20+ Spectacular Ways to Use Pine Cones for Christmas

[@CarolynS.Cooper-io4jw]

I have made several,different sized trees using the pinecone petals. We only have loblolly pines here in East Texas but I love foraging around our 10 acres. I also made a " log cabin" village using twigs,branches and small cardboard boxes. I used the pinecone petals for the roof shingles. Love my pinecone crafting. Oh,and I make all my cones out of whatever cardboard I have around ( empty cereal boxes,etc ) because I am ocd about recycling instead of trashing. Lol ! Love all your projects ! ❤🎄🦌🎅☃️❄️

[@creartivebynature]

Oh, I love your ideas!! Sounds beautiful 🤗 I haven't heard of that type of tree, I will look it up!! I'm in BC Canada. We have so many different types of trees that produce different cones. I'm truly grateful 😊 Thanks so much for watching and sharing with me. Have a wonderful weekend 💖 🤗

[@maryellenyork2819]

I think we have loblolly pines here in central AR. For gifts last year, I put a pinecone upside down in a large wine glass with fake snow. I glued a small mirror or wooden tumbling tower block coaster to the rim. Then, I flipped it over, added a ribbon, more snow, etc., and a candle on top (of the foot of the glass that is now the top).

[@CarolynS.Cooper-io4jw]

​@@creartivebynature you as well.

[@Taitcreates639]

I have a ton of various sized pine cones, found most while walking my grandson when he was a baby. Love all of your great ideas. Mine will all have a very special memory behind them. Thank you so much.

[@creartivebynature]

That is awesome! Have fun crafting 💖🤗🎄

[@maryellenyork2819]

Somehow, I have 8 glass pie pans. I loved what you did in the Pampered Chef one. I can paint mine and use them for gifts. I love the dehydrated orange and apple slices with cinnamon. Add a few cloves and star anise and it becomes a pretty bowl of potpouri. Great idea!

[@creartivebynature]

Great idea Mary Ellen!! Thanks so much for watching and for all your lovely comments. Take care🤗🎄💖

[@LisaLindsey-i9p]

Love love love all of your creations! I love to forage for craft supplies. I love using lichen and lichen covered branches as well. Those teeny tiny pine cones are the smallest I’ve ever seen! Thank you for sharing!

[@creartivebynature]

Thank you kindly 😉💖🎄

[@suebrown7882]

Love them all! For the wreath with the tartan house - to avoid trying to hide the light's wires, can put the lights at the back and just pull the actual lights through to the front (a crochet hook works well) and all the wire is hidden!

[@liddybird3608]

I like that!

[@creartivebynature]

Great tip. Thanks 🤗💖

[@katherineharper-sj4ys]

Donna, all of these are so beautiful and fun. I’m going to make pine cone trees and the little wreath. I’m so grateful for the tip on arranging the evergreens. That will be helpful. I used pine cone scales as roofing shingles on a balsa wood birdhouse to make a house for a Christmas village. I love watching your channel.

[@creartivebynature]

Yay, glad you enjoyed, Katherine!! Thanks for watching and for always supporting me🥰 . Have a great week!!☺️💖

[@lisaogg6337]

Wow wow wow!! Oh my goodness Donna, I absolutely love love each and every one of em all!! I've made a few of em all but I sure would like to make some of the others too. Keep all of your beautiful crafts coming!! God Bless y'all

[@creartivebynature]

Aw, thank you Lisa 😊 I truly appreciate!! I am so happy you are inspired 🤗 Thanks for watching. Take care 💖😄🎄

[@francasimonetta3849]

Great video Donna I love everything you made I’m doing crafts and watching you at the same time I’m making the cinnamon spritzer it smells so good thank you for sharing all your great ideas ❤😊

[@madonnafriedman5148]

Such wonderful use of pine cones! They are all beautiful! I've used my big branch loppers to cut the pine cones. They make it and easy task. Thanks for sharing your wonderful talents. Really enjoy your videos.

