How to make Christmas decorations with pinecones

Also, to choose pine cones to decorate your table , or for any of the following crafts, you will have to collect throughout the year those that you find on the excursions you do to the mountains or in the park, which are quite whole although are more or less open. Remember not to take all the ones you see, because you will not need many, but the ecosystem does need them, since they are food for some animals and for plants, when they decompose. While you have been collecting pineapples you can get some twigs and leaves that you see beautiful, again without overdoing it. Once you have them and clean them a bit, you can start the crafts.

If you wonder how to make Christmas decorations with pine cones , to start a good idea to give a Christmas touch to the home is to prepare decorated pinecones to make a centerpiece and, in this way, make our own with what we have to hand or we can reuse from other years. For example, if you have a center that is already a little old or something broken, do not throw it away, better propose to the family to do crafts together and fix it with some dried and decorated pinecones. Follow these instructions to make a Christmas centerpiece :

Materials

• Hard foam tray, plate or block
• Various pine cones
• Long candles
• Twigs
• Dry leaves
• Moss
• Glue or glue
• Painting
• Purpurin
• Ribbons or bows

We remind you that it is important that glue, paint and glitter are non-toxic and suitable for children.

Steps

1. To make the centerpiece, you can choose to decorate it with painted or natural dried pinecones .
2. You will need a base on which to make the center, such as a tray, plate, or foam block.
3. You can gather several branches, leaves and even moss to cover the base of the center well, if you do it in a foam try to nail it well and if you use a flatter base, glue or tie all the parts well to create a base that you can place on the plate or tray.
4. Decorate the dried pineapples if you don’t want them natural. You can use paints and glitter , mainly in green, red, gold and silver for being more Christmas.
5. Once they are dry, place them next to each other on the edge of the base, between the moss, leaves and branches, to leave the middle part free to place a couple of long candles .
6. If the pineapples and candles are not holding together well, you can apply a little glue to their base. To finish, you can put a bow or ribbon .

If you want to decorate your Christmas tree, some walls or corners or even the fireplace, a very decorative, inexpensive, simple and natural idea is to make garlands with dried pine cones .

Material

• Dried and clean pineapples
• Cáncamos or hembrillas
• Ribbon or cord

Instructions

1. Drive an eyebolt into the base of each pineapple.
2. Pass the tape, string or cord through the holes of each nail or, if they are semi-closed in the shape of a hook, you can pierce the tape to pass the nail.
3. Go placing them one by one leaving the same distance, for example 5 cm or up to 20 cm, as you prefer.

Although you can decorate the pineapples with paint, we recommend that you leave them natural, as well as that the color of the ribbon is also a natural or Christmas tone, since it will accompany the decoration of this time more.

Learn in this other Green Ecology article some Ideas and tricks for a greener Christmas .

At this prominent time of year, it is tradition to place a Christmas tree in the home and decorate it with balls, lights, garlands and a star at the top. In addition, other decorations, such as pine cones, can be placed.

You can paint pinecones with glitter and paints and attach a piece of thread or string to them making a loop to be able to pass it through the branches of the tree. Another idea is to make reindeer with pineapples , you simply have to place a loop of string on the wide base to hang them, hook a couple of twigs that simulate the horns on each side, paint the eyes and the nose, or make them with felt and glue them , and place a couple of small leaves under the horns or use felt to make the ears.

Another of the most creative options to make Christmas decorations with dried pinecones is to make candles with them, so they will have this curious shape and will give a warm touch and according to the time to your home. To make pine cone candles, follow these steps:

Material

1. Dried pineapples, as many as candles you want to make
2. highlights
3. Colored or white candles
4. Saucepans to melt wax

Instructions

1. Tie a wick around the top of each pineapple, tie a knot near the pineapple, and cut two to three fingers apart.
2. Put a candle of each color or white candles in a water bath in different pots and leave them like that or add the dyes you want.
3. When they are melted, remove the saucepans from the heat and let them warm a little so as not to burn you and begin to submerge each pineapple, taking them from the wick and dipping until the knot is covered. If the wax gets too cold, reheat it to continue making the candles.
4. The more times you dip the pineapple, the more layers of wax it will have and the thicker the candle will be.
5. Let them dry by resting the base on a plate or newspaper that you can easily peel or cut later. So you will have the pineapple-shaped candles ready.

Finally, you can also make a special ornament for the door like a Christmas wreath with pine cones :

Material

• Pine cones
• Dried pineapple, twigs, leaves and flowers
• Buy a wreath base from a craft store or florist, or make it from cardstock or cardboard
• White glue, glue or silicone

Steps

1. Once you have the base of the crown, glue the pineapples in it, placing them on their sides. It is advisable to leave the pineapples natural, but you can paint them if you prefer.
2. Place the pineapple, twigs, leaves and flowers around the pinecones on the base.
3. Add some Christmas ribbon or bow.
4. Attach a string loop or eyebolt to the wreath to hang it securely on the door and give it a nice Christmas touch.

If you like to recycle and help the environment, and your pocket, this Christmas season, do not hesitate to read this other AgroCorrn article in which we explain how to save energy at Christmas .

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