WREATH MADE OF PINE CONES
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Jeanette S
(IC: homeowner)
I saw this beautiful white pine cone wreath with red trim and decided to make one because I thought it would show up better on my brick.
I used a pool noodle, closing it by getting a stick the right size out of the yard and hot gluing it into the open center of each end of the noodle and then duct taping it for security.
Pine cones are washed in water & vinegar, spread out and let dry over night, then baked for 2 hours in a 200 degree oven. Then sort by size and start filling in. I laid out the thin taller ones around the outside and inside edges and went from there.
I had some small pine cones I had collected from previous projects that I painted red and added glitter. I then added silver glitter to the "flowers" on the wreath...here is a night photo but it does not show the sparkle!
You can wear gloves while washing and baking pine cones and laying them out. However, they are difficult to wear with a hot glue gun. Get some wooden skewers or a pair of wooden chopsticks (I keep everything I think I can use later) to hold a hot edged pine cone in place! Also, if one gets wobbly, you can hold it close to a firmly held one and pump in a little hot glue to secure it.
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Published December 2nd, 2015 6:54 AM
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Jeanette S on Feb 11, 2016
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Nat32080497 on Dec 12, 2017
Looks really nice. And what's important to me, I like the white-red combination of colors.
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Jeanette S on Dec 12, 2017
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