Pine Cone Christmas Tree by Mei-Lin Jiao
My niece brought this pine cone Christmas tree project when I picked her up from school recently, and I thought it was completely adorable! I remember a time a few years ago during the holidays, when I first moved out of my house right after college. I came home to visit my parents and was greeted by the smell of pine. As I entered the kitchen, I saw dozens and dozens of pine cones. As I made my way towards the family room, the amount of pine cones multiplied. My mom decorated those pine cones with glitter and hung them up everywhere: on the Christmas tree, on the garland on the walls and doorways, in bowls and vases. In addition to those sparkling conifer cones, I think my mom could have added an array of these pine cone Christmas trees. With just a few more days before Christmas, I included the instructions for this festive and easy DIY. Have a great weekend!
Pine Cone Christmas Trees
By Jane Lake
Turn pine cones into pretty miniature Christmas trees with three easy steps in this free Christmas craft project.
Craft Supplies for One Ornament:
- fully opened, dried pine cone
- assorted beads, small silk flowers or other small embellishments
- soda bottle cap or metal bottle cap
- green acrylic craft paint and a paint brush, or green spray paint
- craft glue
- tweezers
- optional: glitter or glitter glue
Project Instructions:
1. Paint the pine cone completely green. If desired, you can add sparkle by dusting the pine cone with glitter while the paint is still wet. Alternatively, wait until the paint is dry, then randomly add glitter glue to the tips of the pine cone.
2. Glue the bottle cap to the bottom of the pine cone.
3. To add beads, small silk flowers or other Christmas embellishments, use tweezers to dip each piece into a small puddle of craft glue, then into a space on the pine cone. Make sure that you push each bead or embellishments firmly into place.
(From AllFreeCrafts.com)