Okay, I know Halloween is still a week away, but it IS NOT too early to think about and start to make beautiful ornaments for your Christmas tree. Now is the time to make things for Christmas. No stress or hurry! Today I’m sharing a very easy and oh, so pretty little pinecone star ornament. I’m making a batch of them to go on my tree this year! How about you? Want to join in?
Let’s make a pinecone star ornament…
Materials you will need:
- small pinecones (get them HERE)
- hot glue
- spray adhesive (get it HERE)
- course glitter (get it HERE)
- fishing thread or other thin string (get it HERE)
- scissors
I used the entire bag of tiny pinecones to make enough glittery stars to cover an entire Christmas tree.
First, sort the pinecones by size into groups of 5. I tried to get them as close in height and width as I could to one another. Also, I set aside any oddly shaped pinecones to be used as the centers of the pinecone stars.
Choose 5 pinecones for a star…
Shape the pinecones into a star…
Put a dab of hot glue between each arm of the star where the pinecones touch and join the pinecones together.
Do this around the pinecone star until all the sides are glued together.
Snip off the top third of a tiny pinecone…
And hot glue it onto the center of the star…
Cut a 4-inch length of fishing thread and loop it making sure the free ends are even. Add a dot of hot glue to the back side of the top arm of the star near the top and put the loose ends of the thread into the hot glue making a hanger.
I added a tiny pinecone arm over the glue to cover it.
To get rid of hot glue spiders run a hair dryer on low over the ornament until the unwanted strands of hot glue disappear.
To create a glitter effect…
Spray adhesive on all sides of the ornament. I like to spray inside a box to prevent the adhesive from going everywhere.
From the box put the pinecone star into a plastic container filled with the glitter and spoon the glitter over the ornament covering completely.
Shake off any excess glitter and put the lid on the plastic container and save the glitter for another use.
This year I am using natural elements to decorate my home for Christmas. I think these sweet pinecones stars will look lovely in my tree and on gifts as well!
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So cute!
Thank you for the pine cone ornament idea! I just made 10 of them with tiny pine cones I saved up. They turned out great! I appreciate your detailed instructions that help my work look a bit neater than it would otherwise! This project inspired me so much that I just made 5 large 8” – 10” stars with larger pine cones (freshly fallen from our ADK trees …scraped & baked…what a project!) and placed a bunch of artificial red berries in the center. I hope to hang them in my windows for Christmas. Thank you, Yvonne!
Hi Yvonne – I have a ton of pinecones in my yard, most are super huge, but I find small ones every so often. This star will be a perfect way to use them…. and the glitter…. really makes it say Christmas… I put it on everything for the holidays. 🙂
Oh my goodness, these sparkly ornaments are absolutely beautiful!
These are so, so pretty. I love that they are natural and add some sparkle to the tree!
Those turned out stunning! Love the sparkle!
Yvonne! These are just beautiful!! What a wonderful idea. We have pine cones galore in our yard; thank you for sharing this inspiration. And thank you for sharing all the little tips, such as placing the ornament in a box before spraying adhesive. That’s so smart and will make the whole process much easier.
I’ve pinned this to my Christmas board and look forward to making some!
This is precious and I love how easy you can make a ton of them! Beautiful as always!
I love decorating with natural elements, but need great inspiration like this to get the ball rolling. Love the glitter on top, too! It’s just the cutest little guy. Thanks for sharing! Susie from The Chelsea Project
This is just the sweetest ornament. It reminds me of a rustic starfish and as a beach dweller, it would fit perfectly in my home. Going to keep my eyes open for a few pinecones now. Thanks!
I love the ornament that you created for this year’s Blog Hop! I love pine cones and can’t help but pick them up when I’m out walking my dog. I am sure that I have enough cones in this size to make an ornament just like yours for my tree. I look forward to your nature inspired decor this Christmas!
These are so lovely and right in my wheelhouse. In fact, I have several of the same pine cones, but larger, that I sprayed a little glitter on to hang on the tree. Why have I never thought to grab a few mini’s and make a star like this. So clever and perfectly beautiful.
