This project cost me less than $5 to complete. If you have twine, a glue gun, and a pine tree, this craft might not cost you a thing!
Since I didn't have pine cones on hand, I bought a pack of them (cinnamon scented) from Michael's craft store.
First, I lined up 12 pine cones from largest to smallest to largest. I wanted the smallest ones in the middle of my garland strand, and the larger ones on the ends.
I wound up only using ten pine cones. After taking the twine to measure the appropriate length at my mantle, I realized with the amount of space I wanted, ten would be sufficient.
Because I wanted to have the middle of the garland attached to the middle of the mantle, I would need an equal number of pine cones on each side. I marked both ends and the middle of the twine with a black marker.
The way I glued each pine cone to the twine was to add hot glue at the base of the top stem. I then took the twine and looped it around once, pulling tight on each side and waited ten seconds for the glue to dry.
After each cone was securely glued to the twine, I took my completed garland to the mantle. I secure the middle of the garland with glue to the top of the mantle, and then placed my mason jar votive on top to hide the tape.
On either side of the mantle, I placed a candle over the end to hold it in place. You could also add tape for extra security.
I love the way the garland turned out. I can't believe how quick and simple this was to do with materials I already had (minus the pine cones)!
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Nancy
