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Pinecone Wreath DIY: How To Make a Pine Cone Snowflake

Create a stunning DIY pine cone snowflake wreath with this step-by-step "How to" card. Learn the easy and creative techniques to transform simple pinecones into a beautiful, rustic snowflake wreath, perfect for adding a touch of winter charm to your home decor.
Prep Time1 hour
Total Time3 hours
Cost$15.00-$20.00

Equipment

  • Wire cutters
  • Hot glue gun
  • Chip paintbrush

Materials

  • One 16" wire wreath form
  • Nine wood paint stir sticks
  • White paint or spray paint
  • Glue sticks
  • Aluminum foil
  • Drop cloth
  • Spool of wire
  • Iridescent glitter adds a festive touch
  • Variety of pinecones- The perfect largest pinecones for this project come from the eastern white pine trees. Unfortunately I don't have those trees in my local mountains, and I wanted to use natural pine cones I could find locally. I chose to use cones from a local Mountain Hemlock tree. I used 30 of these on this wreath.
  • Small pine cones- I used 50 small cones from the Engelmann spruce tree.
  • White vinegar
  • Cookie sheet
  • Spanish moss
  • Spray glue

Instructions

  • Gather your paint stir sticks and the wire form to create the snowflake frame. 
  • Weave six of the wood paint stir sticks into the frame to create the arms of the snowflake. 
  • Break the other three paint sticks into six 4- 5" pieces.
  • Arrange the small pieces in the center of the wire frame on top of the paint sticks into a hexagon.
  • Hot glue these pieces in place. 
  • Spray paint the entire frame with the white spray paint. 
  • Hot glue a small amount of Spanish moss onto the frame.
  • Lay out your small pinecones in the center of the frame to create a pattern similar to mine. This will help you figure out how many pinecones you will need. I used 50 small pinecones in total on my wreath.
  • Lay out your larger pinecones to determine precisely how many you need. (I used a total of 30 on my wreath).
  • Using a small paintbrush and some white acrylic paint, give these pine cones a light coat of white paint and sprinkle them with glitter while the paint is still wet. You could also use white spray paint for this process, but I have better control with a paintbrush as I did not want to fully cover my pinecones in paint.
  • Allow your cones to dry for a few hours.
  • Assemble the Snowflake Wreath per the below instructions.
  • Use a little bit of hot glue to attach the pine cones in place, starting with the inner ring. 
  • Reinforce the pinecones by wrapping the wire spool around each pine cone and attaching them to the frame.
  • Adding Special Touches
  • Add smaller items to fill open spaces when your beautiful pine cone wreath is finished.
  • I used pinecone flowers made from pinecone petals and a few small cypress pods. 
  • I painted them white, added glitter, allowed them to dry, and then hot glued them to the wreath in a random pattern.