[@creartivebynature]

Thank you 💖💖💖

[@juliesigmund3836]

I love it all! My house is surrounded by woods and lots of places to forage for goodies. 30 years ago when we first moved into our home, we didn't have much for decorations. I remember going into the woods, and cutting pine tree branches and picking up pinecones to decorate the house with. My oldest son was only 5 years old and he had so much fun helping me gather goodies.😂 This is totally my style!😁

[@creartivebynature]

Aw, thanks so much, I truly appreciate it. Glad you enjoyed ☺️ Thanks for watching and sharing, I love it!! 💖🤗🎄

[@Rebecky7867]

I love all that you made. I sure wish I could find mini cones in Northern Utah where I live. You are so creative.

[@creartivebynature]

Thank you kindly 💖

[@jeanharding517]

Thank you for these excellent tutorials.

[@ConniePloch]

Gorgeous wooden bowl -I love it

[@creartivebynature]

Thank you 💖💖💖

[@lindabarrington5400]

Wonderful projects. They all are lovely to look at.

[@creartivebynature]

Thank you kindly 😉💖

[@mariejoiner6495]

I'm loving your videos. I too love nature and years back I made a Christmas tree using my large pine cones foraged from my yard. Once the cones were shaped into a tree shape I added small decorations and lights. It really was pretty. I also gathered small twigs/limbs and tied a beautiful Christmas bow around them, hung on the wall. Oh you have my creative juices flowing...lol. TFS😊

[@creartivebynature]

😃I did that too!!! It was such a popular craft several years back. I think I will try it again next year, especially now that I know I can collect so many different sizes of cones. Thanks so much for watching. Take care 💖🎄😊

[@bluejay8047]

This beautiful video was therapeutic. Most grateful.

[@franstoeckel1615]

Donna these ideas and creations are so beautiful. I too love nature and using it in my home. Thank you for the wonderful ideas. ❤❤❤

[@creartivebynature]

Aw, thanks so much, I truly appreciate it. Glad you enjoyed ☺️ Thanks for watching!!💖🤗🎄

[@maryellenyork2819]

Your designs just get better and better. I really love the glass box. I hope I can find one even though I will have to buy, not forage, the little cones. (I have to be careful to keep decor out of my miniature poodle's reach and mouth.)

[@aerojill]

I love to forage as well. I honestly never thought about using lichen covered branches…clearly that was a mistake!😊

[@creartivebynature]

They are so fun to use!! Thanks so much for watching 💖🤗

[@mamadulas6578]

I always thoroughly enjoy your videos, but I LOVE,LOVE, LOVE this collaboration ❤😊 i can't go for a walk without coming home with a pocket full of leaves, cones, rocks, etc. These are beautiful ideas for me to use my little treasures 😁

[@creartivebynature]

Aw, thanks so much, I truly appreciate it. Glad you enjoyed ☺️ Thanks for watching!!🤗💖🎄

[@lizasherman7431]

Beautiful and magical!😊 ❤

[@creartivebynature]

Thank you! 😊

[@Taitcreates639]

Sooo many great, natural ideas, love this video

[@lindabarraza2433]

You so fuel my love for nature and creating. I love everything you do. Stay safe on those walks, finding all those jewels. Also you are so blessed to have access to the deer antlers.

[@creartivebynature]

Thank you kindly 😉💖

[@JessieHale-xv7jt]

Beautiful crafts,i love things made with nature,thank you

[@creartivebynature]

Thank you kindly, I appreciate it. Thanks for watching. Have a great day. 😀💖

[@valeriewhittier5906]

Love all your diy's. I love anything nature.

[@creartivebynature]

Thank you kindly 💖 🤗

[@maryellenyork2819]

My small guest bathroom's shower curtain fabric has birds and twigs, so that will be an ideal room to duplicate some of your marvelous ideas. The humidity from the shower may even help to keep natural elements from drying out too quickly. (I have a cedar tree and plan to clip a few fresh branches. I also have lichen-covered twigs that fell in a storm.) I have foraged many large pinecones. Thanks for the many ideas. I knew this would be a great video!

[@creartivebynature]

Love it all Mary Ellen!! Just be careful with the branch, it could potentially release spores due to the humidity. Try drying it out in the oven to kill any spores.

