During the summer, one of my favorite flowers is the zinnia. The colors are so bright they almost look like cartoon versions of flowers. Yesterday, while I was wasting some time on Facebook, I saw a friend had shared a photo of some pine cones painted to look like zinnias. The photo didn’t link back to the original blog post, but it looked pretty simple, so I gave it a go.
I only had three pine cones in the house, and I used paint colors I had on hand choosing the ones that were most zinnia-ish. These could probably use a second coat of paint, and ideally, I would try to find cones that were open a bit more, but I can definitely see the resemblance. I was also happy to see there was a reason I had been hoarding saving empty egg cartons since one of them made the perfect drying rack.
When I was done, I had the brainstorm to search google for the instructions, and found the original post here. There is a photo of a group of them in a shallow bowl. Looks like I have some pine cone collecting to do.
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Awesome idea!
Especially if you have a neighbor with a pine tree!
I saw this idea on Pinterest and liked it, too. I have about a zillion pine cones I just picked up from the yard so maybe I should give this a whirl!
It was a quick project to do, and I liked that there wasn’t really a neatness factor with the painting.