I have committed myself this year to making this holiday season purposeful, crafty, and full of memories for all of us. I want to spend less time in stores and more time with my family, making, creating, enjoying and celebrating. I want a festive home without the credit card bill in January to show for it. I know that I can make our home beautiful for the holidays, create with my kids, and make memories for all of us with just a little effort.
Every year, I attempt to make a wreath. Every year, it turns into a colossal failure. I either don’t have enough stuff, or I just wreck it all up with my clumsy ways. Yet, I have been determined to make a wreath that I am willing (and hopefully proud) to display, and also one that I can do with my kids. All my projects are 5 year old friendly!
This year, I went simple. A grapevine wreath and some pinecones. A hot glue gun and some acrylic sealer. That’s all. Oh and some loppers. you know those big huge branch cutters? Yeah, those.
So, I got this grapevine wreath at Goodwill with some goofy stuff attached to it for 99 cents. I threw away the goofy stuff attached to it. Then I collected a bunch of pinecones. Then asked my hubby kindly if he would use the loppers to cut off the pinecones for me. Awesome guy that he is, he agreed.
When you lop off the ends of pinecones, there is a place that they make a flower pattern. So you get this:
Use your hot glue gun to attach them all the way around, then spray with acrylic sealer to make it look shiny and finished and you have this:
For 99 cents and about 30 minutes start to finish, a wreath worthy of hanging. And displaying proudly.
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It is a pretty one!! You are so clever!
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Oh, I love that!! I never would have thought to “lop” them like that. So pretty!
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Ok, I really need to figure out how to lop off the top! I LOVE this! And I have a ton of pine cones from my pine cone pickin day. LOL The wreath is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!
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Love it – amazing what taking the tops of did for it. It’s so beautiful that way.
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Extremely cute. I think I shall copy you…hoping that you believe like Anne Shirley of Green Gables fame that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
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super fun, cute, and fabulous!
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That is such a great idea! I love them! I never would have thought of making pinecones into “flowers.” I am featuring this at somedaycrafts.blogspot.com Grab my “featured” button.
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That is precious I am so going to search for pinecones tomorrow. Great project!
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Neat…I’m going to have to try cutting the top off of some pinecones this year. It’s beautiful. I do like to make time to enjoy the season with my kids. They’re bigger now, but they still love making cookies!
Kim
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This is simply lovely– I really like pinecones and this is a new way to use them– well done,.
And I hear you– more time at home, chilled out, with my family is what I want for Christmas.
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you have amazed me again
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How creative! You really are amazing me with these thrifty (and easy) holiday crafts.
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How clever and BEAUTIFUL! Love this great idea!
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Wow, so beautiful & frugal! Fun for the little ones too.
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I really like this. So simple and understated, but really really pretty. Thanks!
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Love it and I love your comment on the nester about buying 4 things for each child. Brilliant! Thanks for the inspiration!
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Two words… Very Cool!
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Love it…never knew pine cones looked like that!
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I think that is so beautiful! I just sent a link to my mom because I could totally see her hanging one of these at her place. I don’t have a wreath or pinecones, but wish I had both!
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What a wonderful idea, and a lovely wreath. Time to go for a walk to gather some more pinecones.
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Love working with pinecones! Such a beautiful wreath for year round too!
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That is such a clever idea to cut them off and show the flower pattern! Never would have thought of that. Have a good weekend…
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