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Pine Cone Christmas Trees

Learn how to make a pine cone tree with pom pom lights for Christmas! This is a perfect craft for kids.
Course Christmas Crafts
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
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Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings 2 trees
Cost $2

Equipment

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 225 - 250F°. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and place the pine cones in a single layer on the pan.
    Preheating the oven
  • Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and take off the baking sheet using tongs to cool.
    pile of pine cones
  • Use a paintbrush to coat the scales of the cone with green paint. Give as many coats of paint as you need to cover and let dry.
    Painting the pine cone with green craft paint
  • Turn the pine cone over and paint the base and any scales you didn't already get. Let dry again.
    Touching up the pine cone with green paint
  • While the pine cone is drying, glue a wood bead to one of the wood circles. Let set.
    Wood bead glued to the wood circle
  • Paint the base using brown craft paint and let dry.
    Painting the wood base with brown craft paint
  • Use craft glue or a hot glue gun to attach the pine cone to the base. Let dry.
    Hot gluing the pine cones to the base
  • Use a paintbrush and white craft paint to add some faux "snow" accents to the ends of the scale branches. Let dry.
    Add white paint to the ends of the branches
  • Use craft glue or hot glue to attach the pom poms to the branches. You can attach them to the bottom or top of the scales.
    Gluing pom poms to the pine cone as ornaments
  • Continue adding ornaments until the branches are full. Let dry completely before displaying.
    Pom poms added to the pine cone

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Notes

Don't leave the oven or kitchen unattended while you're baking your pine cones, just as a precaution.