How To Decorate Pine Cones With Paint

Treat the whole of the shaded parts as one big shape and paint everything in one go.

How to decorate pine cones with paint. They look pretty and can be great gift items too for the festive season. Googly eyes and pom poms larger wood beads like these and colorful craft felt are great choices for pine cone animals and elves. Add fragrance to your home with a cinnamon pine cone centerpiece.

Here are some of the best ways to paint your pine cones. Decorate your door with a floral wreath made from cut pine cones. Set the pine cones out on waxed paper to dry overnight.

Once the pine cones are dry enough to handle turn them over to expose the other side and spray another coat. Paint your pine cone flowers whatever colors you love. The paint mixture is 3 parts paint and 2 parts water.

Leave the paint to dry again before moving on to the next stage. You want paint to go into all the nooks and crannies of the pine cone. Paint the cones in bright pastels.

Set the pine cone on wax paper to dry and remove the skewer. I used a medium reddish brown for this layer of color. Hold the skewer and dunk the pine cone in paint.

Rotate pine cones to expose other side. Simply dunk the pine cone into the paint. Shake the pine cone to get rid of excess paint as you draw it out of the paint.