DIY Rustic Acorns Made from Pinecones and Plastic Easter Eggs

Turn pinecones and plastic Easter eggs into oversized rustic acorns for bowls, wreaths, garlands, and other fall decorating ideas.

Supplies

• White Chalk Paint
• Pinecones
• Small plastic Easter Egg
• Lace ribbon or twine
• Hot glue gun
• Garden sheers
• Scissors

How to Cut Pine Cones

To get started, choose a few pine cones that have a top just slightly larger than your egg rim.

The round variety

I’m sure these have a name! I found these pine cones to be very tough and they had to be cut and shaped with garden sheers.

Long Pine Cones

I figured out that I could just twist the tops off of the longer pine cones with my hands. If I twisted one and the top was too small, I tried to use a middle section. Some of mine were so dry they crumbled but I had a bunch so I just grabbed another one.

How to Make Rustic Acorns

Paint the plastic Easter eggs with chalk paint and let them dry completely.

Hot-glue lace ribbon and/or twine onto the egg rims to decorate. Last, add a ring of hot glue around the rim of the Easter Egg to glue the pine cone top on.

Ways to Decorate with Rustic Acorns

Just a few bullets:

• Fill a wooden bowl or dough bowl.
• Tuck them into a fall wreath.
• Add them to a mantel display.
• String them into a rustic garland.
• Display them in a basket with pinecones and leaves.