Easy Pine Cone Christmas Tree Craft to Brighten Up Your Holidays
The holiday season will be upon us soon and it’s time to start thinking about Christmas decorations. If you’re looking for a fun and easy project to do with your family or friends, try making a pine cone Christmas tree.
Materials
- pine cones in various sizes
- black base coat spray paint
- Rust-Oleum Color Shift in Turquoise Waters
- Rust-Oleum Color Shift in Champagne
- hot glue
- star
- red berries
Instructions
Step 1 – Paint the Base Coat
- Start by cutting off the bottom of the pine cones with scissors so they can stand upright. Next, in order for the color shift paint to pop at its best, the pine cone needs a base coat of any black spray paint.
- Coat them each well using light even strokes.
Step 2 – Paint the Pine Cones
- Paint each of the pine cones with the color shift colors. Apply as many coats as needed to achieve your desired look, allowing pine cones to dry between coats.
Step 3 – Decorate with a Star and Red Berries
- Once all of the pine cones are completely dry, you can add some decorations. This is a chance to really get creative!
- You can use small ornaments, lights, or even a star on top. You can also add some glitter, fake snow, or ribbons to make it more festive.
- I added some stars that were candles and used a gold wax coating to make them pop.
- I attached the stars with hot glue to the top of the pine cones.
- Finally, I added some sparkly red berries to a few of the pine cone "branches" to make my pine cone Christmas tree look like a decorated Christmas tree.
Step 4 – Display Your Pine Cones
- Your pine cone Christmas tree is now complete!
- Place it on a table, mantel, tray, coffee bar, dough bowl, or any other fun spot for everyone to admire.