7 Easy Pine Cone Crafts for the Holidays

Recently I have been thinking about pine cones and how perfect they are for crafting and home decorating for the holidays.. so it prompted me to look and see what pine cone crafts were out there.. and there were TONS and most of these even have the tutorials as well :)   Here are six of my favorites:

I love this beautiful pine cone garland that I found at organize & decorate everything.

I love this pine cone wreath over at u create via V and Co.

I love these beautiful, bright colored pine cones over at HGTV. 

There isn't a formal tutorial but looks to me like you could just dip them in bright colored paints, paint it on with acrylics using a brush or even spray them with spray paint. There is a video tutorial to something similar at the link though :)

Another gorgeous pine cone craft over at Crafts Unleashed

Have a look at this GORGEOUS pine cone tree over at Life on Lakeshore Drive.

 

 Smile Monsters has shared these pretty pine cone decorations!

I fell in love with these gorgeous and so SIMPLE to make, pine cone candle holders that I found at Crissy's Crafts!

For even more pine cone craft and decoration ideas... see my pine cone crafts and decor round-up right here.

I hope you have enjoyed this round-up of holiday pine cone crafts! Thank you so much for dropping by:)

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Shopping Bag Ghost Tutorial - Guest Post

Look at these cute shopping bag ghosts that my friend Sunny made... and she was nice enough to share the tutorial!

Shopping bag ghost tutorial:

I was inspired to make a Halloween wreath using a wire hanger and cut up plastic tablecloths and trash bags (turned out much more fabulous than that sounds)...and I got to thinking...what else could I make with these free/low-cost everyday items?

I played around with twisting the wire hanger and got a ghost shape. At first, I wrapped toilet paper around (you could also use white streamers) and cut out black construction paper for the eyes and mouth and "Boo!". Simple and cute. But would it last long as an outdoor decoration? Maybe not. So I thought about using a white trash bag but...what about a plastic grocery bag! I had tons of those and the sheerness of it might make for an interesting ghost. Plus - it's upcycling (instead of using a new kitchen trash bag, I could use up some of the many grocery bags we accumulate every month - sorry Earth!).

First, I simply cut off the part with the store name, leaving only solid white plastic. Using two bags, I wrapped and strategically taped until I was satisfied with the ghostliness of it. Then I used double-stick tape to put scraps of black trash bag (leftover from the wreath) to form the eyes and mouth. You could probably also just use a black Sharpie and get the same effect. And there you go - from grocery bag to ghost in less than 10 minutes! And the great thing about using a wire hanger is that it comes ready made with a hook for hanging!

Hope you try it and Happy Halloween!!

Sunny

 and look at this one made with wire hanger and toilet paper:

 If you get a chance, please visit my friend Sunny on HubPages :)

also, if you get a chance drop by and see my Halloween wreath tutorial using a wire hanger!

Thank you so much for dropping by! 

Jamie

Halloween Garland Made From Cereal Boxes!

Happy Halloween Garland

Here is a pic of the "Happy Halloween" garland I made...   The letters were cut out of saved cereal boxes.... I LOVE cereal boxes.. it's the BEST crafting material and you can pretty much get it for free :)  Anyway, I cut the letters out, using the font Ravie and painted them black and put orange polka dots on them. I then glued them to a piece of jute and tied strips of gingham patterned material and also various Halloween colors of ribbon in between each letter.  This was super easy, cheap to make and I'm really happy with how it turned out.  What do you think??

If you are interested in a more detailed tutorial, click here.

Thank you for dropping by!

Jamie

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