Handmade crafts from cones - creating a topiary, a decorative basket, flowers, a ball and animals (116 photos)

Cones provide boundless scope for the manifestation of creative imagination for both adults and children. The options for crafts are diverse: from Christmas interior decorations to autumn crafts from cones for the exhibition in kindergarten.

Preparation of cones for crafts

Collecting material for the crafts is best in the spring or fall. The timing of the collection depends on the author's idea. In the spring the cones are mature without seeds, and in the fall collect the unopened cones.

To create a quality handicraft, it is necessary to properly prepare the raw material. Preparation includes the following stages:

• etching from insects,
• treatment with glue if necessary,
• drying.

To etch from insects use a solution of 6% vinegar. To do this, 1 cup of water is added to 1 cup of vinegar. The material is kept in the solution for half an hour and then dried.

Before drying, the cones are further treated to achieve the desired effect. Closed cones are dipped in PVA glue for half a minute so that they do not open during drying.

Sometimes, for crafts, you need to give the cones an unusual shape. To achieve elasticity, the fruits are placed in boiling water. Then they are given the necessary shape and fixed with rope or duct tape.

Drying can be natural, it will take 2 to 3 weeks. The fruits are placed in a basket or box with holes. Place paper on the bottom. Mature spring cones can be placed in three layers, and unopened cones in one. The container for drying is placed in a ventilated room.

Another option for drying is thermal. Put cones in one layer in a thick-walled cast-iron skillet and dry them on a low heat, turning them constantly. Dry as needed.

If you need to prepare a lot of material, it is better to use an oven.

Cover a baking tray with foil and pour the raw material in a single layer and put it in the oven. Dry the fruit for 40-50 minutes at a low temperature. Do not close the oven door tightly.

Topiary

Artificial sheared tree is an interesting craft from cones and acorns, which will refresh the interior. Before proceeding to the craft it is necessary to prepare the following materials:

• plaster,
• duct tape,
• newspaper,
• a tree branch,
• flower pot,
• spray paint.

First make a base of newspaper of the required size. The newspaper is crumpled to form a ball. Fix it with scotch tape. Then wrap the ball in a plastic bag, tie it and fix the hole with glue.

Cut off the bottom part of the cones, as only the tops of cones or small fir cones are used for the topiary. Glue the tops of the cones in a staggered order, as closely as possible. In the gaps between the cones, glue acorns.

Sharpen a branch from a tree of suitable length, smear it with glue and stick it into the ball from below. Then proceed to paint the ball. The ball is further decorated with dried leaves, dried flowers, beads and ribbons.

After that, dilute plaster and fill the flower pot below the edge by several centimeters. In the center place a branch with a ball and fix it until the plaster is completely dry. "Mulch" the plaster can be small cones, moss.

Decorative basket of cones

If you have enough fruit, you can make a decorative basket. The elements of the basket are connected with hot glue, wire and fishing line. The basket is not difficult to assemble if you follow the suggested work steps:

1. Assemble three identical hoops of cones, fastened with wire.
2. Prepare the bottom of the basket, which is a circle of cones tightly joined together by wire. Their number depends on the diameter of the basket.
3. Then attach the bottom to one of the hoops using connecting materials. Then build up the walls of the basket with other ready hoops in the same way.
4. The handle is the same hoop. Fix it to the walls of the basket in the same way.

Flowers from cones

An original bouquet of cones will decorate the interior and can be a nice gift for Mother's Day. In the process of creating a bouquet you will need: straight sticks, plastic suede or colored paper, a brush, acrylic paint and glue.

The steps of the work are simple and fun. First, cut out leaves from paper or plastic suede are glued to the sticks. After that, they are painted green. Cones are painted in different colors. Connect the elements with hot glue. Beautiful bouquet ready!

Ball made of cones

An interesting craftwork, which can be hung from the ceiling or placed in a beautiful flower pot. To make the ball you need the following materials: cones of about the same size, newspaper, plastic bag, glue, spray paint.

The stages of the craft are similar to making a ball for a topiary. The finished ball is covered with varnish, paint or artificial snow.

Cones crafts for children

Children love to make animal figurines. It's simple and accessible. Even small children can make their own crafts from cones and plasticine. Additional materials can be found in every home: colored paper, cardboard, felt.

Hedgehog .

Mature pine cones are suitable for the craft. The body of the hedgehog is molded from light clay in the shape of a large carrot. Place eyes and nose of black pepper peas or accessories on it. Cones are densely distributed along the body.

Another version of the handicraft can be a hedgehog from cones and a plastic bottle. Bottle with a narrow neck is covered with dark tights or jute. The loose end is tucked into the neck of the bottle and close a bright cap.

Pine cones are glued to the sides and back of the hedgehog and then additionally sewed on. This way of attaching cones is the most durable. To decorate the craft, use eyes, dried leaves, plastic fruit.

Teddy Bear .

Depending on the amount of material, a teddy bear craft can have a variety of options. It can be a handicraft out of a cone, which is used for the body, and the remaining parts molded from plasticine.

