How to decorate pine cones for Christmas
To decorate pine cones for Christmas and to have them spreading their sharp and fresh scent all over the house is probably one of the most welcoming gestures during Christmas.
There is nothing better than a warm pine cone wreath for the home which is easy to make and easier to embellish with different things. By changing a few trinkets it acts as a year round decor over the fire place or simply as a Christmas item on the doors, greeting visitors. Here are some simple instructions to make ornamental pine cones for Christmas.
A few directions
- The first and the foremost thing is to put the ingredients together. The things you would need include some pine and fir cones, a tube of glue, glitter, fake snow and other trinkets to decorate your work of art. A bright attitude and other family members including children add more fun to the proceedings.
- To begin with, spread glue all over the pine cones. Kids can use a paint brush to cover them with glue. Once the cones are liberally smeared with glue, gently sprinkle sparklers or glitter on them.
- For the really small children put glitter into a small paper bag. The glue smeared pine cones can be dropped into the bag and shaken to coat them with glitter.
- Another way to make these pine cone ornaments is to have the kids use glitter glue to decorate the pine cones. This way the process can be accomplished in one step.
- Still another way to decorate pine cones is to spray them with fake snow and then leave them on newspapers to dry. You could try attaching some ribbons at the bottom of the cones for extra embellishments.
- Now, using construction paper make some thin handles for the cones and attach them to the cones with glue. These cones are now ready to be hung up as ornaments.
Do’s
- To give the cones a heavenly aroma dab some glue on the inside edges of the cone petals (using fingers) and sprinkle mixed spice powder on them. Shake to remove excess powder.
Don’ts
- Do not ever use a glue gun to stick trinkets and ornaments on the cones.