New Year's toys made from pine cones with instructions. DIY New Year's crafts from pine cones: photos

Dressing up a New Year's beauty by making and hanging Christmas tree decorations from pine cones will not be difficult. After all, it is absolutely not necessary to hang only multi-colored balloons bought in the store. In fact, you can decorate your Christmas tree with almost anything you make yourself, using whatever you have on hand! You just need to play out your imagination.

What do we need

In order to make Christmas tree decorations from pine cones with our own hands, we need:

• cones;
• glue;
• strong threads;
• thick sewing needle or awl;
• shiny paint (aerosol) or glitter;
• stand;
• a little cotton wool;
• rags and solvent.

We collect cones in the forest, if this is not possible, then in parks, alleys, boulevards. In those places where you met spruce or pine trees.

Spruce trees do not grow everywhere. In some parts of the country, only pine trees grow wild. Their cones are also suitable for crafts.

Now, they need to be dried, especially if you collected them after rain or looked for them under the snow. Otherwise, the glue and paint will not adhere.

You need to choose reliable glue so that your crafts made from Christmas tree cones do not fall apart. It will be needed to connect the achenes to each other - we will assemble figures from them. Glue may also be required to fix glitter or cotton wool, which will act as snow. It looks very nice.

Threads are used to hang toys on branches. You need strong, thick threads so that the loop of the craft does not break. You will need a needle to pierce the pine cones so that you can create a secure loop. As for paints and glitter, there are two options:

1. You are simply painting the pine cones.
2. Cover the cone completely with glue, and then sprinkle glitter on it.

When working with glue and paints, follow safety standards. If you work indoors, it should be well ventilated and not have open flames. Protect your face with a bandage. Collect everything you need to make crafts and put it on the table in advance. Prepare a solvent if you need to scrub your hands off the paint, or use gloves.

A stand will be needed to facilitate the process of uniform painting or showering the pine cone with glitter. You can make it from a matchbox and a thin long nail.

Let's get to the fun work

Now we will make the simplest Christmas tree cone with our own hands. We take spruce seeds and clean them of debris so that later the paint adheres well and the glue does not fall off. It will be enough to carefully wipe each of them with a dry cloth. We choose a place where we will paint the cones. Cover the surface with newspapers.

It is best to paint with aerosol enamel (car cans). It’s more convenient, cheaper, and you don’t have to brush hard-to-reach places!

We string the sharp part of the cone onto the nail of our stand and begin to paint each cone from all sides. We wait until they dry. The drying time of the paint is always indicated on the label.

When all the cones are dry, remove them from the stand and take glue and cotton wool.
Coat the entire semicircular part with glue and cover with a small amount of cotton wool. You should wait a little longer until the glue dries.

Using a needle or awl, pierce the top through. If you prick with a needle, you can insert a thread into its eye in advance. We tie the thread and hide the knot in the hole. A simple Christmas tree decoration made from pine cones is ready!

Do not prick the lump, but the cotton wool that you have stuck on. The seed is very hard and difficult to pierce. Handle sharp things with extreme caution!

For beauty, you can also apply a few spots or dots of a different color or tie a bow from a ribbon. By the way, in addition to threads, a thin elastic band will do. The pine cone toy will be pressed to the branch, just like a real one. It’s as if a silver or golden cone grew on a magical Christmas tree.

Figures made from pine cones

You can not limit yourself to single Christmas tree cones, but collect whole figures of different shapes from them. From the inventory described above, everything remains unchanged, only a small amount of steel wire will be added. With its help we will connect the cones with each other.

The best choice is steel wire, which will play the role of a reinforcing material, 0.5 or 1 millimeter thick. Copper wire is too soft. The figurine will begin to deform under its own weight.

Cone star

And now we will make a Christmas tree toy from pine cones, but in the shape of a star. We will need fir cones (5 pieces) of the same size to create symmetry. First you need to create a base from the wire: bend it so that there are five rays (we will string them on them). We pierce the blunt ends of the cones. An awl, a nail or a thick needle. This is necessary to create holes into which the ends of the wire base will go, and they need to be coated with glue. We string the cones and start painting. After everything is dry, make a hole in one of the rays of the star and insert a thread there.

In addition, it is very easy to make the same star, but for the top of the Christmas tree. The manufacturing process is the same, you just need to select and install a small tube so that it fits onto the top branch of the tree. Most often, nozzles are made from the necks of elongated bottles. The nozzle needs to be installed between the rays of our star, in the middle. Then securely fasten.

It's best to paint it silver, red, metallic or gold - it looks great!

Snowflake

Everything is exactly the same, only the wire base must have six ends. We will plant the cones on them not with the blunt part, but with the sharp part. We paint or cover it with glitter, make a loop. You will get a very beautiful Christmas tree toy made from pine cones, as in the photo, in the form of a snowflake.

