13 Creative Pine Cone Crafts For Kids

Teach your kids about nature and let it be their biggest inspiration with these 13 creative pine cone crafts for kids. Check out the ideas below and bring out your kids' creative sides with these projects that they'll surely have a blast in making.

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13 Fun and Easy Pine Cone Crafts for Kids to Make at Home

1. Pine Cone Hedgehogs

Creating this pine cone craft for kids is easy, fun, and quick. Additionally, you can teach them how to take care of these amazing creatures while crafting.

A few pieces of durable brown paper, circled into cones, are almost everything you need to make this DIY project. Paste each paper onto the tip of your pine cone, and complete the facial features to create an adorable hedgehog.

2. Pine Cone Flowers

Let your kids help in decorating your centerpiece. Make your table vibrant with a bunch of colorful pine cone flowers.

Simply paint them in bright shades and add a touch of faux red berries. You can also cut your pine cones in half to create a different kind of flower. Add stems and leaves and place them in a vase, or just gather them in a white or black bowl.

3. Pom Pom Pine Cones

Splash some rainbow colors in your home by adding pom poms to your pine cones. Your kids can practice their creativity and think of patterns and designs in creating this craft. They can also develop their color recognition and counting skills while having fun.

Fill in the spaces in your pine cones with pom poms, and glue each one into these gaps. Then, decorate your Christmas tree or hang them anywhere throughout the whole year.

4. Mini Pine Cone Christmas Tree

Let your kids help you decorate your home for this festive season by making Christmas trees out of pine cones.

Select a tiny clay pot and put the pine cone inside. Add decorations by painting it white, add string lights, and top it off with a star.

5. Pine Cone Spiders

Who would've thought that you can turn pine cones into spiders? Even if your kids find these creatures creepy, they might start to be fascinated with them while creating this DIY project. You can use this craft not only during Halloween but for every season as well.

Wrap pipe cleaners around your pine cones to serve as legs and add multiple googly eyes. Unlike any other spiders, you wouldn't mind having some of these inside your home.

6. Felt Pine Cone Fox

This is a simple craft for your kids with little fingers. With your supervision, they can finish this easy-peasy project in 15 minutes.

Use felt to transform an ordinary pine cone into a brightly colored fox with a tail, face, and paws. Closely monitor your kids as they use a hot glue gun. Add black, brown, and white colors, but you can also let them mix up other shades to boost their creativity.

7. Pine Cone Owl

Teach your kids the value and art of recycling by turning your felt scraps into pine cone owls. They can also learn about different shapes and sizes by cutting these scraps to form googly eyes, small beaks, and flapping wings.

You can create a bunch more so your pine cone owl would have some friends. Display this range of owls anywhere to cheer up the vibe in your home.

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8. Pine Cone Gnomes

Another way to use your felt pieces or pom-poms is by transforming them into feet, mittens, and hats of your gnomes. Your kids can either glue the parts together or teach them how to use needle and thread.

Add wooden beads to serve as the head of your pine cone gnomes. Your children can also practice their drawing skills by adding facial features to these beads. Afterward, place these adorable creatures in a pot or anywhere in your garden.

9. Pine Cone Pineapple

Heat up the cold weather during winter or fall by adding a bright and tropical decoration to your home. Simply coat your pine cones in yellow and add some glitters for a metallic touch. Cut a few pieces of green paper to serve as leaves and attach them to the stem of your pine cone.

You can also group them together in a bowl to serve as your table centerpiece.

10. Yarn-Wrapped Pine Cones

This DIY project will make a colorful display all year-round. Your kids can work on their motor skills as they weave colorful yarns around your pine cones. Start with the base and work your way around until you wrap the whole pine cone.

Unlike other pine cone crafts, there's no need for hot glue or a stapler to attach the parts. Just tightly string the yarns together in place.

11. Pine Cone Reindeer

This pine cone craft is perfect for the holiday season. Turn your pine cones into Rudolph the reindeer and hang them on your Christmas tree.

Your kids will surely have some fun while making this cute and easy craft. They can twist pipe cleaners to form antlers of your reindeers. Cut fabrics for their eye and ears, and don't forget to add a pop of red circle for their nose.

12. Pine Cone Fairies

This inexpensive craft is a great idea for your kids who love fairies. Use some pieces of wood to serve as your base and glue them on it or hang them on any tree. Like your pine cone gnomes, you can also add wooden beads for your fairies' face.

Simply paint them in rainbow colors and celebrate any occasion with these colorful and delightful pine cone fairies.

13. Ombre Pine Cone

Put on a unique twist on your pine cone crafts by coloring them in an ombre pattern. Starting from the bottom of your pine cone, paint a lighter shade of your preferred color all the way up. Use another hue every after two or three rows.

Let your kids aim for at least three different shades and paint each pine cone in various tones for a colorful decoration.

Pine cones can surely give your home a more natural look. Let your kids explore and use their imagination in transforming pine cones into creative crafts.

What other pine cone crafts for kids do you have in mind? Share them with us in the comments section below!

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