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Pine Cone Decorations & Crafts
Pinecone Picture Frame ~ Sweetgum Mouse ~
Pinecone Horse ~ Pine Cone Owl
 My PineConeLady
Craft Projects
{All my pods and cones are from Pinecones & Podz}
~ Sweetgum Mouse ~
Podz & Materials Needed ~
How to Put it All Together ~
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Glue the pod to the wood base with the stem sticking out. The stem is the tail.
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Glue the acorn to the other end of the pod, slightly at an angle for the head.
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Glue on the wiggle eyes and then the pom poms for the ears.
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Cut the dried pine needles to the desired size and glue on for the whiskers.
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~ Pinecone Picture Frame ~
Pinecones & Materials Needed~
Pinecones ~ Norway Spruce,
Longleaf Cones to cut for Petals or can use
some Cedar Rose Petals, and 2
Giant White Pine Duds
2-inch foam brushes
Paint
Polyurethane
Small gardening snips or Needle nose pliers
Dremel or Rotary Tool
Hot-glue gun
Ball point pen
Mirror (sized to fit inside frame)
How to Put it All Together ~
Using a foam brush, apply a base coat of paint to the frame, and let dry.
Apply a top coat, and let dry.
Meanwhile, using the gardening snips or pliers, begin removing the pinecone petals {scales}, from the Norway Spruce and
Longleaf Pine, keeping each kind in separate piles or jars.
For the rosettes, use the tips of the Norway Spruce cones and the bases of the Longleaf cones; cut them off with the Dremel
or Rotary Tool. Their scales fill in the rest of the frame. For the corner cones, cut the Giant White Pine Dud
cones in half lengthwise with the Dremel or Rotary tool so they will lay flat.
Lay out the big pieces of your pattern on the frame (like the rosettes and corner cones), and trace around them with the ball point pen so you’ll know where to place the scales. The larger cones
will be glued last.
Start with the outside edging. Hot-glue Longleaf petals or
Cedar Rose Petals around the edge of the frame, overlapping slightly as you go. (The part of the petal that was attached to the cone should be glued down and slightly overlapping the petal in
front.) Then apply the Norway Spruce
scales to make the filler pattern, also slightly overlapping.
Now add the rosettes. Hot-glue a base of the Longleaf cone to the frame. Hot-glue a tip of a
Norway Spruce cone on top of the base. Repeat on three other sides. Then hot-glue the halved Giant White Pine Dud cones to the frame’s corners.
Prop the frame atop disposable cups, and with a foam brush, apply a coat of shellac to seal it.
Insert picture or mirror.
Experiment with any type of cones you have. There is no limit to all the different designs you can come up with!! They look just fabulous dahling ~ |
~ PineCone Owl ~
This is the Stuff you need to make these:
Pine cones
Wiggly Eyes
White Glue or Hot Glue Gun
Felt {Cut 3 triangles. 2 for the ears and one a bit bigger for the nose.
Old piece of wood that sits flat for the base
How to Make:
Place the base wood or branch on your work area.
Glue one or more pinecones, pointed side down for the owl's body.
On top of the body, glue a pinecone right side up for the head.
Glue the ears, eyes, and beak on each owl head.
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Pinecone Horse ~
Horse's Body: Glue the ends of
four straight twig legs to a medium-sized pinecone.
Head and Mane: Glue a small pinecone to the end of a twig that is covered in pine needles and
trim the needles to create a mane.
Glue the base of the neck to the body.
Glue a thick bunch of pine needles to the back of the body for a flowing tail.
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Updated 3 . October . 2007
~ Excellent Quality Pine Cones & Pods for All Your Crafting Needs ~
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