With fall here and the Christmas season fast approaching its time to start getting festive and home made crafts are a great way to do it. A great and fairly simple idea is to do this fun Pine Cone Wreath craft. With a little creativity this simple wreath will take you through the fall and into the New Year. The Pine Cone Wreath craft is suitable for both adults and children; probably older children but you will know best what your kids can handle.
To start off your Pine Cone Wreath craft you could combine it with a fun fall nature walk. Bring a bag and some gloves and go pinecone hunting. Not only is this an enjoyable healthy activity it can save you’re a few dollars, picking up pines cones off the ground if free! Once you have collected your pinecones there are a few other craft materials that you will need to begin. The basics are a Grapevine wreath, hot glue gun and wire rimmed ribbon. Choose the ribbon depending on the time of year. You may also want to pick up or create various other trinkets that you can easily add or remove from your wreath to reflect the different seasons and holidays.
After you have collected the necessary materials for your Pine Cone Wreath, its time to get crafting! Start off by gluing the pinecones to the wreath. Make sure you have plenty of glue sticks as this craft does use quite a few. It is also good to use super strong glue. Depending on the size of your pinecones you will next want to glue them two or three wide to your wreath until you have done the full circumference.
Set the wreath down in a safe place until it dries. Once the pinecone wreath is dry you can add the ribbon and decorations of your choice. This where you can really have fun and where you will see how versatile the Pine Cone Wreath craft is. First wrap the ribbon around the wreath, tying a bow in the place of your choice. For the fall yellows, reds and oranges work well. You can jazz the wreath up for Halloween with some spooky patterned ribbon and add some other items that you may have crafted such as ghosts, pumpkins or bats. When Thanksgiving is near your pinecone wreath can change its look again with turkey decorations. When its time to get in the Christmas spirit you could try a red or silver ribbon. Some great additions could be small present boxes, Santa Clause or if you prefer something natural some red berries. The Pine Cone Wreath craft is highly versatile and will allow you to express your own creativity to match the seasons.
Once you have finished decorating the wreath its time to hang it up. One thing to note here is that the wreath will be pretty heavy so you will want to make sure you have a sturdy hanger for it.
The Pine Cone Wreath craft project can be as simple or fancy as you want. That’s one thing that is so great about this craft; you can personalise it, really expressing your personality. This craft can be a fun mother daughter activity with the planning and creating the changes for each season a great way to spend some time together.
Reference:
- www.kidsdomain.com an excellent site for anyone interested in crafts, especially for kids.
