In all kindergartens and schools, every year they are asked to make products with their own hands. This is perhaps the most common parenting puzzle.

And you know, it's not even bad at all.

We have a lot of natural material, we need to add a little imagination.

And most importantly, your whole family will immerse yourself in the enchanting world of creativity.

Today, we'll take a look at a natural resource - pine cones.

It is used not only in school crafts, but also for interiors, Hand-Made designers and others.

Below are photos and detailed diagram several cone crafts.

What crafts from cones can be made by hand

Almost everyone can make a craft from real pine and spruce cones, the main thing is desire and a little imagination.

Using this amazing natural resource you can do:

• Decor elements that will bring a stunning forest smell and a cozy atmosphere into your home.
• New Year's crafts: holiday wreath, candlestick, Christmas tree, garland, christmas ball and much more.
• Interesting crafts of funny animals with children.

Festive wreath

Hand over Christmas mood guests can be right from the doorstep. For the design of the New Year's wreath, we will use:

• Cardboard
• Spruce or pine branches
• Cones
• Satin ribbon
• Not real snow
• Dye
• Glue gun
• Decorations for decoration, optional.

Many materials are used in the manufacture of the base.

For example: plastic, cardboard, twigs, bending wire, and even newspapers.

We settled on cardboard, it is quite simple and convenient to work with.

Cut out the diameter of the circle that we need on the cardboard. Next, we fasten the branches and cones, forming a symmetrical circle.

After the cones are glued, we continue to decorate our wreath. We take a can of artificial snow and spray the edges of the cones.

If you couldn't find snow, then you can paint the scales with white or silver paint.

We tie satin ribbon, choose the color yourself.

Note!

For a more interesting and rich wreath, you can add additional decorative elements: red beads, acorns, nuts, flowers.

Turn on your imagination and you will succeed!

Christmas garland

Fast and easy craft to make.

The material you need:

• bumps
• glue gun
• rope
• dye
• sequins

Step-by-step instructions for crafts:

• We prepare the cones in advance, paint them with paint. Paint can be chosen different colors... Or make it in one color that suits your interior design. You can also use sparkles for the "dressiness" of the product.
• We take the rope and mark the distance between the cones.
• We leave 10-15 cm from the edges so that there is a place to attach the garland.
• Using a glue gun, attach the bumps to the rope. We glue it along the entire length.
• We are waiting for the glue to dry. And Voila! The New Year's garland is ready.

Note!

For kids and schoolchildren, it will be easy to make crafts from cones and plasticine of funny animals: Mishutka, Hedgehog, Squirrel, Owl, etc.

Mishutka

We will use:

• Cones different types(pine, spruce, open, closed)
• Scissors
• Plasticine

Step-by-step instructions for making crafts:

Body. From the collected material, choose an elongated pine cone... Apply glue to the connecting parts of the scales. We connect the parts so that the scales would fix each other.

Paws. Choose 2 larger bumps on the lower legs, and 2 smaller ones on the upper legs. We glue the parts to the body, watch out for symmetry.

Head. We make the head from open pine cones. They perfectly convey the fluffiness of a bear's coat. We attach with glue to the base.

Note!

Ears, eyes and nose. It can be made from plasticine, and the tip of the nose, for example, from black peppercorns.

If you want to surprise everyone around you, then you can make a big bear. You choose the size of the bear, the main thing is to collect the required number of cones.

You can make the base - the Mishutka frame from polyurethane foam, polystyrene or papier-mâché. An excellent solution for the stability of the product would be to attach something heavy to the bottom.

We stick around the frame with cones, and make the ears and muzzle from plasticine or pompons.

Hedgehog

The simplest children's craft from cones. To make it, you need only two materials:

• Cones
• Plasticine

Step-by-step description:

Body. The cone itself is well suited for the base of the craft. If you look closely and rotate correctly, the scales look like hedgehog needles.

Muzzle. Here we have some plasticine. We make an oblong muzzle out of it. And fix it on the craft.

Eyes, nose, paws, ears. We also use plasticine, only of a different color.

As you can see, there is nothing complicated, this cone craft is suitable for kindergarten.

Experiment! Decorate your home with interesting designs that you have prepared yourself. Do not forget about the children, they will also be interested in taking part in the creation of a small miracle.

Photo of crafts from cones

What can be made from cones

It is unlikely that there are people in the world who do not know what cones are. But, how many people know that it is possible to create original crafts from cones from such a unique natural material? It is enough to find a little time, a little desire and, of course, bumps. Applying your imagination to the case, your home will be decorated with unique decorations.

Before you start creating, you need to know some secrets:

• - the cones change their shape in the warmth, they open up. In order to fix the shape of the cone, before starting work, you need to lower it in a warm solution of wood glue. For about 30 seconds, then dry. Thus, deformation of the finished product can be avoided.
• - to change the shape of the cone, it is soaked in water. Then the cone is tied with a rope, giving the desired shape, and dried.
• Knowing these simple rules, you will always create neat and beautiful crafts.

