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Stitching & Crafting Room:  What can I make using Large Pine Cones?  |
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BonnieBlue
True Blue Farmgirl
67 Posts
bonnie
amite
LA
USA
67 Posts |
 Posted - May 27 2010 : 6:05:26 PM
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I have lots of Longleaf Pine Cones in my yard and I would like to get some ideas as to what I could make using them? Having a flea market in my area for 15 miles in November, so I was going to see if I could make something to sell.
Thanks for any help.
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Beverley
True Blue Farmgirl
2707 Posts
Beverley
atlanta
Michigan
USA
2707 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2010 : 8:41:58 PM
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you can always put peanut butter on them and then roll them in birdseed for winter feeders. hang a cute yarn or ribbon .. all done...
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Red River Hen
True Blue Farmgirl
183 Posts
Nancy
Ardmore
Oklahoma
USA
183 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2010 : 9:35:47 PM
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My husband says they are great to hot glue the individual pieces off the cone onto the roof of a birdhouse. He says they look wonderful and are durable! Just like shingles :)
~Count your blessings instead of sheep~ (Bing Crosby) ~Nancy~
SANTA BRIGADE
RED RIVER HENS
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khartquilt
True Blue Farmgirl
1176 Posts
USA
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Posted - May 28 2010 : 08:48:47 AM
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I have made them into fire place starters. (as cute as a christmas tree ornament)
lay your pinecones on a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper..
heat your oven to 350. Place the pinecones in the over for about 10 minutes. But keep your eye on them.
The cones will open a little more and dry them out a little more.
After they are cool wrap/tie a piece of cotton twin as a wick. If you are going to use them as starters, make sure the cotton is weaved from top to bottom.
dip the pinecone in clear Paraffin wax a few times.
Kathy H
Farmgirl Sister #81
"To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world..." (anomymous)
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - May 28 2010 : 08:54:13 AM
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Years ago, at a folk craft festival, I bought my mother an angel made from a large pinecone. They had been sprayed gold, and the "head" was an acorn, and the angel was playing a trumpet made from a golf tee. Beautiful in its simplicity, and she still puts her out every holiday.
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BonnieBlue
True Blue Farmgirl
67 Posts
bonnie
amite
LA
USA
67 Posts |
Posted - May 28 2010 : 10:42:21 AM
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I am getting some very good ideas for my large pine cones.
Thank you farmgirls for your help. We are all able to help each other with ideas.
Bonnie |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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Posted - May 28 2010 : 3:54:00 PM
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my daughter made when she was about 10 (shes 32 now) a scarecrow of sorts outa pinecones, 3 for each arm, 4 for each leg, a log for the body. She wired (with Daddys help) the cones together for the arms and legs, then attached to the log body. The head was made from canvas, she cut a large circle, added a bunch of rags for stuffing, pulled all the edges together and tied the "neck with a piece of sisal rope around a dowel, which was then stuck in and glued to a hole drilled in the log body. She used felt pens to draw the face, and spray painted the body to look like it was wearing a plaid shirt, and worn jeans. Then it was hung from a tree in the yard, it lasted for years.
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Roxy7
True Blue Farmgirl
1083 Posts
Robin
Denver
CO
USA
1083 Posts |
Posted - May 28 2010 : 9:47:07 PM
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| Kids love to put glue on the edges and sprinkle them with glitter and add beads as ornaments. We did this as an art prject at a homeless shelter. Each family had their own tree in their rooms. |
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
6740 Posts |
Posted - May 29 2010 : 12:19:21 AM
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In the Northwest we like to Spray Them with a Cinnamon Scent or use Cinnamon Oil, put them in Baskets
with Holiday Ribbon and use them to make the House smell wonderful all through The Thanksgiving and Christmas Season.
You have gotten some fabulous ideas. I loved the Angel one!
Blessings,
~peggy
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edlund33
True Blue Farmgirl
1497 Posts
Marilyn
Renton
WA
USA
1497 Posts |
Posted - May 29 2010 : 6:29:51 PM
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When I was a kid we used to make wreaths, swags and other decorations out of pine cones. We used them whole or cut them in "slices" for a different effect and then wired them to a wreath form.
Cheers! ~ Marilyn
Farm Girl No. 1100
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Karrieann
True Blue Farmgirl
1900 Posts
Karrieann
Northeast
Georgia
USA
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cheneygal
True Blue Farmgirl
503 Posts
Suzie
Cheney
Wa.
USA
503 Posts |
Posted - May 29 2010 : 8:28:08 PM
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One more idea, my Dad did this for my Mom about 10 yrs. ago. We had huge ponderosa pines, and therefore the beautiful cones. Dad made a wood base, glued the pinecone to it, and then Mom went through all her OLD jewelry, bits and pieces, very small Xmas balls (very small), odds and ends of diff. Xmas garland, a piece here, a piece there, just enough to give it some sparkle. I have my mom's and mine and they sit side by side at Christmas, I love them!!
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BonnieBlue
True Blue Farmgirl
67 Posts
bonnie
amite
LA
USA
67 Posts |
Posted - May 30 2010 : 1:25:16 PM
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The pine cones are about 4 to 6 inches tall and very round in the middle.
Thank you again for the very good ideas I have been getting. Some ideas I would never had thought about. I will need to get busy and start picking up the cones from my yard and woods, then make some of the ideas to sell in November. |
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Beth Jones
True Blue Farmgirl
3196 Posts
beth
tallassee
alabama
3196 Posts |
Posted - May 30 2010 : 3:23:09 PM
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Hi! everyone, We used to spray paint them green and attach them to a piece of stained board and decorate as Christmas trees. We would tip the ends of the in white paint and it would look like snow. Smiles, Beth
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