There are many design options, since even a complex snowflake can be assembled from large and small cones.

Garland

To make a garland you will need more seeds. Moreover, they can be of different sizes - it’s even more beautiful. It is possible to paint it in various colors. After painting the pine cones, take a long awl or needle. There are two options for such crafts:

• the cones hang end down, one after the other;
• they follow each other like a chain (transverse arrangement).

You should not use a thread: there will be a lot of cones, the thread may break from such a load. It's better to take a fishing line.

What else can you think of?

In addition to the ideas presented, there are endless options for making New Year's crafts from spruce and pine seeds. These include little men and figures of various animals. By the way, the symbol of 2018 is a dog. A dog figurine can also be made from cones, but only spruce cones are suitable here, since pine achenes have a different shape.

You will need cones of different sizes:

• one large;
• four slightly less;
• two small ones.

The big bump is the body of the dog. It will hold the paws, tail and head. Four smaller cones are the paws, they should be the same length. One small bump will play the role of the head, and the other - the tail.

Take an awl and pierce the cones. Pour a little glue into the holes and insert matches there. Connect the cones together. Ears can be made from paper or small cones. Carefully glue them to the head. Any color is suitable for painting. Don't forget to draw or glue on the dog's nose, mouth and eyes. This is easily done using plasticine.

Crafts made from conifer seeds, hung on a Christmas tree, burn very well due to the resin remaining inside. Glue, cotton wool and paint will only speed up the burning process. Never use sparklers or candles near the Christmas tree.

Kids love crafts made from pine cones and there are no limits to their imagination. So a little penguin, funny little mice, a squirrel and a deer, a sleeping beauty, owls, gnomes, and a Christmas wreath will appear on the New Year tree.

See also the video, a master class on DIY Christmas decorations made from pine cones:

Hello, friends!

There is less and less time left until the New Year. Very soon, green beauties - Christmas trees - will appear in our homes! And they will need to choose a decent outfit. On the ShkolaLa blog there is another New Year's master class on making Christmas tree decorations. Today we will make simple Christmas tree decorations from pine cones that we collected in the park back in October.

We begin! Step-by-step photos of the work will help you.

First we will make colored toys. It's very simple and fun!

So, we need:

• cones (they need to be washed and dried. I talked about how this can be done);
• paints (we use acrylic, but you can also use gouache);
• tassels;
• a glass of water (for rinsing brushes).

Let's get creative. We take the cones and begin to paint them in different colors. You need to carefully paint every scale.

These are the bumps we got.

Let's add one more touch. Apply white paint to the tips of the scales. It will turn out that the colored cones seem to be dusted with snow.

Now we will make white shiny cones. For this we need:

• cones;
• glitter;
• PVA glue;
• White paint;
• and also brushes and a plate (or saucer).

First, paint the bumps with white paint and let them dry.

Then pour quite a lot of glitter into a plate.

Using a brush, apply PVA glue to the ends of the scales and, while the glue is still wet, roll future toys in glitter. And we put them out to dry again.

Our Christmas tree decorations are ready!

But the work is not finished. After all, the cones still need to be hung on the tree somehow. Now let's do this too.

We will need:

• our colored and white shiny cones;
• foam for creativity (we have silver foam with a holographic coating);
• scissors;
• thin braid (we use “Zig-zag”, thin satin ribbons are also suitable);
• glue gun

To begin, cut out squares with a side of 2.5 cm from foam.

Then we turn these squares into circles.

And then we turn the circles into stars.

We cut a small hole in each star.

Cut ribbons approximately 17 cm long.

We insert the ends of the ribbons into the holes in our stars.

Using pencil glue, glue the ends of the ribbon to the stars. As a result, we get the following structures.

And then we attach these structures to the cones using a glue gun. All! With our own hands we created a New Year's miracle!

You can decorate the Christmas tree! You can also give these handmade Christmas tree decorations to someone. In my opinion, this is a great New Year's gift! And what do you think? Yes, and don’t forget to include a beautiful and unusual gift with the gift.

We have worked hard, which means we have the right to rest a little! The best way to relax is with pleasant music. I invite everyone to the New Year's Cartoon Concert!

That's all for today! Happy preparations for the upcoming holidays!

Always yours, Evgenia Klimkovich.

Useful tips

The cone is an excellent natural material from which you can make many different crafts.

One of the popular crafts made from pine cones is Christmas tree .

There are several ways to make a Christmas tree from a pine cone, and we have selected the most interesting crafts on this topic for children and adults. Decorate your home and create a festive atmosphere in it.

On our website you will also find:

• 20 small DIY Christmas trees that will decorate any home
• How to make a Christmas tree with your own hands

Christmas tree made of cones. Popular option.

