What can you do w/pine cones?
We live in "Pinellas County," so named because of the abundance of pine trees... hence, georgeous pine cones everywhere. We love to collect them.
I have spray painted them gold, silver, and painted just the tips with white.
I have put on a hook and a bow and made them ornaments.
I have gathered them into fruit and floral displays, put them in baskets, put them in potpourri, set a bowl of them on the table or just lay them at the base of the tree or around other decorations on tables and such.
I have glued them to styrofoam to make them into little topiaries and trees, or on wreath forms.
Put them on evergreen branches as table centerpieces or on wreaths.
glued googly eyes on them and made antlers out of branches for reindeer ornaments.
I probably did more that I can't think of now.
What else can you do with pine cones for holiday decorating? I love using natural items and I love that these little gems are free but I am running out of ideas. LOL
When I was a kid my mom used to buy cheap tree garland, cut off a piece and glue it to a pinecone. That way you can attach the pinecone to the tree with the tree garland like a handle that nobody sees. I like it as a way to put pinecones in a Christmas tree because it looks more natural than hanging it like an ornament
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