DIY Pinecone Wreath
I’ve wanted a wreath for our front door, but I haven’t really found anything that I liked. Or could afford. When we pulled out the Christmas decorations, I noticed that we had a few of these fake, plain wreaths that I inherited from my mother.
Total yawn, right? I think the wreath is about 15 inches across. I decided I could do something to jazz up the wreath, but that something needed to be free because I wasn’t in the mood to drive to the store.
I decided to make a pinecone wreath. If there is one thing we have an abundance of, it’s pinecones.
I sent the kids to the backyard with a box and told them to hook me up. Pretend that this photo isn’t from October and that my son is holding a box instead of trying to peg his sister with nerf darts. Same diff.
I had no plan, no directions, just a glue gun and a dream. I started gluing the pinecones on the inside edge of the wreath. I ran out of pinecones quickly, we filled that box up three times. I glued, and glued, and glued. I was like a gigantic pinecone puzzle, you know, if puzzles were sharp and had thorns.
When I was done, it weighted 133 pounds. I decided to hang it on our the front porch, I wasn’t sure our front door could handle the awesomeness that is this wreath.
To hang it, I used leftover fabric from my stash and I cut one long strip and tied it around the wreath and hid the knot on the back. I then cut another smaller strip and tied the bow at the top and hung it on a nail. I also thought it looked too pineconey (technical term), so I put a bird (ornament) on it.
Total cost of this project: free.
Bonus for all your hard work: burns and splinters. Worth it.
Katie
“Put a bird on it.” Love the Portlandia reference!
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MissCaron
LOVE IT!
Jess G.
I love it! And of course nothing beats free! Maybe you should add a squirrel to it? 🙂
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tara
Haha I was totally going to say the same thing, Katie!
That is a damn fine wreath. I hope it doesn’t fall on anyone because if it weighs 133 pounds it could be death by pinecone wreath for sure. 🙂
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Sarah
Love it!
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Issa
Am I the only one shocked that there isn’t a squirrel on that thing?
It looks great by the way.
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Zakary
You and me both, sister. You and me both.
Issa
Hey ps. Shannon isn’t coming. Something about ditching us for her new main man. 😉
Was wondering if you want to try and plan a time to go to dinner? Could be after Xmas even. Am super busy the weekend before but after that I have no kids.
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Sarah
At first I was like, “Pinecone wreath? Sounds eh.” But that picture proves me wrong. It actually looks pretty awesome!
(And seriously, that bird makes the whole thing. It’s a little pop of color on an otherwise super earthtoned circle!)
thedoseofreality
Gotta be totally honest and say I would pay actual money for that…or I would happily send my kids in the woods to gather pinecones for free…aaaahhh, I can hear the blissful silence now! 😉
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Robin Jingjit
Oh that is awesome!! At first I thought you were just going to adorn your regular, needly wreath with pinecones and I thought it would be cool. But having it be 100% pinecone is awesome. Hey, why is it saying pinecone is spelled wrong? It’s right!!
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Andrea @ Bubblewrapp'd
Love it so much!!
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Jade @ Tasting Grace
That wreath is gorgeous! And super clever. Way better than boring, regular wreath. I wish I could see it in person. I also wish we had pinecones over here.
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koreen
Funny how the homemade wreaths weigh more than we do. Yes they do. Don’t give me the side-eye. Keep it movin, folks.
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Rebecca
That is one bad ass wreath!
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Ami
I love it! You’re so dang crafty.
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Becky (Princess Mikkimoto)
Love it!
Do you watch Portlandia? “Put a bird on it!”
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Emily a la Blog
Turned out great!!! Wish there were pinecones like that here in NW Washington. Mostly, they’re small. And soggy. Happy holidays to your adorable family.
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Rachel
That wreath is better looking than any of the ones I’ve been eyeing up in the stores. Fo’ realz. You did a great job! High five to you! Hope you were treated to a glass of vino afterwards while jay-z serenaded you.
xo
Rachel
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Laura
AND it’ll work for any season. Just looks rustic. Leave it plain or change out the “ornament” by season.
Kelly @ Turned Up To Eleven!
Well done! I love it.
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Elaine
“a glue gun and a dream” – HA HA HA HA!!! Been there. Although not sure it ever turned out this nicely! Beautiful!
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Jodie in MN
That is pure awesome.