Pine-cone creatures

By Veronique Christensen — Sunday, November 25th, 2007

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Today Maggie and I spent a lovely (quiet) time making creatures out of pine-cones and random bits found outside. This is a project we do every once in a while, and first read about in
Nature’s Art Box, a wonderful book Tomas and I found on Amazon a several years back. I wish we’d taken pictures of our past creations, as there have been some wonderful ones — birds, crocodiles, hedge-hogs, and reindeer.

All you need is a dinner/craft table strewn with bits and pieces dropped from trees, and some glue — we opt for the hot glue guns, though they do require a bit more adult supervision than our typical projects.

This has got to be one of the most satisfying art projects out there.

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2 Responses to “Pine-cone creatures”

  1. It’s really pretty–I wish we had pinecones like that here. You’d think they’d be bigger around here or something . . .
    And by the way, I’ve been enjoying your blog lately.

  2. [...] pieces from our garden to turn into magical creatures. And she was right, we’ve been making these for several years — I’d just never thought of them as a tradition before. It is so nice [...]

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