DIY Frosted Pinecones & Sticks

This is the time of the year to go out and collect fallen pinecones and dry sticks.

There are a number of uses for these harvested pieces of nature, but, today I am going to tell you how to frost them yourself.

Materials List

Dry pinecones and sticks 

White Spray paint

White School Glue or any glue that dries clear. This is the one I used

Epsom Salts - available at drug stores.

Small Container and a small, old Paint Brush

Water

A foil covered tray

Clear Matte or Semi-gloss spray paint HERE

If the pinecones are wet, you may have to prepare them by drying them.  See this post Collecting & Using Pinecones for information on preparing the pinecones.

Once the pinecones are ready for use, you can lightly spray them with the white paint and let dry.

In a small container, squirt a small amount of white glue and add some water.  Mix the glue and water together.

You want the glue to be the consistency of milk otherwise it will be too thick.

Paint the glue and water mixture onto the pinecones and sticks in sections.

While holding the stick or pinecone over the tray, pour or spoon the Epsom salts over the wet glue.  It is easier to work in sections.  The Epsom salts left on the tray can be scooped up and used again.

Set the pinecones and sticks aside to dry.

Once they are dry, lightly spray with Clear Matte finish.  The clear coat helps to stop the Epsom salts from falling off and makes the sticks and pinecones easier to handle.

Some of the pinecones I didn't paint, like the one above.  I like both looks.

It is easy to incorporate the pinecones and sticks into seasonal arrangements.

They can be placed into an arrangement or wired in using florists wire.

I have a collection of old Crown canning jars with lids.  They belonged to my mother.

I removed the glass tops and left the screw-on caps on the jars.

Using some string, I tied a couple of pinecones on to the tops of the jars and added a few clippings of cedar and boxwood.

I placed a few cuttings in the bottom of each jar and added a tea light.

Battery powered tea lights would be safer than tea lights to use, especially if you are using them as gifts.

 Frosting pinecones are such an easy craft and it moves along quite quickly.  My 8-year-old granddaughter loved it.

I can't decide if I like the painted version...

or the unpainted version.

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