Pinecones are free and abundant in Georgia. My students and I collected hundreds of them just from walking around our campus. Students painted the pine cones with either white or red paint and then used some creativity to decide whether to add stacked wooden beads, ribbon, twine, or silk leaves and flowers to decorate their pinecones and make it possible to hang on the tree. Hot glue is an ornament maker's best friend. Fuzzy twin can fit through wooden beads one you fold the end of the twine into the fold of a piece of shipping tape (or masking tape) and cut the tape close to the twine and cutting the end into a point. If you want to add bling to a tree or wreath you can spray paint the pinecone with gold or silver paint or brush the edges with glue and roll in glitter. We were trying to create a rustic look and I think it worked well.
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