We’re featuring another quick Christmas craft today—a
tabletop pinecone tree. Consider making several in varying heights to display
on a mantle or as a centerpiece for a festive holiday dinner.
If you collect your own pinecones, you’ll want to let
them dry out for several days first. You can also buy bags of pinecones at
craft stores. Make sure you collect or buy male pinecones. These are the
pinecones that have the scales spread apart, rather than the female cones,
which have the scales closed up tightly. Female pinecones won’t work for this
craft project.
Directions are provided for one 8” pinecone tree.
Adjust your materials accordingly if you want to make a larger one or several.
Materials
Two or three male pinecones, depending on size
8” Styrofoam cone
low-temp glue gun
white spray paint
crystal and gold glitter paints
1. Remove the scales from the pinecones.
2. Using the glue gun and beginning at the bottom of
the cone, glue a row of scales around the cone. The point of the scales should
be even with the bottom of the cone. Working your way up, glue additional rows
of scales, overlapping the previous row slightly. Glue scales to a point at the
top of the cone.
3. Spray a light coat of white paint over the
pinecones, allowing some of the natural brown of the pinecones to show through.
4. Brush pinecones with crystal glitter paint. Allow
to dry.
5. Dry brush gold glitter paint over scales,
concentrating the paint at the ends of the scales.
Tip: Let your pinecone trees do double-duty. Leave
them unpainted for Thanksgiving, then paint them afterwards for Christmas.
2 comments:
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks for stopping by, Angela!
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