Scented Pine Cone Ornaments

Nothing like combining a nature walk with the kids into a day of crafts.

First thing we did was go collecting, we collected sticks and pine cones in the woods behind our house. I placed them all in a large plastic bag and added Cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. I wanted my pine cones to hold the smell so we left the bag for about a week shaking and mixing it everyday.

Things you need:

sticks

pine cones

glitter glue/ or white glue with glitter

hot glue gun

cinnamon sticks

whole cloves

cinnamon and nutmeg

birds (found mine at the dollar store)

ribbon/beads

Using the glue sprinkled with glitter, we decorated the tips of the pine cones and the sticks and left them to dry.

When they were dry, the decorating started.

I was lucky to find these little Christmas lights in the scrap booking section of the dollar store.

I glued them down the pine cones. Added the Cinnamon sticks/ little birds perched on top our pre scented sticks, ribbon for hanging with the hot glue gun.

Super easy, and the kids loved this craft from start to finish.