Almost any type of cones is suitable for such a tree.

You will need:

Thick paper or cardboard

Hot glue, super glue or liquid nails

Fir branches (artificial or natural)

Spray paint (if desired)

Decorations (tinsel, artificial snow)

Lots of bumps.

1. Make a cone out of cardboard.

2. Using glue, attach the pine cones to the cone.

3. If desired, you can paint the Christmas tree any color using spray paint.

* You just need to paint outdoors, away from children, with a mask and preferably with safety glasses, because... Spray paints contain substances that are harmful to health.

4. You can glue spruce branches and various decorations between the cones.

5. All that remains is to decorate the Christmas tree to your liking.

Christmas tree made of cones (step by step instructions)

You will need:

Cardboard or thick paper

Wooden or cardboard delivery (you can make it yourself)

Adhesive tape

Old newspaper

Hot glue or superglue

Decorations (garlands, tinsel)

Lots of bumps.

1. Make a cone from a thick sheet of paper or purchase a ready-made foam cone.

2. Fill the inside of the paper cone with old newspaper for added stability.

3. Cut off the top of the cone, and use duct tape to attach a circle of cardboard to the top of the cone. This was done to make it easier to glue the cones to the top of the tree.

4. Cut out a large circle from cardboard - the base of the Christmas tree - and attach this circle to the cone (see image).

5. Start gluing the pine cones to the cone from the bottom up. To avoid large gaps, you can turn the cones of each next row with the crown in the opposite direction and then glue them.

6. When all the cones are glued, you can decorate the tree with garland and/or tinsel.

Small Christmas tree made of pine cones (photo instructions)

For one Christmas tree you will need:

PVA glue

Artificial snow or white (silver) sparkles

Mini pompoms (can be replaced with multi-colored beads).

Here is another version of a similar Christmas tree

Small tree made of pine cones (photo)

You will need:

Wine cork

Knife and scissors

PVA glue

Hot glue or superglue

Glitter (if desired).

1. Trim the bottom of the pine cone to make it flatter.

2. Cut the wine cork into 2 equal parts - these will be the bases for the Christmas trees.

3. Glue 1 pine cone to each base.

4. Apply a little PVA glue to each pine cone and sprinkle them with salt. You can add glitter.

How to make a big Christmas tree from pine cones (master class)

You will need:

Wooden slats and wire (to make a tapered frame)

Cardboard or plywood (for making the base of the Christmas tree)

Hot glue or superglue

Aerosol paint (any suitable color)

Decorations (tinsel, bows, toys)

Lots of bumps

1. Create a wooden frame using wooden slats and wire. Make it stable by adding a base of several sheets of thick cardboard or plywood.

2. The pine cones can be glued to the frame or attached to wire (using small pieces of thin wire), or both.

3. Decorate the Christmas tree as desired and to your taste. You can add spray or acrylic paint, tinsel, garlands, bows and/or small Christmas decorations.

Here is another option for a large tree made of pine cones, which uses a large frame for plants made of thick wire (you can make it yourself and just buy it):

Craft "Christmas tree" from pine cones

You will need:

Foam cone

Spray paint (in this example with a glitter effect)

Are you getting ready for the holiday? Are you choosing gifts? Looking for inexpensive options? Make your own New Year's crafts from pine cones! They will be wonderful souvenirs for relatives and friends. Interesting ideas and ways to implement them are presented in our review.

New Year's crafts from spruce cones

Fir cones are used both in opened form and as thin candles. In order for them to retain their elegant shape, they must be treated with an adhesive solution immediately after collection. It is good to use this material to make a New Year's souvenir tree. You can do it like this:

1. Make a frame in the shape of a cone.
2. Glue the cones in rows: from bottom to top and from largest to smallest.
3. Decorate the product with beads, bows, tinsel.

If you have the opportunity to prepare a lot of material, then you can build such a souvenir of any size, as long as you have enough patience.

A Christmas tree toy or a figurine in the shape of a hedgehog made from thin fir cones will look original. It is better to choose a hemisphere as a basis. It’s easy to make it yourself using the papier-mâché technique by gluing layers of paper onto the ball. It is worth remembering that the frame must be stable and firmly attached to any plane when the souvenir is placed on the table. If you are making a Christmas tree decoration that will hang, it, on the contrary, should be as light as possible so that the pendant does not come off. You can also make a beautiful New Year's wreath.

New Year's crafts from pine cones

You can make many different decorations and souvenirs from this material. Some specimens are used as Christmas tree decorations. They are painted in bright colors, covered with silver and white paints to imitate snow. Golden options look good. They are even sold in ready-made sets with Christmas balls. Making them yourself is very easy.