Children's crafts from cones

Pine cones are great material for crafts you can make with your kids. It is enough to go to the forest once, and you will have enough cones for crafts for the whole winter. It remains only to figure out what of these cones can be done with the children. And here are some simple ideas:

Bump fairy

Squirrel from cones

Small trees

Teddy bears

Children skiers

cone tree

Bunny of cones

Cone penguins

Dragon

Cone squirrel

pine cone hedgehogs

Other crafts from the autumn gifts of nature:

- Crafts from chestnuts, spikelets and other gifts of nature
- Crafts from autumn leaves
- Crafts from acorns
- Crafts from pumpkin
- Crafts from twigs and twigs
- Crafts from dried flowers

Christmas decorations from cones

Often, cones are used to make decorations for the New Year, hanging pine garlands and improvised Christmas trees in pots around the house. Cones allow you to create almost all New Year's decor from them. The easiest way to make golden cones and decorate your home with them:

We dilute the glue

Sprinkle with sparkles

Leave to dry

Decorating the house with golden cones

Buds have many benefits:

• Is a pure natural material,
• - give a pleasant coniferous aroma,
• - work with cones is an opportunity for joint recreation with children,
• - saving money on expensive toys for the holiday.

Pine cone pendants

The simplest Christmas decoration is a pendant, which is easily made from a single pine cone and a satin ribbon.

Bumps on windows

Door suspension

Wall hanging

Bumps on the chair

Pine cones Christmas decorations

A great idea of ​​crafts from cones with children is Christmas decorations... First, you do some crafts together with your child, and then decorate them christmas tree, chandelier or other elements of the interior of your home. Here are some ideas for pine cone decorations:

Pine cone animals

Decorating the Christmas tree with cones

Santa Claus from cones

Silver cones

Christmas wreath of cones

Another great idea is to make pine and fir cones a New Year's wreath with which you can decorate the doors or walls of your home. Also in this wreath, you can add dried flowers, ribbons and other elements to create your own piece of art.

New Year's decor of a chandelier made of cones

Pine cones can be used to decorate a chandelier for the new year. Here are some photos:

Chandelier decor with pine cones

New Year's decor from cones

Bumps on a chandelier

But, new year holidays come and go, but the desire to create remains. You should not get hung up on the New Year's decor, cones allow our imagination to roam and create from unique items decor.

Cone wreath

Pine cone wreath and lantern

Painting with a wreath

Silver wreath

Making a ball of cones

If you have enough patience, you can make a big one out of cones. beautiful ball for New Year's and ordinary home decor. The ball can either be placed on a vase or hung on a tape to the ceiling.

Crafts from cones: making a candlestick

You will need:

- ripe big bump
- thick cardboard
- a small glass for a candle
- scissors
- hot glue.

The cone must be disassembled into plates, this must be done carefully, being careful not to damage them. Cut a circle out of cardboard, it will serve as the base for the candlestick. If you make the circle too large, one bump may not be enough. The circle should be twice the diameter of the candle cup. Stick the plates on the finished circle, in a checkerboard pattern, along the edge. This will be the first layer. Then stick the second layer of the plates into the gaps formed between the plates of the first layer. Continue glueing the layers until you reach the required height of the candlestick. Allow the product to dry. Insert a cup with candles in the middle. Such a candlestick can decorate any evening. Similarly, you can make other crafts from cones.

Pine cone candle decor

If you liked the idea of ​​a pine cone candlestick, but don't want to cut the cone apart, here are some simple ideas for decorating candles and glass candlesticks made from fir and pine cones.

Candles and pine cones

Spruce cones decor

Cone candlestick

Decorating candles with pine cones

Cone bear

You will need:

- spruce cone
- four half-open pine cones
- an open large pine cone with a rounded crown
- peppercorns
- acorn caps
- alder cones
- light birch bark
- saw cut wood for the base.
- awl
- knife
- sandpaper
- scissors
- glue
- varnish.

The longest spruce cone will serve as the body of the bear. It is to it that the rest of the parts will be attached. It is necessary to connect parts of the product using the "flake under flake" method. That is, when joining, move the cones so that the scales of one cone fall under the scales of the other. Previously, glue should be applied to them, then they will stick to each other. Similarly, you can make a Christmas tree and other things.

The pine cones will serve as paws. The bumps for the hind legs should be slightly larger than the front ones.
An open pinecone serves as the head. The acorn hats will be ears and a nose on it, which should be glued to the highest point of the cone, so the bear's face will visually stretch forward a little.

