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Pine Cone Skiers

great little Christmas gift ideas

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/pine-cone-skiers • Posted by meg s.

these little pine cone skiers make a cute gift for teachers too....

You will need

Project Budget
Free

Time

0 h 30

Difficulty

Pretty Easy
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Description

these little pine cone skiers make a cute gift for teachers too....

Instructions

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    Get all your tools and materials for the project.

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    glue the large bead to the pine cone with pine points pointing down

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    paint the bead skin tone

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    cut the pop cycle stick in half and paint the two pieces white along with both toothpicks white as well.

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    when the toothpicks are dried heat up the glue gun and stick one end of the toothpick into the hot glue then stick a sequin on its end and push it up a bit.

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    cut a brown pipe cleaner into four one inch pieces.

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    cut a strip of felt about half inch by 6 inches and then cun up the ends to look like a scarf and then starting in the center pull the felt outward till just above the cut ends then pull gently the ends so they apear rayed or a bit uneven.

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    cut out the gloves and the boots and attach the pipe cleaners. cut out the hat and glue it and add a yarn ball at end.

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    glue the boots to the pop cycle sticks

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    tie on the scarf I add some hot glue too

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    glue the legs with boots and skies onto the pine cone bottom so they are even

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    glue the tooth picks with the sequins on the bottom into the glove so it looks like it is holding it.

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    glue the arms onto the pine cone and stand it up

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    I used a permanent marker to draw on two eyes and a nose