The second option is garlands of pine cones. They can serve as both Christmas tree and interior decoration. Painted, in combination with beads, bows, balls in one chain, they look very original and stylish. You can also make New Year's crafts from pine cones in the form of animal figures, for example, the symbol of the year.

If you disassemble the cone into scales, you can make original applications or mosaic patterns. Small particles are suitable both as decorative elements for finishing any surface and for completely covering a mold.

For example, in the first case, an openwork ornament is laid out on a large-diameter Christmas tree ball. As a second option, a postcard is made with a front part made of scales. By painting them in different colors in accordance with the design, they create some image, for example, a Christmas tree against a background of snow. These are the original New Year's crafts made from pine cones. It’s easy to do any of the options with your own hands.

Christmas tree from one cone

If you need to make a lot of small, inexpensive souvenirs, use the following method:

1. Prepare the required number of large fir cones. If there is not enough snow, and you did not have time to collect material in advance, this can be done right in December. When they are warm, they will open even if you found them in the form of thin candles. Before they gain volume, do not treat them with anything.
2. Place each cone on a solid base: glue it to a wooden stand and secure it in a small pot.
3. Paint the pine cones green or white to imitate snow.
4. Decorate the scales in any way. You can sprinkle with beads, having first coated the scales with glue. They also use colored cereals: colored to create the effect of New Year's balls and garlands, white to imitate frost.
5. Place a small star or any other decorative element on the top of your head.

Look how varied crafts made from pine cones are. New Year's photos with such souvenirs demonstrate this perfectly.

How to make a ball

To decorate a New Year tree cheaply, quickly and in an original way, you can do it. Assembling the ball is not at all difficult.

It is enough to do the following:

1. Find a base, for example) and make a shape using the papier-mâché technique.
2. Glue the cones onto the resulting paper sphere. Try to choose specimens that are even and the same size.
3. Reinforce the ribbon for hanging. You can make a regular loop, the free ends of which go inside the sphere.
4. Decorate the resulting souvenir according to your choice.

As you can see, it’s very easy to make New Year’s crafts from a pine cone in the shape of a ball. The easiest option is to simply paint the collected material with colored pearlescent paint and attach the pendants. Christmas tree decorations are ready.

Animals from cones

Do-it-yourself New Year's crafts from pine cones (photo below) are very easy to make. You can collect a bear cub, a fox, a hare, a sheep, and a snake.

You can combine different types and sizes of cones in one object. It is better to attach all elements of large figures to a frame made of wire or papier-mâché. If one bump represents a paw or an ear, then it itself acts as a base.

Topiary

It is a spherical mini-tree in a pot. This is not a Christmas tree or a New Year's toy, but simply a universal souvenir for any holiday. Made from pine cones and decorated with artificial decorative frost, it will definitely be associated with winter.

Such a gift is made in the same way as the one. The difference is that instead of a pendant, it is attached to a rod, which is installed in a vase or pot. Topiary is made even from one large, beautifully shaped cone. Even children can make New Year’s crafts from pine cones (photos above and below).

Subject composition

The kids will always be pleased if their New Year's crafts made from pine cones decorate the interior of the house. To make it interesting for your child to create a souvenir, try offering it to him in the form of a game. Make several figures together. Take part in creating crafts. Tell us about the characters in your composition, winter, and the upcoming holiday.

If the lesson is held in a group, it is interesting to make different animals, a snowman, a Christmas tree. After this, arrange an exhibition, and not just a static one, but, for example, in the form of a short performance, where everyone will speak on behalf of their hero-craft. Children will love this entertainment. It will help you get interested in the process of creating souvenirs from natural materials.

Applique of scales

New Year's ones can be made differently. You have already seen many interesting ideas. Another, very simple one is to make a postcard using pine cone scales as decoration. So, from particles of one specimen you can make a large, beautiful souvenir. Depending on the amount of material you have, ideas may vary. If you are limited in the number of pine cones, use elements to add volume and sophistication to the card. One scale can represent a New Year's toy on a painted Christmas tree. When you have a lot of cones, the scope for creativity opens up very large. A Christmas tree is made from green-painted scales, like a mosaic; snowdrifts or a snowman are made from white ones; an owl and tree trunks are made from brown ones; and Santa Claus is made from red ones. Anyone can make such New Year's crafts from pine cones with their own hands. It is very simple, and the result is original and beautiful.

In addition, the scales are combined with any other materials: cotton wool, cereals, beads, ribbons, bows, plasticine, and something is painted on with a brush. Such original New Year's crafts made from pine cones will definitely delight their owners. In addition to a postcard, you can decorate a bottle of champagne with an applique of scales, lay out a pattern on a wine glass, vase, chest and any other interior item.

You learned how to make New Year's crafts from a pine cone. Choose the idea you like, prepare everything you need and begin the exciting creative process of creating a souvenir. Children will be happy to take part in this.