Crafty Fun

Pine Cone Trees

So I saw these absolutely adorable trees on pinterest, I had to give it a try! I am so pleased with how they came out. Here is my attempt at showing you how I created them! I found the perfect location to gather my pine cones… and have refused to share it with anyone!! After collecting I gave them all a quick mist of gold paint, not full coverage.. the tree on the right I did last and went a little overboard on the spray paint.. oops.

Then I got to snipping. Yes I actually snipped each piece off. I promise you it goes very fast with a cold beer. I found that little wire cutters worked best.

I spray painted the foam cones brown so that if I managed to miss a spot, it wouldn’t show through. I used a glue gun to attach each petal, it really went fast and it was exciting to see it all come together.

I then took a wooden dowel for the “trunk”, I applied glue to the entire “trunk” and scooped up all the scraps from the pine cones and smushed them on to give it a bark appearance. I drilled a hole in both the tree and the base… applied glue and there you have it. I really didn’t like the look of the base, so I glued some moss on. I may go back and change it up to green moss like the other two trees. You can also see the pink handled wire cutters I used.