Black peppercorns will become the eyes and the tip of the nose. To make your eyes more noticeable, you need to put pieces of white birch bark under them. Glue the finished figurine of a bear with glue to the base made of a saw cut from a tree.

Pine cone basket

You will need:

- pine cones, at least 60 pieces
- thick wire
- thin wire
- hot melt glue.

First, you need to connect 10 or 12 cones in a circle using a thin wire. It is better to select the color of the wire closer to the color of the cones, so that in the future it would not be noticeable. We attach the wire to the first cone, and then simply wrap the next cone with wire. The bottoms of the bumps should form the outer edge of the circle.

Then we make another ring, smaller in diameter than the first. For him you will need to take 8 or 10 cones. The basket consists of 2 rings, if necessary, the basket can be made deeper by adding an additional ring.

Fasten the finished rings to each other using hot melt glue. For the handle, 8 or 10 cones are used, connecting them together, like rings. Then the cone handle is attached to the thick wire frame so that it does not lose its shape. The bottom of the basket is a circle made of thick cardboard. Glue 2-3 cones to the bottom, outward with their lower part.

Photo gallery: DIY crafts from cones

Now let's look at examples of what kind of cone crafts you can make with your children for kindergarten or school, as well as for autumn or winter home decor, or as a gift. Why not make an owl, fox, spider, bird, flower pot or bouquet?

Autumn crafts from cones

Autumn is a great time for crafts made from various natural materials, although you can make something from cones at any time of the year, the main thing is to stock up on them in sufficient quantities, having visited at least once a pine or spruce forest. But if you really do autumn crafts from cones, then something on the same topic - using Maple leaves, acorns and chestnuts. For example, you can do beautiful wreath from leaves and cones, and more ideas in the photo below.

Winter crafts from cones

In winter, cones can be used to make various crafts for New Year's decor at home - Christmas trees and snowmen, Christmas tree decorations, various animals, window decorations and festive table, wreaths on the door, garlands on the wall and fireplace and other gizmos that can be used to decorate a house for the New Year and Christmas or used as a handmade gift.

Crafts from cones for children 3-4 years old

With small children under 3 or 4 years old, it is better to do something simple out of cones, with which they can cope. For example, you can craft various animals from cones and plasticine - an owl, a fox, a swan, a bear (from several cones - we already wrote how to make it above), a hare, a fish, a crocodile, a dinosaur and any other animals - that's what you can make together with your child.

Crafts from cones for grades 1, 2 and 3

With older children, with those who study in grades 1-3, you can already do some more complex crafts, using not only pine, spruce and cedar cones, but also other natural material. It can be a snowman on skis, skiers in colorful jackets, a large craft tree or a bear made from several cones, as well as Santa Claus, an elk, a deer bird and other Christmas tree decorations.

Crafts from cones for the new year

With New Year's crafts made from cones, it's still easier - do what you can decorate your house with - a Christmas tree and a snowman, a team of Santa Claus reindeer, decorations for a Christmas tree, window, fireplace and walls for Christmas, things for a festive table decor and homemade gifts - these are only a small part of what you can make.

More ideas for Christmas crafts of the cones you will find in this article.

Crafts from cedar cones

If you can get hold of large cedar cones, they can also be used to various crafts... Owls, squirrels, candlesticks and Christmas trees are just a small part of what you can think of. By the way, you can use not whole cones, but separate parts of them, for example, you can make a turtle from scales, and make a tree or a charming topiary from pine nuts.

Craft from 3 cones

Let's now see what can be done with 3 cones. Any triple craft - three snowmen, owls or christmas trees different sizes look more attractive than one. You can also make a fox - body, head and tail - here are three bumps for you.

Craft from 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 cones

Complex crafts made from several cones are suitable for children from primary school... For example, you can make a Cheburashka from 6 cones, two deer or owls from 4 cones, a turkey from 5, a bear from 8 or 7, and a complex composition of several animals or other acting characters - from as many as required.

Craft from cones and branches

You don't have to be limited to pine cones, you can easily combine various natural materials in your crafts. For example, you can make birds on branches, a tree or a bouquet in a vase (they can decorate a house), a round or five-pointed wreath of twigs decorated with pine cones, and other crafts you can think of.

Craft from cones and leaves

By adding maple and other leaves to the cones, you will get more original crafts, more voluminous and large-scale. For example, you can make a body from cones, and from leaves you can make wings for a swan, an owl or any other bird. Also, leaves can be put on the roof of the house, bouquet decor and other things.

Craft from cones and chestnuts

You can also combine pine cones and chestnuts - here are a bunch of ideas for a start on what you can do with chestnuts.

And if you combine it with cones, you get various funny animals - hares and elks, wreaths and little men, houses with figures and much more.

Read more ideas about crafts made from chestnuts and acorns in this article.

