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Pine Cone Christmas Tree Ornaments

December 3, 2013 by OneMommy

 

During our walks the kids love to pick up various treasures.  This fall every red leaf was presented to me.  We’ve also acquired quite a few pine cones recently, just waiting for the perfect craft.  I decided we would create some homemade pinecone ornaments.

pinecone ornament: simple homemade Christmas ornament kids can make

 

Materials Needed:

  • Pinecones
  • Acrylic Paint (I love washable acrylics for kids.)
  • Paint Brushes
  • Ribbons
  • Glitter
  • Paper Plate

Squirt a few colors of paint onto your paper plate.  Give your child a paint brush (or 2), and let them paint each pinecone as they see fit.    They may choose to paint the pinecone all one color.  Or maybe they’ll want to do stripes.  Whatever they do, it’s their masterpiece.

 

pine cone Christmas tree ornament

While the paint is still wet, sprinkle a bit of glitter on each pinecone ornament.   Then allow them to dry completely.

If you have “prickly balls” from a Sweet Gum tree, those look pretty painted, too!

pine cone Christmas tree ornament

 

Once they dry, tie a ribbon to each pinecone.  They make a lovely addition to the Christmas tree.

 

I couldn’t figure out how to hang the little “prickly balls,” but I did have another plan.

I had her stick them into a clear, plastic jar. (Glass would probably look better, but with a toddler in the house at the time, I went with plastic.) Then she picked out a pretty ribbon and we hot glued it onto the jar. Voila`!  A beautiful decoration for any table!

pine cone Christmas tree ornament

 

These sparkly pinecone ornaments are fun for toddlers and preschoolers to make.  Why not make a few of these homemade ornaments with the kids this year?

 

More homemade ornaments kids can make:

  • 4 Beaded Ornaments
  • Craftstick Ornaments
  • 25 Homemade Ornaments Kids Can Make

 

 

 

 

 

Filed Under: Kids Crafts Tagged With: Christmas, holiday, homemade ornament

Comments

  1. Chris Carter says

    December 5, 2013 at 1:51 am

    Again- I LOVE this idea!!! Brilliant! I need to do this one STAT. I am so glad I saw this… what a creative and EASY gift to make with the kids! Thanks my friend!

    • OneMommy says

      December 7, 2013 at 8:20 pm

      I need to do it with our youngest this year — he was too little when we did it last time. Sometimes I forget that she has gotten to do some crafts that he may like to try. Pretty sure the glitter will be a hit with him, too!

  2. Donna DM Yates says

    December 5, 2013 at 10:26 pm

    So cute. I bet they’ll look darling on the tree.

  3. Regina says

    December 7, 2013 at 9:27 am

    Such a cute idea!!!

    Happy SITS Saturday!!

  4. Nell Regan Kartychok says

    October 23, 2015 at 3:09 am

    Thank you for entering your post in our “It’s Friday We’re in Love Link Party!” We will be pinning your post to our boards.

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