Crafts from cones: coniferous New Year decor
Besides Christmas garlands, you can also make things from pine conesmake almost all the New Year's decor for the tree and the interior of the apartment. Such decorations have many advantages: the use of natural material that gives a pleasant aroma, the opportunity to enjoy the work done with your own hands together with children, saving money on expensive Christmas tree decorations. To make any New Year's craft from pine cones, you will need, first of all, the pine cones themselves and glue. The rest of the materials are at will, availability and necessity: multi-colored plasticine, paints, glitter, ribbons, beads, colored paper, fabric and so on. And you can look for imagination and inspiration just below.Make from large pine or cedar conesminiature Christmas trees. Use plastic or iron can lids as a stand, and insert multi-colored balls of fabric stuffed with cotton wool into each scale. You can also use beads on a string or individual large beads.Turn each pine cone into a miniatureYou can make a Christmas tree like this too. “Plant” the pine cone in pots or even lids from deodorant cans or other sprays. Decorate the soil with moss or cotton wool, the pot with a ribbon, and cover the pine cone itself with “snow” — a special spray, glitter, or paint.Each pine cone, even without additional decoration, is a cute Christmas decoration in itself. Just tie ribbons or strings to them and hang them on the tree or around the room. 2012 is the year of the Dragon, so make it yourswith your hands from a pine cone of some kind and cute dinosaur. The pine cone itself will act as a scaly body, and all the additional elements can be molded from plasticine.A lot can be done in a similar wayfigurines of animals, people and fairy-tale characters: from miniature people to large bears. Good glue and various additional details will help make the toy truly original and unique.And the Christmas tree itself - a beauty - can also be assembled entirely from pine cones!This New Year's beauty doesn't even need to be decorated with balls and garlands.To create a New Year's mood right at the doorstep, hang a Christmas wreath made from pine cones on the door.