Craft from cones and acorns

Acorns can also be used for combined fall crafts with children. Skiers, men and women, various little men, houses with a vegetable garden, nests with birds and other ideas are just a small part of what can be made, and for inspiration, here are some more photos of crafts made from cones and acorns.

Craft from cones herringbone

Now let's look at the most popular cone crafts and how you can make them. Let's start with the tree. There are two options here. The first one is simple - we take a cone and insert it into a pot from a thimble or some other small vessel - here's a miniature Christmas tree. Balls for her can be made from beads, beads or a plate, glued between the scales. And for more similarity, you can paint it in green color and decorate with tinsel.

Craft from deer cones

You can also make a deer from cones. The body is best made from a large spruce cone, and the head is made from a small pine tree or an elongated acorn. Use twigs or wire for the ponytail and legs, and you can hold it all together with glue.

Swan cones craft

A cone swan is also made in kindergarten quite often, as it is a very simple craft. A pine or spruce cone will become the body, the neck and head will be made of white plasticine, and the wings will be made of it, from cotton wool, paper, cardboard or dried leaves.

Craft from cones bear

A bear is best made with a few cones. Above in the article there is step by step wizard class, and here we have collected a few more ideas, from simple to more complex crafts. The most popular idea is 6 bumps: head, torso and 4 legs. You can also just take one cone as a basis, and mold the head and paws from plasticine.

Handicraft from cones bird

Birds from cones can be made in a variety of ways. A mysterious owl, a graceful swan, a cute titmouse, a funny crow, a naturalistic snowman, and of course - a chicken and a rooster made of cones as a symbol of 2019 are just a few of the ideas that you can implement with your child.

Craft from cones owl

And if we talk about birds, one cannot but remember the owl, since it is best obtained from such natural materials as pine and spruce cones. The main thing is to make large round bulging eyes out of paper or something else - just glue them to the bump from the side of the tail, add wings made of feathers, paper or plasticine - that's the craft and you're ready.

Similarly, you can make from pine, spruce and cedar cones and any other animals. It can be a fox or a hare, penguins and bullfinches, a hedgehog and a pig, a dog or cat, a horse or a sheep. In general, it all depends on your imagination and how natural materials are at your fingertips.

Each of you knows what forest cones are, but not everyone realizes that from these seemingly simple things, you can create incredibly beautiful and original products that will become a wonderful decoration for your home. Most often, pine or spruce cones are used as material. You don't have to go to the forest to collect them. Trees of this species also grow in residential areas, for example, in parks or recreation areas. If you have children, then it is best to engage in such a developing activity, of course, together. This will help encourage kids to get creative right from the start. early age, expand their knowledge and horizons on the world... After all, nothing will please your little ones like joint creativity with you.

Necessary material and tool for work

Before starting work, you need to stock up on the necessary materials that will be required for work. To make crafts from cones, you will need:

• Cones are ordinary;
• Silicone Glue;
• Glitter powder;
• Decorative tape;
• Sequins and rhinestones;
• Threads and scissors;
• Colored paints;
• Cardboard or fibrous paper (felt);
• Awl and tongs;
• Sequin beads or beads;
• Artificial snow, etc.

Important! It is important to take precautions when working with sharp or prickly objects. Do not trust children in the front of work where there is an accidental risk of injury.

Decor on the theme of autumn

Autumn is not only great time years, but also a source of creative inspiration for many people. Step by step instructions simple crafts from the cones given in this article will help you create a truly beautiful, author's decor from scrap materials. Indeed, with the advent of the Internet into our lives, the need to attend professional master classes has disappeared. Find today detailed description the process, where step-by-step steps will be presented with attached photographs, is a matter of five minutes.

Very often, teachers in the garden, as homework, ask you to make your kids an unusual composition of cones on autumn theme... It can be absolutely any miniature, the main thing is that it conveys a festive, autumn mood.

This decorative wreath of cones will be a great decoration for your front door.

Such a wreath is made quite simply for this, it is enough to take an ordinary plastic or wooden blank in the form of a ring and glue the previously prepared acorns and cones to it. To make the product more attractive, it can be tied with a decorative rope.

Do funny hedgehogs from dried cones it is even easier, because their shape resembles the body of animals. A triangle made of felt material and having rounded edges is glued to the prepared workpiece, on its sharp part. He will play the role of the face of our future crafts. After that, you just need to revive the resulting workpiece. For this, eyes and nose are glued to it. Congratulations, the hedgehog of cones is ready.

This is done beautiful decor in the following way. The old pot that you may have been planning to throw away is filled to the brim with green moss. After that, small cones are carefully inserted into it so that they fill almost the entire area of ​​our craft. You can use glue to fix the cones, so you eliminate the likelihood of them falling out during the drying out of the moss.

Despite the fact that such a piece of jewelry will last for a relatively short time, it is guaranteed to give you a good and cheerful mood for a couple of weeks.

