ‘felt’ so it holds together.

Slowly turn the wool as you do this and it will become firm and felted into the shape you require. I make the stem and cap separately and attach once all the details have been added.

A Gluckskafer felt mushroom pin cushion set on a burlap pillow, with an orange felt mushroom featuring white spots in the foreground, metal pins inserted, and other colorful felt mushrooms in the background on a wooden surface.

You can create toadstools in all different shapes and sizes which will add a lovely personal touch to your Autumn seasonal display.

My tip to make your toadstool stand up is to apply more wool to base of the stem to make it wide and tapered. Use the needle to poke upward into the base of the toadstool making it firm enough for standing.

Three handcrafted Gluckskafer felt mushroom figurines in red, orange, and yellow with white spots, displayed on a round wooden plate with pinecones and autumn leaves, with a blurred background of toys and dried flowers.

ÖkoNORM Modelling Clay Pumpkins

A decorative autumn tabletop with small Okonorm modelling clay pumpkins, a medium squash, a lit candle, and colorful number cutouts in the background on a wooden surface.

Autumn is my favourite season. I was talking to my Dad the other day, we were saying how it feels like such a poignant time of year. We reflect on all the summer fun we’ve had, whilst embracing the change of the seasons, welcoming in the darker evenings and cosy days. All around us is a constantly changing colour palette that just feels like a little bit of magic.

A close-up of a child's hand arranging Okonorm modelling clay in a yellow box on a wooden table, with autumn decorations like pumpkins and candles in the softly blurred background.

Last week I spent some quiet time with my youngest son Eli making some mini pumpkins from ÖkoNORM modelling clay. We use this a lot, it keeps Eli busy for ages chopping and mushing colours together – perfect for for developing motor skills.

A child sits at a wooden table and cuts a purple stick of Okonorm modelling clay. Pink and green pieces of playdough are scattered on the table.

He was able to roll little balls to make the start of a pumpkin and start to make some marks with a cocktail stick down the side. I helped finishing off the details!

A young child holds a small Okonorm clay pumpkin while another hand holds a paintbrush nearby, set against a softly blurred indoor background.

To add a bit more texture to the design, we dusted them with Natural Earth Paints. We use this a lot as a colouring ‘dust’ as well as mixing with water to make paints too. The earthy tones of these paints are perfect for Autumn.