Eco-Friendly Wedding DIYs: Pinecone Flowers

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Learn how you can turn pinecones you find in your backyard into beautiful customized wedding decorations!

– Pinecones – Pliers – Paint (optional) Time needed: 5 minutes. How to make flowers out of pinecones for the ultimate eco-friendly wedding decorations!

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Use pliers to cut off the top of your pinecone. Remove as many pieces as needed to get a good shape.

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With the pliers, remove some leftover bits from the middle and shape it as you like. Pinecone flowers can be used for bouquets and boutonnières, to decorate signs, frames, lanterns, and votives. With a bit of paint, they can even be made into faux succulents!

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Add your pinecone flowers to a wreath. Add your pinecone flowers to a terrarium with moss for a rustic-modern centerpiece.

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Put your pinecone flowers on a slate with full pinecones for a centerpiece with height variation.

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Add your pinecones to some branches for centerpieces or as installations to hang on a wall.

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Place your pinecones around a book with spread pages and moss for an earthy look.

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Put your pinecone flowers, sticks, and mosses into a shallow bowl for a boho chic look.

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Paint your pinecone flowers in colors to mimic succulents for an added dose of color and style for your arrangements.

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Eco-Friendly Wedding DIYs: Pinecone Flowers

Learn how you can turn pinecones you find in your backyard into beautiful customized wedding decorations!

Learn how you can turn pinecones you find in your backyard into beautiful customized wedding decorations!

– Pinecones – Pliers – Paint (optional) Time needed: 5 minutes. How to make flowers out of pinecones for the ultimate eco-friendly wedding decorations!

Materials needed:

Use pliers to cut off the top of your pinecone. Remove as many pieces as needed to get a good shape.

Cut off the top of the pinecone

With the pliers, remove some leftover bits from the middle and shape it as you like. Pinecone flowers can be used for bouquets and boutonnières, to decorate signs, frames, lanterns, and votives. With a bit of paint, they can even be made into faux succulents!

Remove bits until you reach your desired shape

Add your pinecone flowers to a wreath. Add your pinecone flowers to a terrarium with moss for a rustic-modern centerpiece.

DIY Pinecone Flowers

Put your pinecone flowers on a slate with full pinecones for a centerpiece with height variation.

Eco-friendly wedding decor inspiration

Add your pinecones to some branches for centerpieces or as installations to hang on a wall.

Eco-friendly wedding decor inspiration

Place your pinecones around a book with spread pages and moss for an earthy look.

Eco-friendly wedding decor inspiration

Put your pinecone flowers, sticks, and mosses into a shallow bowl for a boho chic look.

Eco-friendly wedding decor inspiration

Paint your pinecone flowers in colors to mimic succulents for an added dose of color and style for your arrangements.

Eco-friendly wedding decor inspiration

We hope you found this idea inspirational and unique! Stay tuned for more eco-friendly DIYs for your wedding day.

We hope you found this idea inspirational and unique! Stay tuned for more eco-friendly DIYs for your wedding day.

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