Miniature trees made from cones, acorns and walnuts

Making an owl out of cones is probably one of the simplest tasks that even a five-year-old child can handle. Kit necessary material pretty simple. The body, as usual, will be the bump itself, you just need to add the missing elements to it, namely: eyes, nose, legs and wings. To do this, you can use all the same fibrous fabric (felt) or ordinary acorns, which are also an excellent material for making crafts.

To make your products look more realistic and beautiful, use them to create them that always attract increased attention.

Baby decoration

There are a lot of ideas for children's crafts, and even the smallest family members can take part in their creation. Forest cone decor is a very fun and entertaining process that will unite the whole family at one table. The result of joint creativity will be beautiful jewelry for your home.

This handmade product made from forest gifts will allow you to create a cheerful and festive atmosphere in the house, because in them you will make the dreams and desires of your kids come true.

What crafts can be made from cones:

New Year decoration(Christmas trees, garlands, toys);
Figures of fairy-tale characters;
Bird and animal models;
Flower pots and vases;
Original gifts and decorations;
Home interior items;
Beautiful figurines;
Wall and other small design decor.

This is just a small list of what can be made from fir and pine cones. In fact, the number and variety of crafts is limited only by your imagination. However, you need to start small and only then, having gained experience, you can start making more complex products.

Beautiful children's crafts made by hand from scrap materials

Another wonderful craft that will undoubtedly delight your little ones is a decorative pine cone tree. To do it yourself, you will need a pine cone with open petals, colorful felt balls, and silicone glue.

The process of creating a figurine itself is quite simple. A small drop of glue is applied to the ball to hold it at the tip of the petal. After that, you should wait for it to dry completely, and then check the reliability of fixation of each ball. The craft is ready!

Handicraft is a great activity for developing tactile sensations and improving hand motor skills. That is why the creation of crafts for kindergarten from cones is not only pleasant, but also very useful hobby... Moreover, cones are an environmentally friendly product that, in addition to their aesthetic beauty, have a pleasant smell of needles.

Having received a couple of practical lessons from their parents, then the children will be able to independently engage in this creativity, which will captivate them headlong. Finished products can be a wonderful decoration for your home or good gift for friends.

To make a turkey or a turkey out of a cone, you need felt, a pine cone, tongs, glued eyes. The craft is done like this:

To prevent the future turkey's trunk from becoming too elongated, the sharp part of the cone must be carefully bite off with tongs;
Further, according to a previously prepared template, the tail, legs, beak, head and neck are cut out of felt paper;
All elements are fixed to the workpiece with glue;
Now it remains to animate the figure. For this, eyes and a beak are glued to the head. The cone turkey is ready!

Plasticine products

Plasticine is an excellent choice for engaging your children in creativity. It has been proven that when working with this material develops not only fine motor skills hands, but also children's speech, and the sculpting process itself gives unlimited pleasure.

Plasticine products for kindergarten are also not a rare homework for your kids. After all, the benefits of this work are obvious and indisputable. Most often, children are asked to mold a composition on the theme of autumn, and this is not casual. There are so many beautiful and beautiful things you can think of at this time of the year, especially when there are so many materials at hand (acorns, chestnuts, fallen leaves).

Red squirrel - a wonderful craft from cones and plasticine

Squirrel - personifies the symbol of thrift and thrift. This craft will be a great toy for your children. To make it, you will need orange, black and white plasticine and 3 cones (2 large, 1 small).

First, combine 3 cones into a single composition, 2 (large) of which will be the body and tail, and the third (small) head. To do this, you can use glue or plasticine itself;
We make 4 legs from orange plasticine. We attach them to the squirrel's body;
Next, you need to blind the face and ears. We fix them on the head;
Roll two balls of the same size from white plasticine, stick two black balls to them, only smaller. This will create eyes. Having flattened them a little, we fasten them in the upper part of the face;
It remains to sculpt the squirrel's nose. To do this, roll a ball out of black plasticine, about twice the size of the white one and stick it on the tip of the muzzle. The squirrel is ready!

Funny figures that you can make from cones with your own hands

Leaf crafts

Tree leaves are an excellent material for creating voluminous crafts. They can be used alone or with other natural materials. And one of those materials is a bump.

There are plenty of creative ideas for the use of this natural material, you just need to decide on the direction of the style, whether it will be a painting, a wreath, or just an ordinary exhibition. Any cones, open and unopened, large and small, are suitable for the manufacture of products.

You can create original compositions of cones and leaves on absolutely any topic. In finished form, they can decorate not only your home, but also yours. In addition, your little ones can take part in their creation. You just need to organize a small step by step master class, after which they will happily do it on their own.

