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New Year's decor from cones

New Year’s decor from cones

How to make a budget New Year’s decor with your own hands and not spend a penny? We have found the most creative and fresh ideas that will help make real works of decorating art out of simple cones..

Alternative tree

Pine cone Christmas tree



Pine cone Christmas tree

This idea will surely appeal to conservationists who, in principle, do not put live spruce as a New Year’s tree. To create an alternative Christmas tree, you will need a base – a small cut of hemp or a pot for an indoor flower. If desired, the cone can be coated with paint; for this purpose, you can use ordinary gouache or decorative sprays with glitters. To decorate such a Christmas tree, textile bows, felt balls, sequins, beads, artificial snow are useful.

Decorative Christmas trees from cones

Decorative Christmas trees from cones

Alternative Christmas trees

Alternative Christmas trees

Simple and beautiful New Year's decor

Simple and beautiful New Year’s decor

You can decorate the cone with beads

You can decorate the cone with beads

Original Christmas tree toy

Pine cone Christmas toy

Pine cone Christmas toy

Making Christmas decorations with your own hands is a good tradition. Children will especially like it. You can create original jewelry with the whole family. To do this, it is worth stocking up with jute, rain, glitter glue, paints and satin ribbons. DIY toys will transform the interior, make the atmosphere very cozy and warm.

For a decorative effect, the cone can be painted white

For a decorative effect, the cone can be painted white

One has only to decorate the pine cone with a satin bank, and it will become a wonderful Christmas tree decoration.

One has only to decorate the pine cone with a satin bank, and it will become a wonderful Christmas tree decoration.

Decor element

Craft from fir cones

Craft from fir cones

Pine and spruce cones evoke forest associations and fill the house with a wonderful aroma. And even if the interior is decorated with an artificial tree, it will give the impression that it is real. To enhance the effect, spruce and pine cones can be used as decorative elements. For example, put candles in transparent jars, tie the vessels with jute and complete the composition with a few cones. To give them a snowy look, it is necessary in advance to paint them with white or silver paint..

DIY decorative candlesticks

DIY decorative candlesticks

Festive composition

An interesting New Year’s composition will make the atmosphere especially festive in the house. For her, you can choose a place in the hallway on the console, in the living room on the chest of drawers, in the dining room in the middle of the table, in the bedroom on the bedside table or dressing table. The easiest option is to put a wicker basket, glass or wooden bowl filled with pine or spruce cones. You can surround the composition with fir branches, an LED garland, candlesticks and figures of New Year’s characters. A festive mood will be provided for both the owners of the house and the guests!

Beautiful Christmas composition

Beautiful Christmas composition

Colored pine cones as a decorative element

Colored pine cones as a decorative element

Decorative christmas composition

Decorative christmas composition

Festive composition of cones and spruce branches



Festive composition of cones and spruce branches

Unusual cone decor

Unusual cone decor

On the eve of the holidays, it is worth thinking not only about the interior decor, but also about the New Year’s menu. And in order for the dishes to amaze the household at first sight, you need to set the table beautifully. How to do it? We found many cool ideas that will make guests gasp in surprise..

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