New Year's crafts from pine cones – natural material for the Christmas tree and master class
Each of us, once walking through the forest, found inmagical place gifts of coniferous trees - pine cones. Such a gift of nature is also suitable for making unusual versions of decorations with your own hands.
New Year's crafts from pine cones – natural material for the Christmas tree and master class
New Year is the best holiday toto implement interesting ideas, come up with new ones using your own imagination and spend time usefully trying to implement interesting and original ideas. How to deform a pine cone? A pine cone can change shape due to the fact that it decomposes at a warm temperature. Before you start doing handicrafts, you need to place the pine cone in a warm mixture of wood glue, where the product dries. This will help the craft not to deform anymore. Also, so that the pine cone changes its shape, it can be soaked with water. Then, the product can be easily tied with tape to give the desired look, and then dry the product. Also, with the help of pine cones, you can make crafts together with your baby, because such material is a pure product of nature, which has a pleasant smell and is not harmful to health. Christmas tree made of pine cones In order to do this work yourself, you need to prepare an aerosol can filled with shiny paint. Also, go to the forest and collect a pile of pine cones. You can also take those that were collected earlier.
- Let's prepare the cardboard
- You will need some Whatman paper
- Gloves will be needed for processing.
- Brush for processing
- Superglue
- Gloves (disposable)
It is advisable to prepare cones of different sizes,to make the tree look more like its real version. Before using the material, it must be thoroughly treated from dust and dirt. Go to any hardware store to buy the necessary paint. Golden and silver colors are best. The next step is to treat each cone. It must be cleaned of dirt and then decorated with an aerosol. This procedure is best done in a special workshop or outside. You can also use a balcony. You can only work with an aerosol against the wind. Painting cones and their subsequent drying are no different. Ventilation of the room is the main point that you should pay attention to. The smell of the cones can hardly be called pleasant, and therefore, it is best to choose a normal place for primary storage. Decorating with an aerosol If you do not have an aerosol, it can be replaced with regular gold-colored varnish. Silver-colored nail polish will also work. But you will have to spend a lot of such material. After you have prepared the craft, you need to make a cone-shaped frame for the tree. You determine the height of the product yourself. Take a special sheet of a dense type and wrap it, fix the product with glue, also use tape. The lower part should be flat and stable. Therefore, you should carry out leveling work. The cone should be glued with already dried cones, using super glue. So, the cone in a painted form will take its place. Smaller cones should cover open areas of empty spaces. You should glue, starting from the bottom and using the largest cones. Also, do not forget about acorns, they can also be used in your work. We also decorate the product additionally with tinsel. We use garlands and foil, rain, and also coins for additional decoration. Pine cone lights
The approach of the New Year makes usthink about how we will decorate the tree and what tools we will have to use for this. If the question comes to the point that you need to choose decorations for the tree - buy players will be the easiest way. But, New Year's holidays cause us special emotions and very often - inspiration that can be applied in practice. Let's use the material of cones to make beautiful and unique Christmas tree toys that will only decorate our tree! An artificial garland of cones - will be an excellent solution for this issue!
- Prepare the pine cones
- It will take small pom-poms in the set (goods like hand maid)
- Sticky Gun
- Thread, or narrow tape
Small little pompoms will allow usto slightly diversify the appearance of the usual cones. It is necessary to apply a drop of hot glue to one of the scales of the cone. Then, glue the miniature pompom blank to our cone. We repeat the same with each scale to form the appearance of the product. Do not forget that the pompoms are multi-colored - like a garland! It will seem that the cone is a miniature Christmas tree, on which small toys in the form of pompoms hang. Then, we cut 0.25 meters of decorative cord, or a narrow satin ribbon. At the ends of the ribbon, it is necessary to glue the upper part of the cone to form a loop. Such a toy can also be created together with the kids! Beautiful wreath
A joyful and interesting process of creationNew Year's decor can also be transformed using the material of cones. Clear and simple instructions for work will be a profitable ally in an attempt to make a pleasant and unique version of the craft for your home! But what do we need for work?
- Prepare a piece of cardboard
- You will need artificial spruce branches.
- Dried pine cones
- Red plastic balls of different sizes
- Decorative beads
- Acorns
- Nut shells, walnuts
- Scissors
- Glue gun
- Foil
- Knitting threads in red
- Orange (peel) or tangerine figurines
- Ribbon, fabric
- Fishing line
- Decorative glitter
First you need to decide what size it will beour craft. Using cardboard, cut out a round shape. In order to make a strong version of the blank, it is necessary to form it from two particles and then, using glue - fix it. Also, some craftsmen make the base using wire or twigs. They can be connected using twine, and then twisted into a ring shape.
Using foil, we form the balls that need to bewill be wound on knitting threads. We fix the thread with glue. We use a glue gun to carefully glue the spruce branches, as well as the cones one after another. We lay the entire craft in one direction. Initially, it is necessary to secure the largest elements, distribute and alternate in even steps. Initially, we glue the pine cones, then the Greek nut shells.
After the main spacefilled, it is necessary to fill the voids with smaller details: balls, figurines made of peel, balls made of threads, decorative beads and other elements. Then, glue the bow. Decorate with glitter. Also, it is necessary to apply glitter varnish, or sprinkle glitter on the product. Use fishing line to make a loop. Thus, the wreath will be ready and can already decorate a certain door of your apartment, or maybe even your house!