This is so simple but beautiful, love it!
Darn! I followed the link to order the pinecones and Amazon says they’re unavailable and don’t know if or when they will be back in stock. I really wanted to make these. I’ve saved the link in the hopes they’ll re-stock them.
Thanks for sharing the tutorial on the pinecone star ornaments! We have trees that give up these cute little cones, so I am always looking for ways to use them. This idea is perfect!
Pine cones are God’s perfect natural Christmas ornament. I love how these sparkle! Pinned and shared on FB
Thank you for the tutorial…I’ve been wanting to make pinecone stars and just haven’t sat down to figure it out. Now I don’t have to! Plus I clicked through some of your other projects – they are going to work great for my tree this year!
These star pine cone Christmas ornaments are just beautiful Yvonne. I’m liking the mix of natural, rustic and sparkles too!!
Oh, Yvonne, your ornament is so beautiful. I love that it’s rustic but sparkly! The perfect combination. xoxo
Fun craft to do with the grandchildren!
What a cute ornament!
Those pine cone stars are so cute! That would be great to make with my grandchildren. Of course, I’ll do the hot gluing.
This is amazing and beautiful. What a BIG WOW punch! I love this.
I love these little pinecone ornaments too! I’m making about 30 for my tree this year.
Love the pine cone stars! Will get started on some next week!
I l-o-v-e your gorgeous table! And I love the pinecone star! As always, wonderful! 😀
Thanks, Lynn!
Just the thing for a fun craft with the grandchildren.
Wow!!!! Love love the pinecone ornaments and thank you for sharing
You always have the best instructions for all your ornaments! I love this one! Blessings!
Thanks Barb! And God’s blessing to you!
Glad to see some great Christmas ideas! These all take time and with all there is to do for the holidays this is a great time to start! Too much to do at Christmas so I’m starting now. No stress that way!
You go girl!!!! So right!
I love the fresh pine and the pinecones. I have the really big pinecones and love to decorate with them. You gave me some new ideas. Thank you
What a simple and fun Christmas ornament. I have pinecones all over our complex. I can’t wait to try this for our tree.
Such a cute and easy craft.Love adding natural elements to a tree.I’m going neutral this year with my decorations also.
Thanks Yvonne for the inspiration to create something that my grandchildren and I can make this weekend. Our Spruce tree in our yard has an abundance of small cones this year. And thanks to you we will be making small cone snowflakes, glitter and all. Have a great day?????
I love using natural elements in my Christmas decor. These pinecones ornaments are perfect!
Wow! How simple is that?? I so appreciate when you also tell where to buy materials for your fun projects! Thank you so much! They are adorable!
oh skip through halloween right on to xmas..I am fine with that! I LOVE decorating for xmas..my favorite holiday season ..and on top of this being a decoration for xmas..I also love nature! I am glad your using natural elements for the holiday season..mother nature creates the most beautiful objects for us to marvel at! Making any craft with nature is my thing..can’t wait to see what else you end up posting as the season approaches now!
Oh these ornaments are so cute and easy. I am looking for crafts for our church’s Christmas fair and these would be perfect. Thanks as always for the inspiration ❤️
These pinecones ornaments are perfect for making with my grandchildren. Thank you for sharing and I’m looking forward to more ideas!
What a simple easy way to use the pinecones that are around our trees. They will be used to decorate Christmas presents for this year.
Keep up the tremendous work, don’t see how you do it all!!
Oh, Yvonne! I am totally in LOVE with your beautiful pine cone stars!! I only wish that I was living by the old tree that gave me buckets of these tiny pine cones for free. 😉 They go so well with my birch slices with the pine cone flowers that I made for the blog hop this year. 🙂 Guess I know what I’ll be working on next for my tree! Beautiful stars inspired by YOU! There’s nothing like having a tree graced with God’s beautiful creations, is there? 🙂
Thanks again for joining us for 31 Days. xo
There are a lot of pineconesin our area to be gathered, so I better get started. These pine cone stars are so cute and an easy project. I will definitely make some . Thank you for sharing.