Pine Cone Skiers
great little Christmas gift ideas
Posted by meg s.
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these little pine cone skiers make a cute gift for teachers too....
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You Will Need (10 things)
- Pine Cones
- Hot Glue
- Felt
- Popsicle Sticks
- Tooth Picks
- Paint
- Wooden Beads
- Pipe cleaners
- Sequins
- Permanent Marker s
Steps (14 steps, 30 minutes)
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1
Get all your tools and materials for the project.
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2
glue the large bead to the pine cone with pine points pointing down
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3
paint the bead skin tone
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4
cut the pop cycle stick in half and paint the two pieces white along with both toothpicks white as well.
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5
when the toothpicks are dried heat up the glue gun and stick one end of the toothpick into the hot glue then stick a sequin on its end and push it up a bit.
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6
cut a brown pipe cleaner into four one inch pieces.
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7
cut a strip of felt about half inch by 6 inches and then cun up the ends to look like a scarf and then starting in the center pull the felt outward till just above the cut ends then pull gently the ends so they apear rayed or a bit uneven.
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8
cut out the gloves and the boots and attach the pipe cleaners. cut out the hat and glue it and add a yarn ball at end.
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9
glue the boots to the pop cycle sticks
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10
tie on the scarf I add some hot glue too
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11
glue the legs with boots and skies onto the pine cone bottom so they are even
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12
glue the tooth picks with the sequins on the bottom into the glove so it looks like it is holding it.
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13
glue the arms onto the pine cone and stand it up
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14
I used a permanent marker to draw on two eyes and a nose