Crafts of miniature animals and people are especially popular. They are done quickly and easily. An auxiliary material for their manufacture can be pieces of cloth, shelves, tree twigs, metal wire, tree bark, acorn caps, etc.

Autumn is perhaps the most beautiful time of the year. Her beauty has become an inexhaustible source of inspiration for many creative personalities: writers, painters, sculptors and others. It is in the fall that the foliage of trees acquires its bright, beautiful color and then falls off.

Experienced handicraftsmen are sure that such beauty cannot be wasted. With their own hands, they make incredibly beautiful crafts from fallen leaves, which sometimes look like a real work of art. Well, forest cones only complements the overall picture.

Beautiful decor of leaves and cones on the theme of autumn

Christmas toys

New Year is the main family holiday, which is eagerly awaited by both adults and children. Well, what kind of holiday is complete without toys and gifts? Indeed, on this day your kids are waiting for a special atmosphere and a real miracle. To surprise your family, you can, of course, go to the store and buy everything there. However, such a surprise should not be mundane, it should be interesting and original. So the best way- make gifts and decorations with your own hands.

To create a magical and festive atmosphere, decorating one tree will not be enough. On this day, everything around should be beautiful. Christmas toys from cones made by hand will help you solve this problem. After all, there are a huge number of New Year's themes for decorating a house with crafts from cones. Let's consider each of them in more detail.

If you have old toys that your child hasn’t played with for a long time, or they are not, you don’t have to throw them away. They can be given new life, turning them into original Christmas tree decorations. Making such a toy with your own hands is as easy as shelling pears. To do this, you will need cones, glue and other auxiliary material (sticks, beads, buttons, etc.)

1. The first thing to do is paint the pinecone gold or silver. It is best to use special paint cans for this;
2. Next, you need to attach the head to the bump. The glue gun is excellent for this task. Paws and tail can be made of any material, felt is ideal;
3. TO finished products, at the base of the neck, a thread is tied in the form of a loop. With its help, toys will be hung on the tree.

New Year it is light and fun party, in which there is a tradition to decorate not only the Christmas tree, but the whole house. Your mood will depend on how correctly the decor is chosen. It is best to decorate the ceiling and walls with beautiful white snowflakes, windows with colorful garlands, and sprinkle furniture and floor with sparkles and confetti.

The cone arrangement will go well with pine or spruce legs. Add colored ribbons and toys to it and you have an incredibly beautiful new year composition, which will become the center of attention on your holiday.

A pine branch decorated with cones is a very popular element of New Year's decor.

New Year has its own traditions and one of them is to light candles

Traditionally, the main colors associated with the New Year are green, red, blue and white. Of course, the color range can be supplemented with several other colors, but the main thing here is not to overdo it.

For example, blue or red, against a green background of a Christmas tree, will look bright and rich, emphasize the beauty of a green beauty inherent to her at this time of the year. Diluting bright colors will help. It can be artificial snow for decoration, paper snowflakes, cones covered with silver, tinsel or garlands spirally wrapped around a Christmas tree.

It is not difficult to make a New Year's composition with your own hands using forest cones, you just need a little of your imagination and patience, as well as skillful hands that can work wonders.

1. First you need to collect as many cones as possible in the forest, preferably pine cones. The buds should be neat appearance no visible damage. It is desirable that all the petals are fully open, so the craft will look more voluminous and richer;
2. Next, using regular gouache, cover each tip of the petal with a thick layer of paint. For added elegance, sprinkle with sequins on top.

Ready-made cones can be used as a decoration for a Christmas tree, or you can make a luxurious garland out of them and decorate with it, for example, a portal. They can also be placed in a transparent container and used as a decorative element.

As you can see for yourself, forest cones are an extremely easy-to-use natural material from which you can make stunning decorative items for absolutely any topic with your own hands.

With the help of correctly selected decorations, you can create a unique interior of a country house or apartment.

So let's see what ideas I have collected cone crafts for you today.

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from peeled cones.

(7 new ideas)

If you disassemble the cone into scales (pull them out with ticks), then you can lay out any picture from such scales (a fluffy dog, a natural landscape, or just such a formidable owl.

Can be done paper cone ... and with a glue gun(sold at a hardware store for $ 5) glue the entire cone with the scales of the cone, overlapping each other (like a tile). You will get a Christmas tree. You need to start gluing the cones with the scales from the bottom of the cone ... and gradually move row by row to the top of the cone.

By the same principle, you can lay out plasticine turtle shell, or a hat fungi.

Or very good ideas which itself asks for cone scales - this is HEDGEHOG. We sculpt the body from plasticine... We stick the back with sharp scales. And we form the muzzle from a broom-bun... The question is, what to make this bunch of? So I think you can try cut thin twigs from an ordinary broom... Or take cake from corn and cut it with scissors into thin straight shavings- collect them in a bundle, bend the bundle in half (the place of the fold will be the tip of the nose). Next, fluff this bent bunch ... so that it spreads out with a broom on the sides - and with this spread, we glue it into the nose of the plasticine craft.

