Easy Pine Cone Crafts to Spruce up Your Home This Holiday Season

Leaf & Pinecone Napkin Rings
Tobacco Basket Wreath with Greenery and Pine Cones
Painted Tip Pine Cone Wreath
Greenery Swag with Dried Fruit and Snow Dusted Pine Cones
Pine Cone Pom-Pom Ornaments
Pine Cone Bow Ornament
Felt Pine Cone Fox
Felted Pine Cones
DIY Metallic Pine Cone Wreath
DIY Pine Cone ‘Kissing Ball’
Felt Pine Cone Elves
Chandelier Swag
Pinecone Swag
Elegant Grapevine Wreath
Bleached Pinecone Arrangement
Pinecone Fireplace Decorations
Pinecone Ornaments
Snowy Pinecone Mason Jar Candles
Pinecone Topiary
Pinecone Tree
Natural Wonder
Glass Cloche Pinecones
Pinecone Wreath
Pinecone Door Hanger
Pinecone Gift Wrap
Pomander Display
Edible Chocolate Pinecone Centerpiece
Paint-Dipped Pinecone Place Card
Gold Pinecone Ornament
Pinecone Arrangement
Pinecone Door Decoration
Gilded Pinecone Place Card
Pinecone Branches and Winterberry
Pinecone Ornaments

Head to the backyard or your favorite park and gather up one of Mother Nature’s most beautiful creations: the pine cone! Once you have your bounty in hand, simply head to the craft closet and start fashioning one of these seasonal, fun, and festive DIY projects.

There are ideas for easy holiday craft projects, Christmas crafts for kids, winter decorating ideas, and plenty more projects that you can make in no time. The best part of all, though, pine cone crafts are incredibly inexpensive to make! There’s no need to shell out top dollar on loads of supplies—simply use what you find outside. Want to get the kids involved, have them lend a little hand making easy pine cone pom-pom ornaments or a felt pine cone fox. Looking for a slightly more involved weekend project try making a pine cone kissing ball or a garland you can hang over the fireplace or around the front door.

Whether you’re going for a more intricate wintertime display or you’d prefer to keep things subdued, a pine cone or two is the easiest way to add a splash of modern-rustic charm to any holiday project and decor. And don’t worry if the colors of pine cones don’t fit with the rest of your homes color scheme. You can always lighten up the brown hue with bleach or white paint (or even colorful paint). Ready, set, let’s get crafting!

Leaf & Pinecone Napkin Rings

Oak-shaped leaves cut from scraps of fabric get tied up with mini pine cones that have been spray painted gold. Tie around corresponding color napkins for an on-point holiday table setting.

Tobacco Basket Wreath with Greenery and Pine Cones

This simple wreath starts with a tobacco basket base. Add a bundle of greenery, a few snow dusted pine cones, and an oversize gingham bow.

Painted Tip Pine Cone Wreath

Adding color to the tips of pine cones—here we used fall colors but choose any color combo you like—makes this simple wreath really sparkle. Wrap a 16-inch wreath form with burlap ribbon and loop a piece around the wreath form for hanging. Paint the tips of 40 pine cones in fall colors such as orange, yellow, and beige with acrylic paint. Brush the tips of 10 pine cones with matte Mod Podge and sprinkle with gold and copper glitter. Once dry, wrap an 18-inch length of floral wire around the base of each pine cone and twist tie around the wreath form to secure, layering and overlapping them as you go.

Greenery Swag with Dried Fruit and Snow Dusted Pine Cones

Adding a few craft items, dried fruit and “snow” dusted pine cones, makes a simple bundle of greenery really sparkle.

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Pine Cone Pom-Pom Ornaments

Pom-poms look delightfully similar to gumdrops, which makes them the perfect choice for a Christmas craft. Glued to pine cones and hung from the trees in your backyard, they instantly create a fun wintery scene.

Get the tutorial at One Little Project.

Pine Cone Bow Ornament

Here’s an easy weeknight craft project for you to try this season: Simply dress up a pine cone with a bow and affix to a piece of twine for a DIY ornament that’s as sophisticated as you are.

Get the tutorial at Make It Love It.

Felt Pine Cone Fox

This felt craft can either sit pretty on your kids’ table as a place card holder or be used to spruce up an entryway console table—the options are endless. Wherever you put it, it’s sure to spread holiday cheer (and elicit a few giggles).

Get the tutorial at Lia Griffith.

Felted Pine Cones

Who says you need to use real pine cones in your pine cone crafts? This one’s a true DIY in that every component is made from scratch—including, yes, the pine cone.

Get the tutorial at Lia Griffith.

DIY Metallic Pine Cone Wreath

When it comes to festive crafting materials, the only thing better than pine cones are metallic pine cones. Shiny gold, silver, and copper tones make for a decidedly glam look that’s still charming and rustic.

Get the tutorial at Design Improvised.

DIY Pine Cone ‘Kissing Ball’

Mistletoe, shmistletoe! A pine cone “kissing ball” is the bigger (and more visible) craft we’re opting for this year. Prepare for all the kisses.

Get the tutorial at Crafts Unleashed.

Felt Pine Cone Elves

We’re really not one to play favorites. But—*squeals*—these felt elves just might be the absolute cutest DIY on our list.

Get the tutorial at Lia Griffith.

Chandelier Swag

Fashion your favorite fresh greenery—pine, spruce, or cedar (pictured here)—with a pinecone or two to transform a basic light fixture into a wintertime display. Pro tip: Use some invisible fishing line to keep everything in place through the season.

