Channel some Christmas cheer with 3 pinecone wreath ideas that will bring the festive spirit to your home! First up is a classic red and green wreath with natural pinecones and ruby bauble ornaments. The next wreath is a snowy take on holiday wreaths: frost-tipped pinecones, blue ornaments, iced boxwood, silver leaves and glittery stars. For the last design, we studded the wreath with rose gold pinecones, iced silk roses, and pink and brown ornaments. The wreaths are beautiful keepsakes, and you can use them for many years to come.
3 tips before you start
1) I built all three Christmas wreaths on a 30 centimeter or 12-inch wire wreath frame.
2) You can clean and open pinecones, which you have collected from the woods, by baking the pinecones on a lined baking tray in the oven for 30 minutes to one hour.
3) I used fresh twigs for some of the wreaths, but you can also switch to artificial plants instead.
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Pinecone Wreath Instructions
Channel some Christmas cheer with 3 pinecone wreath ideas that will bring the festive spirit to your home!
Materials
Classic Red and Green Christmas Pinecone Wreath
- 30 cm (12 in) wire wreath frame
- 28 – 30 pinecones (small and medium size)
- 10 -15 small and lush conifer twigs
- 20 – 30 holly leaves
- 21 wired red mini bauble ornaments
Icy Winter Christmas Pinecone Wreath
- 30 cm (12 in) wire wreath frame
- 28 – 30 pinecones (small and medium size)
- 10 – 15 mini pine cones
- 10 small boxwood twigs
- 20 – 24 artificial silver glitter leaves
- 21 – 24 wired blue and silver mini bauble ornaments
- 10 – 15 mini silver stars
- white acrylic paint
- artificial snow or granulated sugar
Rose Gold Christmas Pinecone Wreath
- 30 cm (12 in) wire wreath frame
- 30 – 34 pinecones (small and medium size)
- silk flowers and buds (We used pink roses and burgundy carnations.)
- 25 – 30 pink and brown mini bauble ornaments
- rose gold spray paint
- white glue
- artificial snow or granulated sugar
Tools
- wire cutter
- secateurs
- hot glue gun
- hot glue sticks
- small soft square brush
Instructions
Classic Red and Green Christmas Pinecone Wreath
- Attach the pinecones. To craft a classic red and green pinecone wreath, apply hot glue to the bottom of the pinecones and attach to wreath frame. Hot glue can cause burns, so please be careful when handling the glue gun. Continue adding pinecones to cover the wire frame but leave a little space in between the pinecones. Let the glue dry completely.
- Add the twigs and ornaments. Shorten conifer and holly twigs to a length of 5 to 8 centimeters, which is 2 to 3 inches. Gather three mini wired bauble ornaments and twist into a tight bundle. Then fill the gaps between the pinecones with twigs and bauble ornaments. Use the wire frame and pinecones to tuck in the twigs and ornaments.
Icy Winter Christmas Pinecone Wreath
- Frost the pinecones and boxwood. For a frosty winter pinecone wreath, paint the tips of the pinecones and boxwood twigs with white acrylic paint and let dry. You can also sprinkle artificial snow or granulated sugar on the wet paint to create an even icier look.
- Put the wreath together. Attach the pinecones as explained in the previous step and fill in the wreath with boxwood twigs, silver leaves, and bauble ornaments. We finished the wreath by covering any remaining bare spots with mini pinecones and glitter stars.
Rose Gold Christmas Pinecone Wreath
- Spray paint the pinecones. To make a romantic rose gold pinecone wreath, spray the pinecones generously with rose gold metallic spray paint.
- Frost the silk flowers. Apply white glue to the edges of silk roses and carnations and dip in artificial snow to make them appear frost-covered. Allow all materials to dry well.
- Finish the wreath. Then hot glue the pinecones and dusty pink bauble ornaments tightly onto the wreath frame. Use the frosted flowers to fill in gaps.
