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What we need
In order to make Christmas toys from the cones with our own hands, we need:
- cones;
- adhesive;
- strong thread;
- thick sewing needle or awl;
- gloss paint( spray) or glitter;
- stand;
- some cotton wool;
- rags and solvent.
We collect cones in the forest, if there is no such possibility, then in parks, in alleys, boulevards. In the places where you met ate or pine.
Not everywhere grow spruce. In some parts of the country, in the wild, only pines grow. Their bumps are also suitable for crafts.
Now, they need to be dried, especially if you collected them after the rain or looked under the snow. Otherwise, the paint glue will not fall. 
Glue is necessary to choose reliable, so that your crafts from Christmas tree cones will not fall apart. It will be needed to connect the seeds to each other - we will collect figures from them. Also, glue may be required to fix the glitter or wool, which will play the role of snow. It looks very beautiful. 
Threads are used for hanging toys on branches. We need strong, thick threads, so that the loop of the crafts will not break. Needle need to pierce the cones, so you can create a reliable loop. As for paints and glitters, there are two options:
- You just paint the bumps.
- Fully cover the cone with glue, and then pour sparkles on it.
When working with adhesives and paints, follow safety regulations. If you work indoors, it should be well ventilated, not have an open flame. Protect your face with a bandage. All that you need for making crafts, collect and put on the table in advance. Prepare a solvent if you need to scrub your hands from paint or use gloves.
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You will need the support to facilitate the process of uniform painting or shedding the cone with sparkles. It can be made of a matchbox and a thin long carnation.
Getting to the fun work of
Now we will make the simplest Christmas tree decoration with our own hands. We take seeds of spruce and we clean them from specks, so that the paint will fall well, and the glue will not fall off. It will be enough to gently wipe each of them with a dry cloth. Choose a place where we will paint bumps. Cover the surface with newspapers.
It is best to spray paint enamel( car cans).It is more convenient, cheaper, and you will not have to brush the hard-to-reach places with a brush!
Strung the sharp part of the bump on the stud of our stand and begin to paint each bump from all sides. We are waiting for them to dry. The drying time of the paint is always indicated on the label. 
When all the bumps are dry, remove them from the stand and take the glue with cotton. 
We cover the entire semicircular part with glue and cover with a small amount of cotton wool. Wait a little longer for the glue to dry. 
Using a needle or sew, we pierce the upper part through. If you prick with a needle, then you can insert a thread in advance into her ear. We tie the thread and hide the bundle in the hole. Simple Christmas decoration from cones ready!
Colite is not a bump, and cotton, which is pasted. Achene is very solid, it is difficult to pierce. Use sharp things with extreme caution!
For beauty, you can still put a few spots or dots of a different color or tie a ribbon bow. By the way, besides the thread, a thin elastic band will do. The toy-cone will be pressed to the branch, like a real one. As if a silver or gold bump grew on a magical New Year tree.
Figures from cones
You can not be limited to single pine cones, and collect from them whole figures of different shapes. From the inventory described above, everything remains unchanged, only a small amount of steel wire will be added. With it, we connect the cones together.
The steel wire, which will play the role of a reinforcing material 0.5 or 1 millimeter thick, is best suited. Copper wire is too soft. The figure will begin to deform under its own weight.
A conic star
And now we will make a fur-tree toy from cones, but in the form of a star. We will need spruce cones( 5 pieces) of the same size so that there is symmetry. First you need to create a base of wire: bend it so that there are five rays( we will string them on them).We pierce the blunt ends of the cones. Awl, nail or thick needle. This is necessary to create the holes that will enter the ends of the wire base, and they need to be spread with glue. Stringing cones and proceed to painting. After everything is dry, we make a hole in one of the rays of the star and insert a thread there.
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In addition, it is very easy to make the same star, but for the top of the Christmas tree. The manufacturing process is the same, just need to pick up and install a small tube so that it is put on the top branch of the Christmas tree. Most often do nozzles from necks from the extended flakonchik. The nozzle needs to be installed between the rays of our star, in the middle. Then securely fasten.
It is best to paint silver, red, metallic or golden - it looks great!
Snowflake
Everything is exactly the same, only the wire base must have six ends. We will fit the cones on them not with the blunt part, but with the sharp one. We paint or cover with sequins, make a loop. It turns out very beautiful Christmas tree toy from cones, as in the photo, in the form of a snowflake.
There are many variants of execution, since even a complex snowflake can be made from large and small cones.
Festoon
For the manufacture of the garland will need more seeds. And they can be of different sizes - so even more beautiful. There is the possibility of staining in different colors. After painting the cones, take a long awl or needle. There are two options for such crafts:
- cones hang end down, one after the other;
- follow each other like a chain( transverse arrangement).
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You should not use a thread: there will be many cones, the thread can break off from such a load. It is better to take a fishing line.
What else can you think of
In addition to the ideas presented, options for making Christmas crafts from the seed of spruces and pines, an infinite number. These are men and figures of various animals. By the way, the symbol of 2018 is a dog. The figurine of a doggie can also be made from cones, but only spruce trees are suitable here, since pine achenes have a different shape.
Cones of different sizes will be needed:
- one big;
- four slightly less;
- two small.
The big shot is the pawl of the dog. It will keep paws, tail and head. Four smaller bumps - this is the paws, they must be the same length. One small bump will play the role of the head, and the other - the tail.
Take the awl and pierce the bumps. Pour a little glue into the holes and insert the matches there. Connect the cones together. Ears can be made from paper or from small bumps. Gently glue their heads. Any color is suitable for painting. Do not forget to draw or glue the dog nose, mouth and eyes. This is easily done using plasticine.
Crafts from conifer seedlings suspended from a Christmas tree burn very well because of the remaining resin. Glue, cotton and paint will only accelerate the burning process. Never use Bengal lights or candles near a Christmas tree.
Kids like crafts from cones and their imagination has no limits. So a little penguin, funny mice, a squirrel and a deer, sleeping beauty, owl, gnomes, a Christmas wreath will appear on the Christmas tree.
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