Cone decor

Properly prepared natural materials can serve as the basis for the manufacture of a huge variety of decorations. For example, chic wreaths, candlesticks, bouquets and other original New Year's decorations are obtained from cones. In today's article, we will learn how to make a spectacular decor with these natural ingredients.

Before you start modeling a variety of New Year's (and not only) decorations, you should take care of the careful preparation of natural materials. And spruce, pine, and cedar cones will need several preparatory procedures, which cannot be neglected. Let's consider several main rules for the correct preparation of natural ingredients for further creative work.

• Cones collected in the forest or in the park will definitely need to be thoroughly cleaned. You will need to get rid of absolutely all the debris and dirt that is stuck between the scales. We are talking about needles, grass, dust, earth, and so on. Cleaning can be done manually or with a coarse brush.

• When natural materials are completely purified, they will need to be soaked in a solution made from vinegar (6-7%) and water in a 1: 1 ratio. The prepared composition must completely cover the natural ingredients, so that all the living creatures in them are supposed to die.

• You don't need to take too cold water to process the buds. Hot liquid is more suitable.It is most convenient to take a bowl of sufficient depth, fill it with cones, and then fill it with the solution indicated above. From above, the dishes can be covered with foil and left so for 1.5 hours.

• After the specified time, the film can be removed from the container. It will be noticeable that the cones have absorbed water, but their shape should not change. If completely dry material is collected, it may change slightly after processing, but as soon as it dries, it will return to its previous state.

• Now the natural materials should be rinsed with clean water several times. Then the components can be laid out on a windowsill or balcony on a surface pre-covered with newspapers or towels. It is not recommended to dry the buds in a living room after being treated with vinegar.

When the cones are completely dried and prepared for the implementation of various creative ideas, you can proceed directly to their implementation.

With your own hands, you can easily and simply make a very beautiful and elegant winter wreath of cones for the New Year. Let's figure out the main features of making such a spectacular New Year's decoration for a hospitable home.

• A strong frame should serve as the basis for the future beautiful wreath. It should be prepared before starting any other work. You also need to stock up on wire, cardboard, bending twigs and old newspapers twisted into a ring.
• When the base of the New Year's wreath is ready, you can start attaching cones to it. This stage can be realized in several ways.
• The simplest solution is to use an adhesive solution. This method of fastening is ideal if the homemade base is made of paper or cardboard.
• Small rings strung on a wire base can be attached to each of the decorative elements. The connection of the ends of the circle can be completed after the final execution of the product.
• Cones, nuts and other decorations are fixed on a fishing line or on a twine, which is then wound on a frame base.

You can also make a lot of different original decorations for the Christmas tree from cones. Let's get acquainted with one of the master classes on modeling such an interesting decoration.

• First, you need to prepare all the components from which the decorative ball will be made. You will need: toilet paper and glue, a balloon, paint to match the color of the bumps, the bumps themselves.
• The first step is to inflate the balloon. After that, it is wrapped as carefully as possible with toilet paper, previously soaked in an adhesive solution. The prepared composition is left untouched for a while until it dries completely.
• Next, the surface of the workpiece is painted to hide possible gaps in the paper.
• An elegant festive ribbon is pulled over the ball. It will perform the function of a hinge-fastener, through which the craft can be mounted on a Christmas tree or fixed under the ceiling or doorway.
• The next stage of work will be the most difficult. I need to glue the cones. The base is very fragile, so caution is required.
• Cones are glued in rows, trying not to leave voids. When all the details are dry, the ball can be additionally decorated.

Very cute and charming Christmas tree figurines come out of natural materials. To make such a thing, you need 1 large cone or about ten cones of equal size. A small Christmas tree should be placed in an equally small pot. The bump needs to be painted using a spray can. Either green or silver is preferred. When the paint is dry, you can decorate the craft.

Beads, stars or balls formed from shiny paper / foil are hung on the opened scales. If the Christmas tree is large, a cone should be prepared for it from cardboard. Cones should be glued to it with pointed ends outward. Larger buds are attached at the bottom, and smaller buds are attached at the top. The finished homemade product is supplemented with various New Year's paraphernalia.

