I have made them before using a wire wreath form and thin floral wire. You can gather your own pine cones or buy them by the bags at craft stores, some even scented with Cinnamon...yum!
You start by placing a cone up to the wreath and wrap the wire around tightly, then work your way around, going in the same direction so that all the space is filled evenly. Then, where it joins together, tie a big ribbon bow or raffia and hot glue some cinnamon sticks and dried orange slices or some other natural stuff, and voila! A beautiful Christmas wreath.
Does anyone have instructions on how to make a huge pine cone wreath for christmas?
Look into the Carol Duval show at http://www.hgtv.com
she has a library of crafts with step by step instructions and photos as well as links to artists and designers.
Also type in your pine cone wreath in the search engine at http://www.diynetwork.com
Reply:8 Pine Cones (approximate)
Wire Coat Hanger
Duct Tape
Items to decorate your wreath
Glue
Cut the wire coat hanger in half and form it into a circle. Wind the two ends together. I them secured the ends and covered the entire circle with duct tape. This held it together better and gave the pine cones a better surface to stick to!
Once you have your circle formed, glue on the pine comes (a hot glue gun worked best for me). Decorate as desired. I added a ribbon and holly made out of crafting Foam. A added red beads for the holly berries.
If you want a larger wreath, just do not cut the wire hanger in half!
Reply:If you're using a grapevine wreath as your base, you can find very large ones perhaps at WalMart, Hobby Lobby, or Michaels. Regardless of what you use for your base, this will determine your wreath size. Here are a few sites with instructions on how to make your wreath:
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/pinecone...
http://www.mycraftbook.com/CraftIdea.asp...
http://www.ehow.com/how_11071_wire-pine-...
http://www.comfycountrycreations.com/wre...
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