Every year at Erin Mills Paint & Decor Centre, we host Kids Corner.
Kids Corner is a special event just for kids where we do arts and crafts using Benjamin Moore Paint and house hold items. These simple DIY classes teach kids how to mix paint, how to make different decorations and how to share with other kids.
Last year we made pine cone wreaths and decorated ornaments. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to make your very own pine cone wreath. Please note, a hot glue gun is best for quick results. It's always recommended to have adult supervision when using a hot glue gun!
Step One:
You can purchase bags of pine cones at your local art store such as Michael's or Walmart, or if you're like me, you have a huge bin of pine cones lying around your house. If the weather isn't too bad and you can find pine cones on the ground, make sure they are dry and free of dirt and creepy crawlies before you start.
You can purchase bags of pine cones at your local art store such as Michael's or Walmart, or if you're like me, you have a huge bin of pine cones lying around your house. If the weather isn't too bad and you can find pine cones on the ground, make sure they are dry and free of dirt and creepy crawlies before you start.
Step Two:
You can make your wreath base using cardboard, foam core or thick cardstock. We opted to purchase wreath bases from, you guessed it, Micheal's Craft store. You can paint your wreath base at this stage to get a uniform finished look, or you can just dive right into glueing, like we did below.
Step 3:
A hot glue gun is the fastest way to get your pine cones stuck to the wreath base, BUT if you don't have a hot glue gun handy, you can use white glue too. If you use white glue, make sure you put a decent amount on the bottom of the pine cone. Let it dry over night to make sure none of your precious cones come off.
Step 4: The Fun Part
Take your left over interior latex based paints or purchase tester pots (shown below) for only $1/each from Erin Mills Paint, and go to town painting your wreath! Use foam brushes, regular paint brushes or artist brushes. An even more inexpensive method of painting is using q-tips or your fingers.
(It's more fun to use your hands ^_^ )
You want to make sure your paint is dry before you move onto decorating your wreath. We used our hair dryer to dry all of the cones. Leaving the wreath out overnight will work well too, just not as fast.
Step 5: Decorate!
You can decorate your wreath with bows, glitter, ribbon - you name it! Again, the hot glue gun is the fastest way to do this, but white glue works just as well. We glued old Christmas Decorations, broken ornaments and other holiday knick nacks onto our wreaths.
To get glitter on your pine cones, mix a little bit of water with white glue to make a glue wash. Paint the glue on any surface you want glitter, then sprinkle glitter over top. Tap your wreath to get extra glitter off and voila. Shiny!
You can decorate your wreath with bows, glitter, ribbon - you name it! Again, the hot glue gun is the fastest way to do this, but white glue works just as well. We glued old Christmas Decorations, broken ornaments and other holiday knick nacks onto our wreaths.
To get glitter on your pine cones, mix a little bit of water with white glue to make a glue wash. Paint the glue on any surface you want glitter, then sprinkle glitter over top. Tap your wreath to get extra glitter off and voila. Shiny!
Show off your work , and don't forget to sign the back with your name and the date!.jpg)
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