For candles, it is possible to model a luxurious cone candlestick. The simplest, but no less attractive option will come out of an ordinary glass container. Salt is poured into it. She will imitate snow. Additions in the form of thin twigs will look good. A candle is placed in the very center of the resulting composition.

The neck of the blank jar should be smeared with an adhesive solution, onto which grains of salt are then sprinkled.

Cones are natural gifts, from which it is possible to model not only New Year's, but also year-round decorations that look very beautiful and original. Ready-made products can be very effective to decorate a variety of environments. Below are some great master classes.

From the considered natural components, amazing flowers are obtained, from which you can make unusual creative bouquets. RLet's take a step by step how to properly model such unusual things.

• It is necessary to fix the painted cones on a wire base. To do this, you should use a high-quality adhesive composition. Through this component, the wire is glued to the wide base of the cone. Then the last component must be painted with acrylics or wrapped with a special tape. After dipping the element in the paint, you will need to wait until it is completely dry.

• There is another way, in which it is necessary to use only the lower wide part of the cones. To do this, break off their top, leaving only the bottom. The selected part is painted white, a hole is made in it with an awl and the wire is passed through. The latter will need to be wrapped with a tape.

• Elegant flowers made from cones made in any way can be combined into one voluminous bouquet, tie up with thread or jute, and then place in any vase you like. The end result is a cool decor for a home or summer cottage.

To make a pretty photo frame, you need to stock up on the following components:

• pine or spruce cones are not very large;
• box of chocolates;
• scissors;
• thick paper;
• glue gun.

Let's analyze a step-by-step master class.

• Prepare the cones, free the box from sweets, crumbs and candy wrappers.
• A heart-shaped pattern is neatly cut out of high-density paper. The size of this detail should correspond to the dimensions of future photographs that will be placed in the frame.
• The template is placed on the bottom of the box, outlined and cut out.
• Then you can start gluing the cones. There is no need to rush into this. First, you will need to carefully arrange them around the heart-shaped hole made.
• Cones must completely fill the entire surface of the box. To do this, you need to use a glue gun. Then they put the photo into the homemade product and fix it in the frame.

There are many other interesting schemes for making original decorations from natural cones. For example, charming owlets made of natural material can become an interesting and unusual interior decoration. Let's see how they can be done.

• The pine cone will serve as the base-body of the future cute bird. It can be treated with gray or white paint, or it can be left in its original form.
• In the wide side of a sufficiently open bump, paws are attached. The easiest way to make them is from plasticine mass.
• Owl wings, eyes and beak can be made from paper or felt. All these components must be glued to the base as tightly as possible.

As a result, you will get very cute figures that can be placed on the shelves in the house. A decorative jar, creatively designed using natural ingredients, will become a good interior decoration. It is enough to choose a glass jar that has any non-standard shape. It should be filled with properly prepared buds, pre-painted in attractive colors such as white, black, blue or gray. It is permissible to paint natural components in paints of acid tones. This will be quite enough to get a cool decorative detail that will definitely attract attention to itself in the interior.

You can arrange the craft discussed above a little differently. To do this, you should find a simple jar. It will need to be filled in by a third with colored cones of different colors. On top of the natural components, it will be possible to lay a layer of a garland powered by a battery hidden at the bottom. Such a decoration will look gorgeous in both New Year's and year-round environments.

Materials bestowed on man by nature itself make amazing decorations. Thanks to such products, a variety of interiors become much more original, bright, and creative. Let's look at some good examples of how to use pine cone decor.

• Three tall Christmas trees completely made of cones will look very aesthetically pleasing and cozy on a shelf in the interior. Graceful stars made from the same components can flaunt at their top.

• If you want to bring a special twist to the interior, you can make a topiary from cones. Its voluminous top should be fixed on the branches descending into the imitation of hemp with a thin layer of green grass. Such things will find their place in a wide variety of settings, especially if the background is decorated in neutral tones.

• An elegant and refined interior decoration will surely become a transparent glass cloche, under which there are small shiny vases with white-painted cones placed in them. The top of the glass part can be supplemented with an imitation of frost or snow, or you can leave it without such elements.

For information on how to make a garland of cones with your own hands, see the next video.