By the way, I just thought - probably, the muzzle can be made not from the natural material of kakuruz skin ... and cut out of paper(small narrow stripes) ... or take elementary thread (make a bundle, bend it in half, wrap the bend line of the bundle in the navel-nose). Perhaps the threads will need to be starch later to keep them rigid.

By the same principle, this children's craft is made - PROTEIN from cones and plasticine.

First, the body is molded ... then on the body with a pencil the boundaries of the zones are outlined. We will cover one zone with pineal scales, in another zone with a small panicle made of paper (or natural materials).

When the body is ready - we separately we sculpt the tail from plasticine... and his upper part we stick with cone scales. A lower part we stick around the tail with a white thin cut of paper pile.

You can mold an EAGLE from plasticine ... or another bird - to make plumage from the scales of the cone.

You can lay out a HOUSE FOR FAIRIES with such scales. Such a house is made very simply. For this we need a zucchini elongated shape(You don't need to buy a fresh zucchini with a thin skin. Which is easy to pierce with a knife ... but a garden zucchini already yellowed or dark green, the skin of which is not only sold with a fingernail, but not with a knife the first time. Walk along the market aisle, poke your fingernail on the sly and choose. do not worry… it's just that your roof of the house will be a slightly different shape (not so elongated, but more rounded). This will not diminish the beauty of your cone craft. And the main thing try to choose one that can be put on the bottom - and so that it does not fall ... But if it does fall, then it's okay - you can just put plasticine under its base.

The zucchini can be left intact (do not take out the middle) - but be prepared for the fact that the zucchini may eventually rot from the inside. ... Or you can cut off the bottom buttocks. Take out its contents with a spoon ... and dry in the sun so that its crust hardens on the inside (this way your house will be eternal and will not rot).

We paint zucchini in Brown color(if you paint with gouache, then after painting, thoroughly sprinkle the whole roasted zucchini with HAIR SPRAY, so the paint will stop getting your hands dirty)

Details of doors, windows and roses above the doorway WE HANDLING. Sculpting is best from polymer clay(plastics) that hardens in the oven.

BUT IF you do not have plastic, then fit salty dough (water + salt + PVA glue + flour + paper napkin). I add pva glue and finely cooked paper napkin so that the dough does not crack when it dries, but is smooth and keeps its solid shape well.

OR you can blindfold all the details plasticine crafts... and so that it does not float in the sun, it must be hardened. As a hardener, spray cans (from a hardware store) ... or hairspray ... or nail polish. The only one side effect the fact that the figurine will have a gloss from the varnish. But that's okay. The main thing is not to try to REMEMBER it after the plasticine has hardened (the varnish crust may crack). Therefore, we will varnish the doors and windows that are already stuck to the zucchini.

CRAFTS FROM THE TOP OF CONCES.

(take the top of the cone)

And if you start peeling the cones from the tip - and leave the tops of the cones with scales... Then to such scaled caps you can glue round pads, or pom-poms. You put a ball of cotton wool (or padding polyester) in a square of canvas, collect the edges of the square in a bundle and tie the thread (you get a round knot (like a hedgehog in a cartoon fog).

And you get an acorn craft. These pineal acorns can be hung as a decoration on a wreath of willow twigs.

You can use a half of a styrofoam egg instead of canvas bags ... it must first be painted (for example, in gold paint).

Or such a lumpy tip can serve as a shell for a plasticine turtle.

And now let's move on to crafts from WHOLE cones. We'll start with the birds ... then we'll take the animals ... and then the little men.

Cone birds

(pine and spruce)

PENGUINS.

Here is such beautiful idea spruce penguins require plasticine and white paint. We sculpt the head and wings from plasticine - and paint the belly. Or you can make the wings from corn cob.

OWLS AND CHILDREN.

Below in the photo you can see that the auxiliary material can serve pieces of felt, cardboard, feathers, as well as acorn caps(they can be used as the bulging eyes of birds - turn the caps reverse side, paint in White color and draw the pupils with a black marker.

If you put the cones on top of each other, then you can make such owl crafts. The wings and eyebrows are made from pieces of bark, the eyes and nose are made of paper. A paper circle for an owl's eye can be cut in a circle with scissors and winding with threads through these cuts - so we get expressive rays in the eyes of owls from cones.

And if a pinecone is rolled in cotton wool plucked on the fibers, then it will get such a fluffy white color. Of such fluffy bumps can be done white owls, chicks, snowmen, or try making a fluffy doggie.

Peacocks and turkeys.

Can be from a bump make a peacock. This craft requires heavy paper for the head and soft crepe paper for the tail.