Pinecone Swag

Bring the look and smell of Christmas into any room in your home with this bundle of branches. Use heavy-duty floral wire to wrap everything together and then drape it on a bare wall with a Command strip.

Elegant Grapevine Wreath

Select embellishments that suit the size of your room and fireplace. For smaller spaces, choose petite pinecones, and for grand rooms, work with the biggest ones you can find. Here, cones, flowers, and fresh pine are used to dress up a basic grapevine wreath.

Bleached Pinecone Arrangement

If the typical rich brown hue feels too dark for your decor, lighten up your backyard treasures with some bleach or a warm white paint.

Get the tutorial at Sand and Sisal.

Pinecone Fireplace Decorations

Brawny sugar pinecone swags anchor a mixed-cone garland above the fireplace. Make it yourself with a variable-speed drill and braided picture-hanger wire. Place inverted cones in urns to create quick-and-easy pinecone topiaries.

Pinecone Ornaments

Hang these lighter, brighter standbys from your chandelier with colorful velvet ribbon.

Step 1: Mix two parts bleach with one part water in a bucket. Submerge pinecones in solution for 24 hours. (Tip: Place a plate or another heavy object on top to keep them under water.) Rinse them in water and set outside to dry until they open up again. (This could take up to a week, depending on the weather.)

Step 2: Cut 1 yard of velvet ribbon into a ¾-yard piece and a ¼-yard piece.

Step 3: Adhere end of longer ribbon to the pinecone base with hot glue. Tie the shorter ribbon into a bow; adhere to the base of the pinecone, as shown.

Step 4: Tie pinecones to chandelier arms. Trim excess ribbon.

Snowy Pinecone Mason Jar Candles

Light up your mantel or front porch with these easy Mason jar votives—all you need is a jar of snow texture paint, lace, twine, Epsom salt, and pinecones.

Get the tutorial at Crafts by Amanda.

Pinecone Topiary

To make these pinecone balls, cover a large styrofoam ball with a garbage bag. Then, use a hot-glue gun to stick on as many pinecones as it takes to cover the base. Finish off the statement piece with white spray paint and let dry.

Get the tutorial at Somewhat Simple.

Pinecone Tree

Create a pinecone tree on a cone-shaped foam base. Anchor the base in a container, then wire the cones onto 2″ wooden floral picks. Insert picks downward into the foam, starting at the bottom with the largest cones and working to the top with the smaller ones. Conceal the foam by tucking sheet moss among the pinecones.

Natural Wonder

A faux frost-tipped wreath, made using pinecones and a dark, chiffon ribbon, will add a sophisticated, wintery touch to your front door.

Get the tutorial at Woman’s Day.

Glass Cloche Pinecones

A few light spritzes of fake snow turn these backyard finds into frosty works of art. When they’re perched underneath glass cloches misted with the same icy spray, the entire scene resembles an ultra-refined snow globe.

Pinecone Wreath

Bypass traditional colors this holiday and design a rustic wreath that complements your decor. Hot-glue pinecones to a grapevine wreath; let dry. Paint the wreath in a hue that coordinates with your room; allow to dry. Using a clean brush, dab glue on pine cones and sprinkle with glitter; let set.

Pinecone Door Hanger

Not all DIY front-door decor requires a round wreath form. To make this elegant cluster, we selected 8 four- to six-inch pine cones and 8 two-foot-long pieces of silk ribbon. Use a hot-glue gun to adhere the last two inches of each ribbon to the base of a cone. After the glue dries, collect all the ribbon ends and stagger them so that the cones fall at varying lengths. Tie the ribbon ends together in a knot, trim the tips so they are uniform, and slip the knot over a finishing nail.

Pinecone Gift Wrap

Enhance wrapped gifts with pine cones and other natural elements—such as cinnamon sticks and winterberries—that are wired in place with gift tags onto velvet ribbon.

Pomander Display

Make this fragrant holiday arrangement with pomanders, pine cones, and holiday greens displayed on a transferware plate. Score patterns on the oranges with a citrus striper or channel knife, then stud the oranges with whole cloves.

Edible Chocolate Pinecone Centerpiece

Not only are these edible no-bake pinecones, made from dry cereal and a peanut butter mixture, a fun snack for kids, they also make for a surprisingly elegant dinner table display.

Get the recipe at Handmade Charlotte.

Paint-Dipped Pinecone Place Card

Dipping pine cones into white paint gives these natural beauties a modern edge.

Gold Pinecone Ornament

Attach gilded pine cones to ribbons of varying lengths with hot glue. Suspend them from a dining-room chandelier for a dramatic effect, or hang them from an outdoor porch light.

Pinecone Arrangement

Need a centerpiece that takes less than five minutes to make? Just place pine cones in a large bowl and place a hurricane vase holding a candle in the middle.

Get the tutorial at May Days.

Pinecone Door Decoration

Welcome guests with a dramatic swag of flocked sugar pine cones and lichen-covered twigs accented with incense cedar and other holiday greens, most right from the yard.

Gilded Pinecone Place Card

Dress your holiday table and establish your seating plan with place cards attached to gilded pine cones. Here, this take-home gift for guests is nestled among kumquats and a sprig of boxwood set in a shallow dish.

Pinecone Branches and Winterberry

The beauty and variety of pine cones make them a welcome addition to the home. Display your favorite finds as you would a cherished collection of rocks or seashells. Embellish a window frame, mirror, plate rack, or any other place in your home where you can tuck a branch of pine cones.