Easy Christmas Crafts for Kids - Pinecone Christmas Tree

With the winter season upon us, and Christmas right around the corner, making a Pine Cone Christmas Tree is a fun and easy craft any child or preschooler can put together with an adults help on a snow covered weekend or as a class project at school. However you decide to make it it is a great decoration or Christmas Tree ornament for the Christmas holiday season. If you have Pine cones lying around in your backyard you can cut the cost of this project down. If you don't have Pine Trees in your backyard you can find pine cones in most craft and Dollar stores for little money.

Pinecone Christmas Tree

Materials and Supplies You Will Need

A large and open pine cone (try to use one that is shaped like a tree and stands upright easily)
Glitter (Silver or Gold will work best)
A few small cotton balls
Elmer's Glue
Dental floss
Needle (Optional)
Small beads (Christmas colors work best)
A small bow or star to top off your little tree

How to Make the Pinecone Christmas Tree

The first thing you will want to do is collect or buy your pine cones. Large, full pine cones work best with this project. Once you have the pinecones you will need to clean them of any dirt, sap or insects that might be on them. An easy way of doing this is to bake the pinecones in the over on 350F for 1 hour.

Start off the Christmas tree by gluing a few cotton balls to the bottom of the pine cone. These will give the tree a snow look around the bottom and they help the tree stand upright.

Next dab a tiny amount of glue on the tips of the pine cone and sprinkle on the glitter. If you want to save the mess glitter might make you can buy Glitter Glue for this project.

Next take the dental floss and string the small beads onto the floss. Depending on the size of your pine cone you can use about 1 to 1 1/2 ft of floss. To make stringing the beads easy for you and your child tie one bead securely to the end of the string. You can also use the needle to string the beads if you are using string. When you have completed the stringing tie off the last bead with a knot. Wrap the beads around the pine cone while tucking them in away from the edges and glue the beads to the branches.

Finally, top off your tree with a small bow, a tiny angel or other decoration.