🌲 Luxurious cones for the Christmas tree

Not A Woman's Business August 18, 2021
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Shishkomaniya in full swing: the eve of New Year holidays bumps appear everywhere. To decorate use real fir and pine cones. Their tint, varnish and glitter, make of them wreaths and candlesticks. Christmas-tree toy manufacturers produce glass and plastic cones with a variety of decorations. And you can make just luxury items with their hands, as it has demonstrated YouTube-channel author MARLENA-Hand Made. Lumps in her performance - it's just something incredible. Incidentally, you can repeat her experience by making exactly the same for its beautiful forest.

Read in the article

  • 1 What you need to prepare for work materials and tools
  • 2 How to make the scales for cones
  • 3 Serial assembly of cones foamirana
  • 4 Fantasy flower on a Christmas tree from Thomas

What you need to prepare for work materials and tools

Only two materials are required to create the most elegant New Year's cones.

Luxury cones on Christmas tree
Glitter foamiran and foam beads of small diameter

Foamiran you can find in any store for needlework. This thin sheets, rubber-like to the touch. They are easy to cut and slightly stretched, warmed by the heat of hand. Glitter vom characterized in that on one side it is covered with a layer of sparkles. Pick up the sheets of different colors, since the bumps better to use two contrasting shades.

In addition to materials, you need tools: ruler, scissors, tweezers and glue gun.

How to make the scales for cones

Cones consist of numerous scales, thanks to which they have such an unusual appearance. We will make the scales from two colors of Thomas.

Cut lites into strips 2 cm wide. FOM is very easy to cut with scissors
Cut lites into strips 2 cm wide. FOM is very easy to cut with scissors
On the reverse side of each band (where there is no spangles) to make a mark on the edge of every half centimeter
On the reverse side of each band (where there is no spangles) to make a mark on the edge of every half centimeter
Then make another series of marks on the other side so that they are positioned exactly between the lower
Then make another series of marks on the other side so that they are positioned exactly between the lower
Focusing on mark, cut the strips into equal triangles. Such cutting is very economical - almost no waste, except with the edge
Focusing on mark, cut the strips into equal triangles. Such cutting is very economical - almost no waste, except with the edge

Scales are almost ready, they only have one drawback: they are too flat, but should be bent slightly.

Place the finished triangles, glitter side up, on a soft towel
Place the finished triangles, glitter side up, on a soft towel
Cover vom sheet of paper and iron slightly warmed iron
Cover vom sheet of paper and iron slightly warmed iron
Glitter layer under temperature slightly tightened and deformed flakes, having a curved shape
Glitter layer under temperature slightly tightened and deformed flakes, having a curved shape

All scales are ready for assembly. All training will take more than five minutes. And remember: the iron must not be too hot.

Serial assembly of cones foamirana

The first item that you need - a small square foamirana 2 × 2 cm²
The first item that you need - a small square foamirana 2 × 2 cm²
Glue it with hot glue on the ball. From this section, a sequential circular assembly of scales begins.
Glue it with hot glue on the ball. From this section, a sequential circular assembly of scales begins.
Stick the first scales on the edge of the glitter square with the sharp ends up. You get something like crowns
Stick the first scales on the edge of the glitter square with the sharp ends up. You get something like crowns
Then take a different shade of foma and make a circle of scales, placing them evenly around the perimeter.
Then take a different shade of foma and make a circle of scales, placing them evenly around the perimeter.
Alternate flakes of different colors and add rings one by one across the entire surface of the foam ball. Until the " equator" of the workpiece, their number will increase, and then decrease
Alternate flakes of different colors and add rings one by one across the entire surface of the foam ball. Until the "equator" of the workpiece, their number will increase, and then decrease
When the whole ball is full, leave a small area. A loop for hanging a pine cone will be attached here.
When the whole ball is full, leave a small area. A loop for hanging a pine cone will be attached here.
Make a loop out of a thin ribbon or soutache, tie it in a knot at the tip
Make a loop out of a thin ribbon or soutache, tie it in a knot at the tip
The final piece is a four-pointed star. Make it from the same square of Foma, 2 × 2 cm² and iron it with an iron so that the scales are bent
The final piece is a four-pointed star. Make it from the same square of Foma, 2 × 2 cm² and iron it with an iron so that the scales are bent
Make a small hole in the ball, drip a drop of glue, and drown the tape in the foam. Make a hole in the glitter star and pass a loop through it, and fasten the star itself at the top of the bump. Now the hinge attachment point is completely invisible
Make a small hole in the ball, drip a drop of glue, and drown the tape in the foam. Make a hole in the glitter star and pass a loop through it, and fasten the star itself at the top of the bump. Now the hinge attachment point is completely invisible
The bump turned out to be just gorgeous, you must agree. And it took very little time to make it. You can make a whole box of such products in one evening.
The bump turned out to be just gorgeous, you must agree. And it took very little time to make it. You can make a whole box of such products in one evening.
Experiment with the color scheme. Use two tones on each bump
Experiment with the color scheme. Use two tones on each bump
The more options and combinations - the more interesting your decor will turn out.
The more options and combinations - the more interesting your decor will turn out.

You can completely decorate a New Year tree with such cones or use them in the design of a tabletop composition.

Fantasy flower on a Christmas tree from Thomas

Foamiran is a very interesting material for creativity. You can make not only cones out of it for New Year's decoration. Here's another of the many ideas you'll love:

A tree decorated with such flowers will be simply incomparable.

Try to make a pine cone or a flower and write to us in the comments what you have done. Maybe you tried some other decor options from this material? In this case, send us photos and a description of the work process, we will certainly publish the most interesting options under the heading "This is not a woman's business".

PHOTO: Youtube-channel "MARLENA-Hand Made"

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