How To Make Painted Pine Cone Succulents

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How To Make Painted Pine Cone Succulents
by Jennifer and Kitty O'Neil
The O'Neil Sisters
Running With Sisters

We love succulent crafts! We use faux succulents for some projects, but they can be very expensive. Then one day on a walk we made a discovery. Pine cones look a lot like succulents! We collected some and painted them and we never looked back! Pine cones come in all kinds of shapes and colors that work great as succulents. And they are free!

Some of our favorite pine cone succulents projects are a Pine Cone Succulents Wreath, a Pine Cone Succulents Vertical Garden, and Upcycled Planters With Pine Cone Succulents. We love looking for flea market finds we can upcycle into planters for pine cone succulents.

How To Make Painted Pine Cone Succulents
Materials
Pine cones (all kinds work!)
Acrylic craft paint
Long-handled rose bypass loppers or a handsaw
Craft paintbrush

Steps
1. Collect Pine Cones
Go for a walk in your neighborhood and gather pine cones. If you can't find enough pine cones, craft stores sell them by the bag. Look in the floral section.

2. Cut The Pine Cones
Cut bigger pine cones in half to use as pine cone succulents. You can cut them in half with a hand saw (it's hard though!) By-pass loppers work great. (The kind you might use to prune your roses.)

3. Paint The Pine Cones
Use acrylic craft paint to paint the pine cones. We like to do a few layers of color. Try a darker color all over and paint highlights on the tips. Look at pictures of real succulents for inspiration.

What do you think? Are you inspired to paint your own pine cone succulents? We’d love to hear what projects you want to do with them. Leave us a comment. We’d love to hear from you!
Happy Crafting,
Jennifer & Kitty

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