Holiday Projects: Simple Pine Cone Ornament

Ber months are coming...and you are thinking of what designs you will be putting in your Christmas tree or ornaments around your home...

Simple Pine Cone Ornament

How to Make an Easy Christmas Tree Ornament

By Sherri Osborn, About.com Guide

Follow these instructions, shared by Clare, and you can make simple, colorful pine cone Christmas tree ornaments.

This can be done with your toddlers 3 years old and up.

Materials Needed:

Sample of Pine Cone

1.            Pine Cone

2.            Paint

3.            Craft Glue

4.            Glitter

5.            Chenille Stem

Instructions:

Start out by bending a chenille stem into a loop and attaching a chenille stem to the pine cone using glue. Let the glue dry.

Coat the pine cone in glue and sprinkle it with glitter. Hang it up to dry.

Variation Shared by Stacy Landry: Spray with sealer. Form hanger out of wire and glue to top of pine cone. Decorate your wire with ribbons, bows, etc.

Variation Shared by Derijia: Wrap a string around a pine cone, making a loop to hang it by. Paint a pine cone with a thick coat of paint. Before it dries, roll it in glitter or sprinkle the glitter on it. Allow to dry and then spray with hair spray to set and make shiny.

Variation Shared by Chigger: Spray the pine cone with spray adhesive and sprinkle on glitter. Use a ribbon to hang it up.

Variation Shared by C from Tennessee: Apply the glitter to your painted or glue covered pine cone by putting it in a zip-top baggie with glitter!

Ornaments ideas shared from Familycrafts About.com. For more ideas, please visit the site.