It's once again the perfect time for crafts because the magical Christmas season is approaching. And since the weather isn't quite so good anymore and you'd rather make yourself comfortable at home, you can use it for fun afternoons of crafts to get into the Christmas spirit. Would you perhaps like to make something with your children using pine cones for Christmas?
Whether simply with paints or additional craft materials such as mason jars, beads, pompoms, etc., beautiful Christmas decorations can also be made with children.
Ideas for crafting with pine cones – painting and decorating
As a basis for further homemade decorations, the tree cones can be easily designed using acrylic paints or glitter glue. To do this, the paint is simply applied to the seed scales with a brush. A drop of hot glue offers the opportunity to glue beads or small pom-poms in place.
You can then stand up the finished cones or attach a hanging loop and use them as window decorations for Christmas. Or you can choose one of the following decoration ideas for crafting with children with pine cones for Christmas:
Small Christmas tree in a glass
Glue the pine cone of any design to the lid of a mason jar with hot glue. You can also paint this beforehand. Add other decorative elements as desired (e.g. artificial snow) and screw the glass back on. You already have a little oneWinter landscape in a glass!
You can also do the whole thing ina real snow globetransform. To do this, fill the glass with distilled water and then add a little dishwashing liquid as well as glitter and artificial snowflakes. Screw the lid firmly on with the spigot and turn the jar over.
Design Christmas trees in lids
Paint the cones with green acrylic paint (or use any other shade). Once the paint is dry, you can use hot glue to attach beads here and there (or use self-adhesive). Then glue the cones into any lids. Deodorant lids are particularly suitable because their shape is somewhat similar to that of real flower pots.
Gather materials: cones, beads, lids, brushes, acrylic paints and hot glue
Paint the cones with green or other paint and decorate them with glitter as desired.
Using hot glue, glue beads here and there onto the cone scales.
Insert the pin into the lid.
Reindeer crafts with children with pine cones for Christmas
Super simple and still really cute to look at –Reindeer are part of the Christmas decorationsJust add it and you can even make this type of decoration with pine cones. Using a few sticks, create the legs by simply sticking them between the scales with hot glue and attaching them. A red pompom quickly becomes Rudolph's nose and googly eyes give the decorative animal a funny look.
You can use brown pipe cleaners to make any antlers you want for your Christmas decorations from cones. In the example, three teardrop-shaped loops were simply made on each side and glued together. Attach the antlers to the pine cone above the eyes, i.e. on the “head”.
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Make your own mini Christmas tree with Styrofoam cones
If you would like to make a Christmas tree out of pine cones yourself, in addition to any type of cone, all you need is a Styrofoam cone, hot glue and any other decorations if you want. This idea, like the others, is quite simple and can be chosen for Christmas crafts with children aged 6 and over, for example. But alsoyounger, experienced handscan try the project.
Glue the pine cones around the cone with hot glue. Start from the bottom and work your way up row by row. Here and there you can also use other decorations instead of a cone (e.g. small Christmas balls, pompoms, artificial berries, etc.).
It's best to use a star for the tip, which you can also make yourself if you can't find anything suitable in the decoration shop. For example, simple sticks can be glued or tied together like a star. If you wish, spray the tree with fake snow.
Finally, a string of lights can be draped to make the small Christmas tree light up and the pine cone decorations can also be viewed during the evening hours.
Tipp:In a similar way, you can even make a Christmas door wreath with the kids. To do this, simply use a Styrofoam wreath and glue the pine or pine cones to it.
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