Winter Craft Ideas How to Make Fun Pinecone Flowers

If you’re looking for winter craft ideas for a winter season unit study, your kids will love these fun pinecone flowers.

These pinecone flowers are adorable and add a sweet touch to your table or bookshelf.

Creating an entire bouquet is a great way to fill a chilly fall or winter afternoon with your nature lover. 

I just love the mix of the natural and the handmade.

This activity can be done as a standalone or as part of a tree or pinecone unit study.

All you need to do is gather up some pinecones from the yard and a handful of small sturdy twigs and you are ready to get to creating a beautiful bouquet.

Favorite Nature Winter Craft Ideas

If you want to include this craft as part of a unit on pinecones or trees in general here are some of my favorite resources for nature study.

The Nature Anatomy book is always a goldmine of information.

There are plenty of pages on bark, leaves, pinecones, tree rings, etc.

Another great pinecone activity is this Easy and Fun PineCone Snowy Owl Winter Craft for Kindergarten.

• This is a cute and well done Pinecone Unit Study that you can do.
• Nature lovers should have a copy of Peterson First Guides Trees on hand. This is a great reference for home or to pack for nature walks.

Safari LTD Trees Toobs are great as a reference especially trees you might not see in person but they can also be used for dioramas and sensory bins.

Finally, explore this simple activity: Why Do Pinecones Open and Close While you have pinecones gather up.

Pinecone Facts

Also, here are a few pinecone facts.

• The main purpose of a pinecone is to keep the tree’s seeds safe.
• The inner bark can be sliced and fried, it is a good emergency food option.
• Pinecones can stay on pine trees for more than 10 years before falling to the ground.
• The large pinecones you see are the female pinecones.
• Pinecones are the official Maine state flower.
• Pine nuts can be used in coffee, jam, tea, and seasoning.
• Pinecones are a natural barometer for predicting severe winters and forest fires. A pinecone on the forest ground is an indication of moisture and could mean a wildfire risk. The closed scales on a pinecone indicate damp conditions while open scales mean the forest floor is dry.
• Pine, spruce, firs, cedars, larches, hemlocks, yews, etc. are all conifers and produce cones, but pinecones only come from pine trees.
• The reason that pinecones close their scales is to protect the seeds from cold temperatures and the wind.

Other Winter Craft Ideas

Also, look at a few more craft ideas.

• How to Make an Adorable Toilet Roll Snowman for Winter Crafts
• Easy and Fun Pinecone Snowy Owl Winter Craft for Kindergarten
• Free Amazing Winter Unit Study and Winter Lapbook for Kids
• Easy Hands on Snowflake Winter Craft for Kids Who Don’t Have Snow
• Winter Nature Craft: How to Make Easy DIY Bird Feeders
• 3 Fun Cocoa Winter Hands on Science Activities
• How to Make an Easy Build a Snowman Kid’s Game (free printable cube)

Now, look at how to make these fun pinecone flowers.

How to Make Pinecone Flowers

You will need:

• Pinecones
• Sticks
• Craft paint
• Paintbrushes
• Toilet paper rolls
• Pruning shears/cutters
• Hot glue gun/sticks