And here is another option from the same breed of crafts. Here the principle is the same, but the bird is no longer a peacock, and a turkey.

Pine cones SPARROWS

Here is another version of the cone bird. The sparrow's wings are made from pieces of bark, and the head is a ball sewn from terry cloth (if you have a piece of terry napkin, you can donate to create this bird - fur fabric will work too). Better when the napkin is white ... then you can paint the frontal part of the chick's head with black paint. Plus this is a bunch of fabric, which was pulled off with a pinch, wrapped around this pulled pinch with a thread at the base (so that it would be fixed) - and dyed black. Beads were sewn or glued to the head.

Or the head can be made from a pom-pom. Take ordinary white threads and wind them in two holey circles ... as you usually make pom-poms with your own hands (google, you will find such a lesson).

Or you can make a head for a bird from a regular foam ball... They are sold in craft stores, or they can be ordered from online stores (they are very cheap). And if you order from china on the website ali-experts ... then it will generally be cheap.

The plasticine head will turn out VERY HEAVY, and the bird will fall ...
But you can still do ping pong ball heads.

And also the head can be felted out of wool(wool for felting is sold) ... also quite inexpensive. You need to put it in a bowl with warm soapy water - and roll a ball out of it right in the water ... as you roll, the ball becomes denser and denser ... (2-5 minutes you need to roll it, long time). And then we take it out and dry it. And we get a ball as tight as a felt boot. It is lightweight and adheres well to the bump, without outweighing or overloading the craft.

Bird feet can be made from wire ... wire can be obtained from large STAPLES. The paper wings are attached to the plasticine inside the flakes.

HERONS, SWANS AND OSTRICHES from cones.

Here are examples of TALL BIRDS made from long cones. The tail for the left bird from the photo below is made from strips of paper, which are pasted over with scales pulled out of the cone.

If you have feathers (plucked from the pillow, for example), then you can make beautiful swans from the cones. The necks can be rolled up from plasticine and wire.

Here are some more examples of feather crafts - cone ostriches. The neck and head are molded from plasticine. The secret of the stability of such thin and long necks is in the wire that is hidden inside these necks (rolled up in plasticine) like a metal frame ... the end of the wire sticks out and it is he who sticks into the bump.

Thanks to the flexibility of the wire neck, it can be bent in any direction and give any bend to our cone craft (as in the photo below). By the way, note that one of the birds is made in the form of a FLAMINGO ... and in the background we see a pink a lamb made of cones.

Hedgehogs and MOUSES

FROM A PINE CONE.

Hedgehogs from cones are made in two ways. Or we sculpt the muzzle out of plasticine and attach it to the bump. Or we cut this face out of felt (cardboard). We glue the eye buttons and glue the felt to the bump.

And here are the ideas for creating bears from cones. Coarse postal thread (for wax seals of parcels) - suitable for wrapping the muzzle and belly of a bear. We first stick plasticine on the bumpy face so that the thread sticks.

But the squirrel - the head is made from a pom-pom (sold in craft stores); hands and ears from wire brushes (also sold there).

But below we see mice, whose heads are simple cones made of gray felt (or fleece).

If you buy pieces of fur, you can make these cones crafts for the Christmas tree. I will post even more New Year's crafts made from natural materials in a separate article, and then a link will appear here.

HUMAN BEINGS are like crafts made from cones.

(several ways).

Remember, just above, I explained how to roll a hard felt ball out of a piece of felt wool in warm soapy water. It is from such balls and cones that you can make little men.

Or you can replace the felt balls with ping-pong or wooden ones.

Here's an example of a MOM AND BABY craft made from pine cones and felt ... Mum's hair is made from orange felt wool. The handles are also made of wool, rolled into a flagellum in warm soapy water.

And here is a family of gnomes made of cones. Craft from a felt head and pieces of felt or fleece fabric + bells on hats.

Still the same craft. Gnomes made of cones - on the head of each gnome is a hat (a cell from a paper cassette for eggs). Legs are leaves glued to cardboard, Beard made from a piece of cotton pad glued to the muzzle made of cardboard.

And to the family of gnomes, you can make another company out of cones - forest dwellers magic forest- FAIRY. Roll the face out of plasticine - glue a bunch of cut threads to the top of the head - up the acorn cap. And glue bright wings made of cardboard or felt on the back.

And from the cones you can make wonderful skiers in bright scarves. Hair is a bunch of threads. Scarves are a piece of Christmas tree garland.

Hats for such skiers can be crocheted or knitted. Cut the scarves out of fleece or soft crepe paper (you can just crush a white sheet of paper ... and cut a scarf out of it - it will be soft and easily wrapped around the cone. Cardboard skis (or ice cream sticks) ... toothpicks serve as ski poles.

Good luck with your creative ideas.

Olga Klishevskaya, specially for the site