Bear also can be made entirely of 7 cones. Elements are connected with glue or plasticine.

To the spruce cone, which is used as the body, glued paws of long cones. The head is obtained by joining two round pine cones turned to each other by the tops. The uppermost scales are cut off.

Ears and nose are made from acorn caps. For the eyes use accessories, plasticine or black pepper peas. In conclusion, a bow is tied around the neck from a bright ribbon.

Bunny

A cute bunny is made from a single spruce cone, plasticine and winged maple seeds.

Model a head and tail of white or gray plasticine in the form of balls. Paws are made of the same plasticine. All parts are placed in their respective places. Maple seed wings are attached in place of the ears. The eyes and nose are made of plasticine or use accessories.

Owl

A simple owl craft, for making which, in addition to the cone, you will need glue, colored and white paper. The beauty of this handicraft gives eyes, blanks for which draw themselves or use existing templates.

First, all the parts are cut out of paper:

• from colored paper 2 wings in the shape of a drop,
• The rhombus-shaped beak,
• a blank with eyebrows,
• 2 smaller white circles for the eyes,
• 2 black circles even smaller.

All parts are glued to the pine cone.

The squirrel .

Fluffy squirrel can be created from a large round open pine cone and 5 smaller. To connect the parts use glue or plasticine.

Two medium-sized pine cones open, connect the tops to each other. We get the head. Attach it to the largest cone-torso. Glue to the last lengthened cone as the tail. The remaining elements of the crafts molded from plasticine.

Variations in the creative process are possible: make the head from an acorn, use chenille wire for the tail or pompom, for the eyes - beads or accessories.

Spider

Simple spider crafts like to do not only boys. At the base of a round open pine cone glued 6 pairs of ready-made eyes of different calibers. Then fix three pairs of legs from chenille wire of any color on the sides.

Piglet

Any cone is suitable for fun crafts pig. Materials required: plasticine, glue, pink gouache, brush, flat button, 2 beads:

• Pinecone is painted pink.
• While the cone dries, roll out of plasticine 4 pink "sausages".
• Large ears cut out of paper.
• The tail is twisted from a wire, or from a thin plasticine "sausage".
• Put all blanks on the appropriate places. Do not forget about the nose and eyes.

Jolly piggy ready to go to school exhibition!

Christmas crafts out of cones

Create festive decor for the interior will help crafts from cones, which are perfectly combined with seasonal decorations: tinsel, Christmas decorations, candles. It takes patience and creativity to create a fabulous mood.

Christmas Wreath

A homemade Christmas wreath is an atmospheric craft that brings the holiday into the home. Making a wreath is not difficult. First you need to decide on the design and choose the material for the base:

• twisted newspaper, fixed with threads,
• pine branches, fastened with wire,
• cardboard ring,
• Styrofoam molds.

After choosing the base, it is important not to forget to attach a loop to hang the wreath.

The newspaper base is masked with wide satin ribbons or organza. Decorate the wreath with tinsel or rainbow. Then glue cones and other decorative elements, such as plastic apples. The cones are pre-painted with paint.

On a base of heavy cardboard glued cones, acorns, chestnuts as close to each other as possible. Elements of the wreath can be painted or left as is.

Handicrafts are decorated with ribbons, dried flowers and artificial flowers, plastic fruit and rowan bunches.

Snowflake

Homemade snowflake can be made in a few minutes. Spruce or pine long cones connect the base. The center of the snowflake is decorated with a bead or miniature paper snowflake.

Garland

The interior, decorated with garlands of colorful cones with sequins, will give a New Year's mood. It's easy to make these garland. You just need cones, pre-painted with spray paint and sprinkled with glitter, string and glue.

Make loops on the ends of the rope or leave the ends free to attach the craft to the wall. Make a marking on the rope, marking the places where the cones are attached. All that remains is to glue the decorated cones onto the rope.

Candleholder

For a cozy festive atmosphere, place candles in a themed candle holder. It is not difficult to make from cones, cardboard base, spray paint and glue.

Beforehand, it is necessary to paint all the parts on the lined newspaper. It is better to do it in a ventilated room or on a balcony.

In the center of the base set the candle, around which lay painted cones of different shapes. Complement the composition of the candlestick with small spruce branches.

Christmas tree

If you have enough material, it is very easy to build a Christmas tree out of cones. The necessary materials: newspaper, cardboard, decorations and paint.

Glued cone of cardboard for greater stability is filled with crumpled newspaper. Glued to the cardboard circle glued cone. The basis for the Christmas tree is ready.

Glue the cones from top to bottom, as densely as possible. It is important to try to distribute the elements evenly, respecting the balance.

Finally, you can sprinkle the Christmas tree with artificial snow, paint or varnish. You can decorate as you like. Often such crafts are decorated with beads or garlands of them.

Cones are an excellent natural material, which is pleasant to work with. It is an environmentally friendly material with a pleasant pine scent. Easy pre-processing of raw materials allows you to make crafts all year round.

Creating crafts out of cones - a fascinating process that provides almost unlimited field for creativity.

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