DLTK's Christmas Crafts for Kids
Pinecone Ornament
Thanks to Melissa for sharing this idea with us!
Melissa wrote, "I have a wonderful craft idea that I couldn't find
anywhere so i would like to share it with you. i do daycare and care mostly
for 3-5 year olds and so we paint a lot. For Christmas we are painting large
pinecones (that a parent brought me) green and then sprinkling glitter over
the wet paint and hanging it by the string we put on the pinecone before
we began painting. The glitter makes the cone shimmer and very pretty. it
will most likely go as a tree decoration to give to their parents as a gift
that THEY made and it is so simple that my one two year old did a fantastic
job. I hope you will share this with the others as it is cheap
and easy and appropriate for all ages. The cones can be made more elaborate
with those little balls that you put on the cakes and tinsel from the tree!"
Thanks to Barb for contributing her variation on the same craft:
Barb wrote: "I just did a similar thing with my grand daughter. Instead
of the glitter, I stood the pinecone up in a milk cap that I had put plaster
of paris in after I had painted the pine cone green. After it was dry she
put little pompom's on it to make it look like tiny ball decorations. The
milk cap helps to keep the pinecone sitting up and looks like a mini tree."
Materials:
- Pinecone
- String
- Regular washable craft paint
- Paint brush with large bristles
- Glitter
- OPTIONAL: Cake decorating silver balls or tinsel
Instructions:
- Tie the string to the pinecone.
- Paint the pinecone by pushing the brush into the pinecone
- Sprinkle glitter on the wet paint and add whatever other decorations
you would like.
- Let dry.
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