Easy DIY Pinecone Christmas Tree Craft
Make an Easy DIY Pinecone Christmas Tree Craft with your kids. Paint on snow and then bedazzle with glitter & beads for gifts or decorating.
Servings: 1 pinecone Christmas tree craft
Cost: $1
Equipment
- Hot glue gun and glue
Ingredients
- pinecones pick up some well shaped open pinecones
- acrylic craft paints
- glitter in the color of your choice
- wooden stars in small sizes
- empty thread spools
- washi tape
- extra supplies- paint brushes, paper plates, tweezer
- hot glue gun and glue
Instructions
- Start by painting the wooden stars. I used yellow acrylic craft paint (front, edges, back side). Work over a paper plate.
- Paint the snow on the Christmas trees. I used white acrylic craft paint. Use your brush to run down each of the little arms of the pinecone.
- While the paint is still wet you will add glitter- sprinkle it so it falls into the paint.
- Use spools that used to hold thread for the trunks or bases of the tree.Use some washi tape to cover the spool where the thread used to be.
- Hold the pine one by the tip and put some hot glue on the bottom of the pinecone (the thicker part of the pinecone). Place the pinecone on top of the spool so that it sits straight up.
- Put a little hot glue on the bottom of your painted star and place it on the top of the pinecone.
- Then put small amounts of glue on the tips of several branches and drop small beads into the glue. These are to look like ornaments on the tree. I used tweezers to drop the beads into the glue.
Video
Notes
Craft tips and variations are found on the blog post.