Whether it's a door wreath, a festive table decoration or cute magical forest animal figures: crafts are particularly popular in winter. This means time passes faster on cloudy, rainy days and both children and adults can let their creativity run wild. Craft enthusiasts can find many of the necessary materials for winter and Christmas decorations in nature. Cones, acorns, fir branches, river stones and the like give your house a homely touch and make you look forward to the holidays even greater. This year, crafting with long pine cones is particularly popular. You can make numerous decorations yourself from pine or spruce cones - we'll show you how!
Crafting with long pine cones: creating Christmas angels
Beautifyyour Christmas treeand let it shine in new splendor. Together with the children, create a sweet Christmas tree decoration out of long pine cones, felt and wood. In just three simple steps you can create a beautiful Christmas angel. This craft idea is also ideal for children in kindergarten or primary school. You need the following materials:
- Felt in pink and red
- A long pine cone
- Wooden ball with a diameter of 3-4 cm
- Black fineliner
- Brown marker
- Scissors
- Glue and hot glue
- Stick advantage
This is how the Christmas angel is made: First, print out a template in two sizes for the wings. Pin the smaller template to the red felt and cut out the wing detail along the edge. Now pin the larger template onto the pink felt and cut out the larger detail too. Glue the two details together and let the glue harden. In the meantime, you can create a small red heart and a pink crown and draw the angel face on the wooden ball with the fineliner. Then paint the hair with the marker. Now all that's left is to put the angel together using hot glue.
Make creative Christmas decorations yourself: penguin made of spruce cones
The spruce cones have an elongated shape that is perfect for making fun onespenguinssuitable. We will tell you how to create a penguin. You need the following materials:
- Wooden board with a thickness of 2 to 3 mm
- Wooden ball with a diameter of 3 mm
- spruce cones
- Artificial snow spray or white paint
- White, black and orange paint
- A small piece of cardboard (approx. 20 cm X 20 cm)
- Scissors or cutter knife
- Hot glue
First paint the penguin's head and let it dry. Cut out details for the feet and beak from the wooden board and paint them orange. Then cut out the penguin flippers from the cardboard and paint them black. Let everything dry and paint the pine cones with the white paint. When all the details are completely dry, you can assemble the penguin and glue it together. You can either arrange the finished cone animals as soloists on the dining table or hang them on the Christmas tree.
Reindeer made from a pine cone and pipe cleaners
Transform the living room intoan enchanted forest. We'll explain to you how you can make a reindeer out of long pine cones and an owl out of pine cones. For the reindeer you will need brown pipe cleaners, an oval wooden bead and a long pine cone. Simply create the reindeer antlers and legs from the pipe cleaners. To make the mouth, simply glue the wooden bead to the pipe cleaners. Complete. The owl is made from pine cones. For her you need: cotton, felt in white and yellow and a black fineliner. Carefully remove some of the pine scales, then fill in the gaps with cotton. Create the head and wings from white felt, draw the eyes and cut out the beak from yellow felt. Glue the individual details together and place the owl on a cork.
Mini Christmas tree
Bring variety to ittraditional Christmas decorations. The next Christmas trees made from long pine cones will make the festive table decoration shine in new splendor. You need the following materials:
- Long, open pine cones
- Rhinestones, gold chains
- Long silver earrings
- Round wooden beads in accent colors
- A silver cross pendant
- Green paint
- Paint brush
- White modeling clay
Form a small ball out of the modeling clay and roll it out into a round shape. Paint all the pine cones green. For example, you can dissolve green paint in a cup of lukewarm water and dip the pine cones into it one at a time. Then let the pine cones dry on paper towels. Then place them on the modeling clay and decorate them as desired with jewelry from the jewelry box. You don't need to glue the jewelry in place.
Make your own Christmas angels out of spruce cones and paper
We have already explained to you how you can make your own Christmas angel out of pine cones and felt. Now we will show you another DIY idea forPaper Christmas angelsand spruce cones. You will need: black, pink, orange and yellow crayons, spruce cones and glitter. First sprinkle the spruce cone with glitter, then cut out the wings and head from white paper. Next, paint the angel's face, halo, and hair. If you wish, you can lay half of a 20 cm long and 0.5 mm wide satin ribbon at the end and glue it with the open edges at the top center behind the angel's head.
Make gnomes out of long pine cones and fabric
You will need the following materials: fabric or old socks, wooden balls with a diameter of 3-4 cm and long pine cones. First, cut out a 20 cm long and 2.5 cm wide strip from the fabric. Sew a dwarf hat from the remaining fabric. Optionally, you can also use socks for the dwarf hats. When the scarf and dwarf hat are finished, use hot glue to glue the wooden ball in place. Then tie the scarf and put the hat on the gnome.
Cute gnomes, sweet Christmas angels or penguins: numerous decorations can be conjured up from long pine and spruce cones. Large pine cones are very beautiful in themselves, so you can also arrange them untreated on the Christmas table, wrap them around candles or create a garland for the mantel. Since the cones can last for a very long time, they are ideal as winter decorations for the entrance to the house, the terrace, the balcony or the garden path. In the photo gallery below you will find numerous DIY ideas that you can do yourself with the children. Get inspired and decorate your home and garden with long-lasting decoration.
Also read:Crafting with pine cones for Christmas: 9 simple ideas for festive decorations
Paint with paint and hang on the front door
Make your own Christmas wreath from natural materials
Large acrylic Christmas balls
Wrap and decorate Christmas presents
Christmas decoration for the entrance: door wreath in the shape of a snowflake
Make cute cone animals yourself: Make Rudolf the reindeer out of long spruce cones, tree branches and acorns
Squirrel made of modeling clay with wiggly eyes and tail
Lion made of pine cones, felt and tree branches
Craft idea with spruce cones for children in elementary school: airplane with wings and rudder made of modeling clay
Make your own hedgehog from modeling clay
Tie your own door wreath in pastel colors
Sprinkle with glitter and attach to a Styrofoam wreath
Optionally, you can spray large pine cones with artificial snow and stage them as soloists under the glass hood
Alpinum in small format: moss, river stones and pine cones in an old teacup
Door decoration with fir branches and a red bow
Make Christmas decorations: Make your own silver door wreath
Turn long pine cones into mini Christmas trees
