This morning I decided to make a very simple, humble, Christmas tree craft from my pine cone stash. I am really craving simplicity this year in my holiday decorating, and I promise that there is nothing simpler than this craft! If you have pine cones in your yard (or your neighbors—promise we won’t tell 
), then you have the makings of baby Christmas trees!
All you need for this craft are pine cones, 1 sheet of card stock, book pages, baby buckets, and some optional filler items.
To make the book page stars, I used Martha Stewart Adhesive Spray to adhere the book pages to both sides of a sheet of card stock. Next, I ran the card stock through my Silhouette and cut out various sized stars. To give the stars a bit of glam, I painted them with some silver glitter paint.
Here is a close-up of how pretty the stars are in the light. (Never mind the Don Quixote wording. LOL! I never did care much for that story. But it makes great crafting material!)
The silver pine cones were leftover from the chalkboard ornament wreath I made last year. I spray painted those with Sterling Silver paint by Chase and love how shiny they turned out!
My pine cones are resting in little $.25 buckets I found on clearance in the Target dollar spot a few years ago.
The moral of this craft story is that simplicity can be cute!
Now I’m excited to see what tips and tutorials you have for us this week!
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Your pine cone trees are wonderful! Thanks for hosting.
I love those sweet little trees! Simple and beautiful! I hadn’t thought about sending 2 or 3 sheets through the cutting machine at once. I wonder if my Cricut would do that…
Beautiful pine cone display! Thanks for sharing and thanks for letting us link up!
Simple yet so pretty…love it! Happy Thanksgiving!…hugs…Debbie
Thanks so much for hosting! I have been following you for about a year (FB too!) and now I am a brand spanking new blogger just learning the ropes. I’ve linked back and I hope you like my posts! Happy Monday.
Sherry
Welcome Sherry! So glad to have you link up!
Love! It sometimes is the most simple things that end up so pretty! I have a pinecone stash too and can just see these on my Christmas mantle. Great idea!
Love! It sometimes is the most simple things that end up so pretty! I have a pinecone stash too and can just see these on my Christmas mantle. Great idea!
Thanks for your hostessing skills for these lovely parties,
Suzanne at Whycuzican
Thank you so much for hosting another fabulous party.
Jamie
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P.S. I have another giveaway going on right now. Would love you to stop by and check it out.
I love your little pine cone trees! You always have a way of taking the ordinary and making it beautiful!
Such lovely little trees! Thanks for hosting such a fun party!
very pretty! so simple, but gorgeous.
on another note, beth everything always looks so neat & tidy on your blog. even your link party. everything is so stream lined. gorgeous work.
love ya lots!
kellie
Love the trees!!!
Hi, Beth
Love the tutorial and thank you for hosting. Happy Thanksgiving.
Vanessa
Thanks for hosting Beth!
Simple is definitely pretty! Loving the book page touch. Happy TG!
Thanks so much for hosting. I hope you and your family have a safe and happy Thanksgiving.
pinecones? glitter? of course they’re gorgeous!!
Thanks so much for hosting!
How cute! I love simple and I love pinecones.
I’ll have to remember to link up tomorrow after I post my super easy and cheap wreath…
OMG, I’m pretty sure I just maxed out my tab window’s with all the link up’s I want to visit! AMAZING PROJECTS today!
Pamela
Thanks for hosting, Beth! Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
These are gorgeous! You are very creative!
What a wonderful idea! I have the perfect place for something like this and I have tons of pine-cones laying around in the yard. Thanks for sharing this project – I have pinned it and will be making this!! AJ@queenofmynest
Your pine cone display is GORGEOUS! My sweet little girl has been helping me collect pine cones too. OR pine CORNS as she calls them!! I LOVE your “optional filler” what is that? it’s beautiful!
Thank you for hosting, once again! I have linked up my chandelier makeover.
Your pine cone topiaries are adorable! they look beautiful on your mantel!
Hey girl – those are super cute. I love the stars – perfect and sweet touch. I’m like you – simplifying my style this year. BUT there seems to be a big interest in big, blingy door decor this year so I dusted off my tutorial and updated to share here.
Thanks for hosting!
Happy Thanksgiving!