Acorns:

• Plastic Easter Eggs
• Acrylic Paints (I used Craftsmart from Michaels and Martha Stewart)
• Sequins
• Jute Twine
• Hot Glue Gun and Glue
• Tacky Glue ( I used Aleene's Turbo Tacky)

Pinecones:

• Plastic Easter Eggs
• Acrylic Paints
• Sequins
• Scrapbook Paper
• Oval Craft Punch or Digital Cutting Machine (eg Cricut, Silhouette)

The first step is to paint your eggs. I applied the paint directly to the surface and did a couple of coats of dark brown followed by metallic copper. I found it easier to paint separated rather than snapped together. A bamboo skewer is helpful to hold them in place since the top and bottom of my eggs had little holes. I originally planned to leave the tops unpainted since I was going to cover them w/ sequins but went back and painted them.

Once your eggs are painted, place a dab of hot glue at the seam where the top and bottom join, then wrap jute twine around as shown. When satisfied, dab with hot glue, press, trim.

Starting at the top of your wrapped twine, use tacky glue to adhere your sequins. Aleene's Turbo Tacky grips FAST but dries slower so you have time to position your sequins as needed. You can use hot glue but I hate glue strings (and burns!). Work upwards toward the top.

For the stem, use the jute twine folded over and glued to itself two or three times, measuring about 1 inch and adhere to top of egg with hot glue. Finish your sequins.

I added one of the sequins to the bottom of the acorn along with a small copper bead.

For the pinecones, I painted the tip of the bottom of the plastic egg to coordinate with the sequins I used.

To create the pinecone petals, I cut 1inch ovals using my Cricut Explore Air 2.

Starting at the bottom and using hot glue, start gluing the petals around the egg. Starting with the second row, slightly offset the petals as you work around the egg going up to the top. Depending on whether you want your pinecone open or closed looking, you can glue the other end of the petal down on the previous row of petals.