Paper Pine Cones for Woodland Decor

This last Christmas when I made my holiday tree decorated in all paper ornaments, I made some orbs that were covered in little paper circles. I kept seeing them as a very round paper pine cone and thought how cute it would be to make some in more of the cone shape. Pine cones are great decor items for Christmas for sure and they are also very woodsy for a Summer of Fall woodland theme. I made these gold metallic paper cones for my woodland table top theme mixing them with my West Elm silver fox and pretty recycled glass vases filled with pine branches, wild flowers and china berry branches. To make these cones, I started with round 4 inch foam balls, the Martha Stewart Crafts 1 inch circle punch, Gold Leaf metallic paper from paper-papers.com and my hot glue gun. For my table scape I added the pine branches to the top of each cone that can be removed later. This project is so easy and fun it could be a kid’s craft as well. I will definitely be using these for my woodland theme and for this upcoming Christmas. Enjoy! ~ Lia

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35 Comments

Deb November 2, 2020 at 4:56pm

Approximately how much paper (and size) does it take to make a pine one.

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1. Lia November 3, 2020 at 8:44am
  
  Hi! Step 3 in the photo tutorial mentions that we used 1.5 sheets of 8.5×11 paper for one pinecone.
  
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Rachelle W September 12, 2020 at 12:53pm

Your paper source is a little spendy for me it. Any other suggestions on what kind of paper to use?

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1. Lia September 15, 2020 at 7:44am
  
  Any craft store (Michaels, JoAnns, Craft Warehouse) should carry some options!
  
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Jan April 5, 2018 at 1:45pm

These are wonderful! Thank you for the heads up on where to purchase the metallic paper. Thanks for sharing.

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1. Lia April 5, 2018 at 1:52pm
  
  You’re so welcome 🙂
  
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Katie @ Little House of Four August 19, 2014 at 4:59pm

I love these! I’ve made Christmas trees using foam cones and felt, but never thought of making pine cones. This is definitely on my project list! Thanks so much for sharing!

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1. Lia August 20, 2014 at 8:15am
  
  I will be using these for Christmas for sure!
  
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Kathy July 31, 2014 at 6:45am

What?? Wait, roll styro balls into cone shapes?? That’s a fresh idea right there! Thank you and Mark Montano “sent” me!

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1. Lia July 31, 2014 at 7:45pm
  
  Haha! Thanks Kathy and Thank Mark! Love you both!!
  
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Sharon July 30, 2014 at 1:33pm

These are so beautiful!

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1. Lia July 30, 2014 at 2:18pm
  
  Thanks Sharon!
  
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Havalah July 25, 2014 at 2:14pm

love these!

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1. Lia July 25, 2014 at 4:13pm
  
  Thanks! They did turn out nice. 🙂
  
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Jenn Hoff June 29, 2014 at 11:00am

Or I wonder if you could spray paint it with metallic paint or dip the whole thing in mod-podge or something. Alright seriously I’ll shut up now. 🙂

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1. Lia July 1, 2014 at 7:29pm
  
  You could spray it if you wanted to. I like the metallic paper though as it is much cleaner. 😉
  
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Jenn Hoff June 29, 2014 at 10:55am

Ok, I’m so sorry for leaving THREE comments- please don’t bother responding to all of them! But I started thinking that these could also be cool using metal of some sort. Like the really thin crafting tin that you could cut? Or even foil or something? Or… washers? Pennies might be difficult, but…. I don’t know, you’ve just got my creative juices flowing. 🙂

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1. Lia July 1, 2014 at 7:31pm
  
  Fun! This is why I have this site. . . to get people thinking creatively! Yay!! I did it. 😉
  
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Jenn Hoff June 29, 2014 at 10:52am

P to da S. Your ombre paper trees make me wonder if that would look cool with these pinecones. Or maybe a two-toned one by alternating a couple shades of brown. Oh the possibilities!

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1. Lia July 1, 2014 at 7:31pm
  
  Totally! Ombre even. Other colors. I am excited to try them again for a Christmas post.
  
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Jenn Hoff June 29, 2014 at 10:50am

YIPPEEE!!! I remember seeing those- well, a version of those- on your Christmas tree and I’m so psyched to know the method! It’s so simple, yet it looks so complicated and intricate. My friends will never know! Bwahahaha! [That was my evil crafting laugh].

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1. Lia July 1, 2014 at 7:30pm
  
  Hahaha. You crack me up. Secret. . . they turned out much nicer looking than I even imagined. I LOVE them.
  
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Heidi June 27, 2014 at 1:05pm

And you’ve given me a reason to buy a circle punch! Thanks for the tutorial :-).

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1. Lia June 28, 2014 at 3:00pm
  
  I love my circle punches!! 😉
  
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onel June 26, 2014 at 5:24pm

I love this, Lia! How did you roll the ball into an egg shape? Will sanding work?

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1. Lia June 28, 2014 at 3:05pm
  
  I just rolled it on the table adding a little pressure. You can also buy egg shaped paper mache bases and use those. I liked reshaping the round balls though. 🙂
  
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Kristi O June 26, 2014 at 6:29am

Absolutely LOVE this! Where did you find your silver fox?

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1. Lia June 26, 2014 at 10:11am
  
  Thanks! That is from West Elm! He is so handsome. 😉
  
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Sue Bowen June 25, 2014 at 11:38pm

These are lovely and look great at Christmas . I make mine from vintage music paper and maps .I do buy polystyrene egg shapes as my base

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1. Lia June 26, 2014 at 10:13am
  
  Great idea! These were suppose to be orbs, but I got a bit creative with my foam balls and now they are jumbo pinecones. 🙂
  
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