Holiday Crafts Using Pinecones - Pinecone Pots
You get quite a variety of different shaped pinecones and if you can get hole of a variety your pinecones can be an even better holiday decorations as you can make a pretty display with them.This is what you will need for this holiday craft using pinecones:
*Pinecones
*Wood stars
*11/2 Inch terra cotta pots
*Paper napkins
*Acrylic paint in the desired colors
*Thick white crafts glue
*Paint brushes How to do this crafts:
*Paint your pots in the desired color
*Let them dry completely
*Choose another color to decorate the pots, you can decorate them with stripes, or dots or any pattern you like. Use as many colors as you please.
*Remember to rinse the brushes well before you change colors.
*Dots can be made very easily by dipping the back of the brush in the paint and pressing it to the pot.
*Now the paint has to dry once again.
*Meanwhile you can paint your pine cones white.
*Let them dry.
*Apply a second coating of white paint.
*Let them dry
*Now you can paint your stars to match your pots
*Let your stars dry well.
*Now you have to fill your pots with crumpled paper napkins so the pine cone will fit nicely.
*Wet the paper with lots of crafts glue
*Neatly set the pinecone in the pots onto the wet napkins to glue it in position
*Glue a star onto each pinecone
*Let all the glue dry very well before you use your pots in your decorations. This is a very good example of one of our holiday crafts using pinecones. With a little imagination you will be able to come up with many more holiday crafts using pinecones.