Pine Cone Decorations

I made some adorable pine cone reindeer to add to our Christmas decorations this year.

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I made this simple pine cone topiary to decorate my fireplace mantle at Christmastime.

What you'll need:
~A large pine cone
~A 5-6"" sturdy stick
~Floral foam (like you use for flower decorating)
~A 6" flower pot
~Sphagnum moss
~A hot glue gun
Use the hot glue gun to glue the pine cone to one end of the stick. Cut out a piece of the floral foam to fit inside the flower pot.

Push the other end of the stick into the floral foam (you can put a little hot glue on that end to help hold the topiary in place.

Lightly place sphagnum moss around the top of the flower pot to hide the mechanics.

You can frost, paint, or add glitter to your pine cone or flower pot to add some extra bling.

You can make a pine cone garland with the extra pieces of evergreen you snip off of your Christmas tree. If you have evergreens growing in your yard you can snip a couple branches (especially off the bottom), and no one will notice.

You can also purchase fresh greens, or a plastic garland. Add the pine cones to the garland by placing them in after the garland is set where you want them. You can wire the pine cones in, or just place them where you want them.

You can decorate a holiday wreath with pine cones, or hot glue several pine cones to a wire wreath form to make a spectacular Christmas door decoration.

Use a pine cone as inspiration to create a holiday ornament with your kids. Your children will have a blast using pine cones to create special keepsake ornaments for your holiday tree. There are also several cute pine tree ornaments available to purchase from handy crafters.

You can mix pine cones with fresh greens to make beautiful table centerpieces, or scatter them around candles (just be careful they can't catch fire).

You can use floral wire to wire the pine cones into your greens arrangement, or let them float free on the table.

Add a beautiful bow, or some other flowers and greenery and you have a low cost beautiful table decoration.

You can add a few pine cones to some Christmas ornaments, throw them into a bowl, large glass vase, or a basket to make an instant and easy elegant centerpiece.