Pine Cone Christmas Ornaments Craft

My sister may not have a craft blog, but she’s quite crafty herself. While we were brainstorming up ideas for homemade ornaments the kids could get in on, she had quite a few. We decided to rock out some pine cone ornaments because our first thought was turned upside down, they look just like pine trees themselves.

Christmas Craft: Pine Cone Christmas Ornaments

So we went to the cemetery (for real) and collected a few bags of good-looking pine cones. When we got home we explained the gist to the boys who were all about it.

Half of the fun of this project is collecting the pine cones, but if you live in an area without pine trees, you can always purchase them online!

Items Needed for Pine Cone Christmas Ornaments

• pine cones
• hot glue gun
• embellishments (see the tutorial for more details)

How to Make Pine Cone Ornaments

Before we even got into making little trees, my youngest nephew was all about making his into an alien, which was an idea he overheard his mom talking about. To complete this look we painted the pine cone with bright green color and cut eyes out of black felt.

The eyes were hot glued on with the pine cone with the smallest end downward. Kids can easily use any kind of glue to achieve this.

If you’re not into traditional aliens you can work up your own with sticks and pompoms! Little man used glow-in-the-dark paint for some extra fun times!

And here is mine. Aliens… they’re out there people (or so says, my nephew 😉

Next, we’ll make some Rudolph or reindeer ornaments. Head outside and look on bushes and trees for tiny little branches that look like antlers. These are about 2.5-3 inches long and came off of the dying bits of a rose bush.

Hot glue the antlers into place. FYI – you’ll need to hold the antler still while the glue sets.

Glue a big pompom onto the cone in red for Rudolph or black for any of the other, almost as famous as reindeer.

This concept was straight up my sister’s idea. Isn’t it cute?

Last but not least here is the original concept that started this all… Try to pick a pinecone that is fairly flat on the wide end. Using your glue (Brush On Tacky Glue is just genius for this) coat the tips of the pine cone and glitter.

I used some glitter that is a bit different than the norm for a fuzzier, more Christmas tree-like look.

Hot glue or Tacky Glue pompoms into place as ornaments around your tree.

If you don’t have many pine cones that are flat on the wide end, or if they sit at an awkward angle no matter how flat they seem to be, simply glue a lid to the bottom. You can use a lid from a prescription bottle (as I did), a pop bottle, a water bottle, you name it! This will definitely require hot glue to stay in place as you want it without having to hold it forever!

Isn’t it so cute? I just love the fuzzy green “limbs”!

And if you’re very proud of your own name, you can always initial your tree with pompoms 🙂

You don’t have to use green, either. Feel free to match the colors of your Christmas decor with glitter and pompoms!

Allison

A crafter since her earliest years, Allison spends a little time every day making something. She crafts, sews, paints, glues things onto other things, and is a firm believer that a life spent creating is a life worth living. Visit Allison’s blog, Dream {a Little} BIGGER.