Add a beautiful wall or door hanging for seasonal decor with how to make a Pinecone Wreath. Follow these tips and tricks to create the perfect one!
Hi y’all. Hope you had a wonderful weekend! Last week my friend and I tried our hands at making DIY pinecone wreaths. They turned out gorgeous and I wanted to provide some helpful tips if you want to make a DIY pinecone wreath on a foam base.
How to Create a Pinecone Wreath
Materials for Pinecone Wreath:
- Foam wreath form
- Lots of pinecones =)
- hot-glue gun
- jewelry wire (optional) We poked it through the styrofoam from the backside of the form, looped it back through, and twisted the ends together, leaving a little slack at the top for the “hanger”.
- spray paint
Collecting pinecones might be the best part of this DIY!
- Tip 1: Spray paint your wreath form brown. It will camouflage nicely with the pinecones.
- Tip 2: As you glue on your pinecones, pick off the little “knob” on the bottom so that they lay flatter.
- Tip 3: Have LOTS of glue sticks available.
My friend glued her pinecones on in a natural way with all different sizes, but made sure that the different shades of colors were mixed in evenly. I LOVE the way it turned out. The texture is AMAZING.
I attached similar sized pinecones in rings, putting smaller ones on the edges of the foam wreath.
My wreath form wasn’t painted beforehand, so I decided to spray paint “mist” it gold to cover the exposed green styrofoam but still let some of the pinecone color through. (Just do a very light coat of spray paint.) The gold paint and ribbon makes it perfect for a holiday pinecone wreath.
Making pinecone wreaths takes some patience but it’s a fun DIY and it looks amazing! Have you tried making one?
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Veronica Lee says
September 24, 2013 at 11:15 amThose wreaths are really pretty! What a lovely idea!
Hi! Stopping by from Mom Bloggers Club. Great blog!
Have a nice day!
Kathy Baugher says
September 24, 2013 at 4:38 pmHappy you found me Veronica. Thanks for the sweet comment.
Shirley says
October 31, 2013 at 9:51 pmI love your wreaths! So pretty!
Kathy says
November 1, 2013 at 11:24 amThanks Shirley! My friend and I are thinking about making pinecone trees next for Christmas!
Alli says
November 1, 2013 at 5:27 amMy sister-in-law used to make pine cone wreaths years ago and a few days ago I was wishing I knew how to make one. Well, now I do! Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful wreaths. I will be making one soon and hope it’s OK to link back to your blog as my inspiration. I always like to give credit where credit is due. Thanks so much for linking up at Throwback Thursday!
Kathy says
November 1, 2013 at 11:26 amThanks Alli, please link back, that would be great! I’m glad my tips were helpful.
Jeanette says
November 1, 2013 at 12:23 pmThank you for joining the Throwback Thursday link party. You wreath is stunning! ~Jeanette
Kathy says
November 1, 2013 at 2:37 pmThank you Jeanette!
Nadine says
November 1, 2013 at 7:01 pmI’ve read before that you need to bake your pinecones to kill any insects in them. Did you do that with yours? Beautiful wreaths!
Kathy says
November 1, 2013 at 7:48 pmThat’s a great tip! Our pinecones sat in the sun for a few days. My friend’s wreath is only for outdoors and I spray painted my wreath, hopefully that killed any little critters. =) (We did talk about the “bug” possibility) I will definitely pay more attention for any indoor wreaths made with outside materials in the future. Thanks for the comment!
Michelle says
November 1, 2013 at 9:24 pmLove these! I have tons of pinecones in my yard that would be perfect for this.
Kathy says
November 2, 2013 at 6:29 pmThank you Michelle! They are fun to make. =)
Gina Wamsley says
November 7, 2013 at 8:19 pmI have pine cones and am all ready for this project! Thanks for the tips!
Jessica says
December 2, 2013 at 12:54 amThe pinecone wreaths are beeeutiful!! I can’t wait to make one hopefully mine will look as fabulous as yours thanks for the tips 🙂
Kathy says
December 2, 2013 at 4:44 pmThank you for the sweet comment Jessica. Good luck with yours!
Connie Benbow says
February 23, 2014 at 3:45 pmHow do I print the instructions how to make the wreath. I was able to print the picture of the wreath but not the rest.
Kathy says
February 26, 2014 at 7:06 amI don’t have the pages set up to be printable. Did you try going under file and print your current webpage?
CaSsie says
August 26, 2014 at 11:29 amWhat size pinecones did you use? I really LOVE your look with the smaller pinecones! We’ve been wanting to make one and this helps so much!! 🙂
Kathy says
September 3, 2014 at 6:50 amHi Cassie, We used all sizes of pinecones. I put the small ones on the edges and only used a light coat of spray paint. You have to be careful with spray paint and styrofoam. If you hold it about a foot away, it does great. So happy that you enjoyed this post!
Cassie says
August 26, 2014 at 11:34 amWhat size pine cones did you use? I really LOVE the look with the smaller pine cones. Did you spray a thick layer of gold paint on it? We’ve been wanting to make one for awhile and this helps so much! Thank you! 🙂
Kathy says
September 3, 2014 at 6:50 amHi Cassie, We used all sizes of pinecones. I put the small ones on the edges and only used a light coat of spray paint. You have to be careful with spray paint and styrofoam. If you hold it about a foot away, it does great. So happy that you enjoyed this post!
RobyGiup says
August 29, 2014 at 4:16 amI love both versions of the wreath. And now I want to make one for Christmas!!!
Kathy says
September 3, 2014 at 6:56 amThanks for the sweet comment! They are beautiful for Fall and Winter. I might use my gold one this Christmas. 🙂
Paige says
December 20, 2014 at 4:57 pmlove the wreaths, I’m in the process of beginning one (just finished baking the cones!) but here is my question…. Are your wreaths flat on the back or did you completely cover the styrofoam?
Kathy says
December 26, 2014 at 4:02 pmI completely covered the styrofoam because my door had a window pane that shows the back. 😉 It would be easier to just do the front and sides if the back won’t show.
linda says
December 4, 2016 at 4:38 amI love your wreath and was wondering did you start in the middle and work your way to the outside? I have a big bag of pinecones and they are big cones.
Kathy says
December 6, 2016 at 7:58 amThanks Lina! Actually, I started on the outside and worked my way in but starting on the inside could work! Have fun. It takes a little time. 😉