Make Pine Cone Christmas Angels: Low Cost & Easy!

Today I’m going to show you how to make a sweet pine cone Christmas angel with a few simple materials that you may find you already have on hand.

I started making these angels years ago and I like to hang them on my cupboard door knobs at the holidays.

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Materials to Make Pine Cone Angels

Materials:

• Pine cone (for body)
• Silk leaves (2, any shape, for wings)
• 1″ Wooden ball or bead (for head)
• Gold cord or 1/4″ ribbon (about 2″ long, for halo)
• Gold ribbon (for neck & back)
• Gold thread or wire (for hanger)
• Gold spray paint
• Sand paper
• Hot glue gun

How to Make Pine Cone Angels

Step 1

Spray your pine cone, leaves, and wooden ball gold paint.

Step 2

Use sand paper to flatten out the end of your pine cone so the head will sit as flat as possible. 

Step 3

Attach the head to the pine cone using hot glue. (Note: The head you see below happens to be a gold mesh covered styrofoam ball that I had handy.)

Step 4

Attach the wings to the back of the pine cone body, with hot glue. 

Step 5

Attach a gold cord or ribbon loop to the back of the angel, near where the wings meet.

Step 6

Make a small bow with your gold ribbon; attach bow (as shown above) to the point where the two wings meet on the back (to give it a more finished look).

You could also glue on a button rather than a bow.

Step 7

Tie a bow around your angel’s neck.

Alternatively, you could tie a piece of gold cord around the angel’s neck for a simpler look.

Step 8

Make a circle with the gold cord or ribbon, connect the ends with hot glue. Once cool, attach your halo to the back of the head with your glue gun, so it looks like the picture above.

Completed Pine Cone Angels

A Variation

You can vary the look of these angels by choosing different types of pine cones and embellishments.