[@liddybird3608]

These natural ornaments are my favorite kind of ornament, (other than my collection of vintage dioramas). Even those I only buy the ones with natural scenes inside. Evergreen sprigs, pine cones, poinsettia, etc. Nothing anthropomorphic.

[@carolkokx9638]

Lovely crafts❤

[@creartivebynature]

Thank you 💖💖💖

[@marthaperez9740]

HI DONNA, I’m in love with all your decorations, I made the two cabins that you make , everybody love them , you are so talented , I really love nature and you create in me a little monster I’m obsessed now to go foraging all the time with my husband an my kids , thank you so much for cheering your gift with us , I’m totally your fun .♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@vborja3877]

I have never seen the cabins she makes can you please tell me what video it is? Thank you😊❤

[@creartivebynature]

@vborja3877 Here are the links for the 2 cabins I made: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hp-8eoaei52LZtE kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHmTamOvo5iiqcU

[@creartivebynature]

Aw, thanks so much Martha!! You are so sweet!! I am happy you are inspired by what I love to create!! Thanks for watching. Take care 🤗🎄💖

[@donna8212]

Wonderful job Donna. 👍🏻🕊️

[@creartivebynature]

Thank you kindly Donna 😉💖

[@debbieellebracht9422]

I love your videos. I am so jealous of your beautiful birch bark that you use in so many projects. None in my area. Love anything pinecone.

[@creartivebynature]

Thank you kindly, I appreciate it. Thanks for watching. Have a great day. 😀💖

[@stephm281]

❤️🎄❤️👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@creartivebynature]

Thank you 💖💖💖

[@55delynn]

The cloche and the last forest bouquet at the end are my favorites. I cannot find the brown paper trees from your tables cape. Is there a template?

[@creartivebynature]

Aw, thanks so much. Here's the link to where I got the tree template: www.creativefabrica.com/product/christmas-tree-silhouette-svg/ I think you have to pay, or you can try out a free trial if available, then you can get it for free 😊 I always cancel my subscription if I am not using the service. Thanks for watching 💖

[@PK-bh1ww]

I have that ceramic deer and a buck and doe that match it.

[@creartivebynature]

Oh that's cool, I didn't know there were others 😃 Thanks for sharing with me 🤗💖🎄🦌

[@dianewhitehill6653]

Do you clean the pine cones in a certain way? Water, soap, bleach, oven?

[@creartivebynature]

Great question!! Here's a video that I recently did where I share all about foraging for Pine Cones!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pobQmKNse9WmadU But to quickly answer you, i personlly just set them out to dry in a box, usually in the sun. I have done it this way for YEARS, even as a kid. I have dried them in the oven, but that's because I get inpatient and don't want them to air dry. Honestly though, if you're in doubt, then wash and dry in oven. I can't promise that air drying them will elimante any issues you may have. I hope this helps. Thanks for watching. Take care 🤗💖

[@AmberVereide-de9iv]

I'm wondering if you have any crafts for Incense Cedar pinecones? I have bags of them but can't find any crafts to make with them.

[@creartivebynature]

Oh, I have never heard of those before. I don't have them here where I live. Maybe try using them as a decorative element like you would when adding berries or florals. You could glue dome together to create clusters to use in garlands or wreaths. Or try covering an entire foam cone with them to create a tree. Maybe covering a foam ball to create an ornament. I would paint the white foam with brown paint so you can't see the white. I hope this helps. It's hard to say since I have never used them before. Thanks so much for watching. Happy crafting 💖

[@AmberVereide-de9iv]

@creartivebynature Thanks they are different similar to rose hips but more pinwheel shape.

[@creartivebynature]

@@AmberVereide-de9iv oh, ok. That's not what I saw. Maybe there's another name? Sorry, I really don't know 😕

[@AmberVereide-de9iv]

@creartivebynature nope Google incense cedar pinecones. They are reddish in color and just 3-4 little spikes, they are maybe a 1/2" in diameter.

[@anneburton6708]

Do u bake your twigs n stuff you find outside to not bring in critters with nature???

[@creartivebynature]

I personally don't, but if it's a concern, then I would. Here's a video explaining how I take care of things when I bring them home: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKDSZ2iCoKuSr8k Let me know if you have any other questions. Thanks for watching. 🤗🎄