This DIY tutorial for pine cone garland and mini trees makes for an easy holiday project for your little ones. Just gather a basket full of pine cones, some nice wool yarn and colored wooden beads, and get creative with your kids! All the materials combine to make a lovely decoration for the mantelpiece.

How To Make The Trees

What You Need

• 6 pine cones, 3 inches (8 cm)
• Wool yarn
• Embroidery needle
• Wooden beads, colored (plain beads can be easy colored with nail polish)
• Scissors
• Empty plastic bowls

Note: Because of small choking parts this is a 3+ project.

Step 1
Cut an arm’s length of wool yarn, thread it through the needle, and make a knot at the end. Let the children add 10 to 14 beads.

Step 2
Let them wrap the wool with beads closely around the cone, upward and downward.

Step 3
Make a whole bunch of them!

Step 4
Cut empty plastic bowls to get some nice plant pots.

How To Make The Garland

What You Need

• 8 pine cones, 2 inches (5 cm) or smaller
• Wool yarn
• Embroidery needle
• Wooden beads, white
• Scissors

Step 1
Cut the desired length of wool yarn and thread it through the needle. Let the children add 3 beads and make an easy knot around the pine cone.

Step 2
Add more beads and cones.

Step 3
Hang up the garland.

Have fun!