How To Make Pinecone Garland!

Y’all, I use pinecones like they’re going out of style.

There is just something so wonderful and simple and seasonal about a good ‘ol pinecone.  You will find them all over my house right now…in the form of pinecone homeschool crafts, scented pinecones, pinecone toothbrushes – just kidding! – and beautiful pinecone Christmas garland!

So if you are feeling a little rustic this Christmas and are wanting to bring the outdoors in – or maybe you’re just a pinecone junkie like me – here is the step-by-step for making very simple, yet lovely, pinecone garland.

How To Make Pinecone Christmas Garland:

Supplies Needed:

• Around 10 big, fluffy, flawless, beautiful pinecones
• Power drill and bits
• Screw-in eye hooks
• Christmas-y ribbon and twine in several varieties
• Scissors

Directions:

1. Go on a walk around your neighborhood.  Make sure your five-year-old son, who has a giant crate bungee-corded to the front of his bike, comes with you.  Find a yard that is sporting a pinecone harvest.  You are looking for the big, open, fluffy pinecones!  None of those little hand grenade pinecones.  Fill up your son’s bike crate with about a dozen then ride home.
   
2. Sort through your pinecones and choose the 10 that are most symmetrical, straight, and altogether stunning.  It’s like a beauty contest…and you need to be a really tough judge.
   
3. Once you’ve chosen the winners and saved the losers for a lesser task, like craft Christmas trees for your 3-year-old, it’s time to break out the power drill!  Okay, side note here.  There are some days when I need to get outside and use some power tools.  I feel totally awesome and accomplished afterwards, sort of like I just fed my inner Annie Oakley.  You’ll really enjoy this power drill part.
   
4. Using a very small drill bit – I used 1/16 – slowly drill a hole into the…what would you call it?  The pinecone’s behind?  Anyway, drill a starter hole into all of your pinecones.
   
5. Screw in the eye hooks…see how easy they are to screw into that pre-drilled hole?  I tried to screw them in without the pre-drilled hole and it was terrible.  Horrible.  I am so glad that you will not go through that.
   
6. Thread your Christmas-y twine through all of the eye hooks, making sure to tie a knot at each hook.  I left 4-5 inches in between each pinecone.
   
   
7. Starting to look like something!  Now, tie pretty ribbons onto each eye hook.  I used 2 or 3 types of ribbon on each hook to make it look fuller and more colorful.
   
   
8. Bring your pinecone garland inside and hang it from your mantel!  Make your entire family gather around and stare silently at it.  Make sure they really enjoy and compliment your pinecone garland.  And then bring in your pinecone beauty contest losers and have your 3-year-old make a pinecone Christmas tree.  (Hey, there could be worse fates, pinecone.  You could have been used for starter in the fire pit.)

How do you like to bring the outdoors in?  Maybe you’re not a pinecone fanatic like I am…are you an acorn kind of girl?  Or maybe a greenery nut?  Please share!  🙂

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Lauren Souers

Hi, my name is Lauren. I am the wife of one fine man and the momma of four (huge) young children – three boys and one princess! I love all of them. I mostly clean up messes and feed people all day, and it’s really fun to write about it. Jesus is the rock of my family – we love and serve a mighty King! I hope you leave here full of hope that “tired” can be good.