How To Decorate Pine Cones With Paint

Several kinds of cones.

How to decorate pine cones with paint. Create your own mini pinecone trees with spray paint and wine corks. You want paint to go into all the nooks and crannies of the pine cone. Decorate your door with a floral wreath made from cut pine cones.

The paint mixture is 3 parts paint and 2 parts water. Remove it and shake off as much excess paint off the pine cone as you can. Once the pine cones are dry enough to handle turn them over to expose the other side and spray another coat.

Hot glue and glue gun hemp twine or peppermint twine for making pine cone ornaments garlands and gift toppers. They look pretty and can be great gift items too for the festive season. Set up a little pine tree forest on the mantle or take some to a local elderly home for the holidays.

Set the pine cone on wax paper to dry and remove the skewer. Now you can start filling in the rest of the pine cone shape by painting around the tips with a darker toned brown mixture. Whenever they get wet they tend to close but don t fear.

Shake the pine cone to get rid of excess paint as you draw it out of the paint. The pine cones will probably close up. Here are some of the best ways to paint your pine cones.

Leave the paint to dry again before moving on to the next stage. One dozen pine cone flowers in a spring or pastel mix of colors on 12 inch wood stems. Then paint the centers yellow.