Pine Cone Door Decoration

A front door wreath for winter is puzzling.  I couldn’t decide on something that would be suitable for this cold time of year, so my door has been plain until I was inspired to make a display of pine cones hung from blue satin ribbons.  I am thrilled with the result of this simple project.

The how-to is quite easy.  I drilled a small hole into the end of each pine cone and then inserted a screw eye.  I used eight pine cones that I picked up in North Carolina last fall.  In my area of Virginia, we don’t have pines that produce cones this large.  If I used cones from my area, I would have needed a lot more than eight cones.


I then threaded ribbon through the hook, varying the length, and knotted the end.  When I had four cones prepared, I draped the ribbon over the 3M hanger already on my door.

I varied the ribbon length of the final four cones to make a fairly symmetrical arrangement.

I then used wider blue ribbon to make a bow to camouflage the hanger.

It even looks pretty from the inside.

Happiness is a pretty door in January!

I'm sharing this project for Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch and for Amanda's Weekend Bloggy Reading party at Serenity Now.