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Pinecone Angel Christmas Crafts For Kids

November 14, 2017 By Laura 9 Comments

When I was in college, my aunt sent me a Christmas care package with two tiny pinecone angels she and her kids made for me. Those little angels followed me all through college, and on to my first apartment. They were so stinking cute.

That’s why I like these. They’re Christmas crafts for kids, but so cute that you can give them to people who aren’t related to your children and they’ll still put them out as a decoration. And I’m a huge fan of any crafts that use supplies found in nature. They suit us well.

You can use pinecones you’ve collected on walks and hikes, or you can buy a bag at a craft store. We got a bag at Michael’s — about 8-10 pinecones for less than $5. While we were there, we bought small wooden balls for the heads, and I used yarn from my stash for the hair (you can also use dried moss from the floral section at Michaels).

Pinecone Angel Christmas Crafts for Kids:

Supplies:

  • pinecones
  • wooden spheres (found at Michaels and other craft stores)
  • yarn
  • marker
  • sparkly pipe cleaner
  • glue gun or other quick-drying glue
  • scissors

Instructions:

Many pinecones have a stick poking straight up at the top. Break that off (ours came off easily when I snapped it off by hand) so you have a flat top for your head. Glue the flat part of the sphere to the pinecone to make the head.

Take a pipe cleaner and fold into an oval. Then twist the oval in half to make the wings (you can see in the above video how we did it). Glue them to the back.

Draw on the face.

Trim some yarn to a good length for hair. Put one dot of glue on top of the head and add the hair. You may want to give your angel a haircut after you add the yarn, just to clean things up a bit.

Take a small length of pipe cleaner and wrap it around your finger to make a halo. Twist ends together. Add a small dot of glue to your yarn hair and add the halo.

That’s it! You can make a bunch of angels and group them together, or scatter them around the house and tuck them in Christmas decorations all over the place. And you can make some extras as gifts or present toppers!

For more fun Christmas ideas, try one of these:

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–31 Christmas Cards to Make With Your Kids

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–Candy Cane Cocoa

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-Beautiful Embroidered Handmade Christmas Cards

drink recipe ebook

And if you’d like some tasty, fun drinks to make with the kids while you decorate and craft, check out my new ebook “Drinks for All Seasons: Fun and Festive Drinks for Any Occasion,” which has more than 40 recipes for a variety of drinks. The book includes warm drinks like hot chocolates, coffees, and lattes; cocktails (warm and chilled); smoothies and so much more! You can find the ebook here – it’s full of fun, delicious drinks for parties, or just for making up while you hang out at home with the family.

Filed Under: crafting, seasonal Tagged With: Christmas craft, craft, indoor activities for kids, kids, kids activities, kids and nature, kids play

Comments

  1. Heather says

    November 14, 2020 at 3:08 pm

    How tall are the pinecones you used?

    Reply
  2. kt mul says

    November 14, 2016 at 2:39 am

    These are very cute. Just wondering how you stuck the heads to the cones….. strong glue?
    Thanks

    Reply
    • Laura says

      November 21, 2016 at 8:00 am

      yep — if there was part of the pinecone sticking out, I snipped it off and then just glue-gunned the head on

      Reply
  3. Heidi says

    November 26, 2014 at 3:00 pm

    Cute! I’m not crafty, but I bet my nieces would love these.

    Reply
    • Laura says

      November 28, 2014 at 11:35 am

      Thank you! It’s a fun kids’ craft and not too complicated — I bet they’d have fun!

      Reply
  4. Aimee Giese | Greeblehaus says

    November 22, 2014 at 12:49 pm

    These look really adorable! Fun craft the whole family can do.

    Reply
    • Laura says

      November 28, 2014 at 11:36 am

      Thanks! We have them all over the house now…

      Reply
  5. Emma says

    November 7, 2014 at 11:45 am

    These are beautiful – even the bald ones (had to giggle at that part, lol!)

    Reply
    • Laura says

      November 7, 2014 at 12:40 pm

      Thank you! Yeah, I wasn’t sure about the baldies, but you’ve gotta let people express themselves!

      Reply

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