Christmas table decoration 1

I hope you have been collecting all your bits and pieces for the first of many decorations. This one is really easy . Have you got any small fir cones wire and ribbon?

First , purchase a piece of oasis foam in the shape of a cone. Or buy a block and cut it into a cone shape so that it fits a small terracotta pot.

Items required:-
Florists wire
Small terracotta pot
pine cones
ribbon
spray paint - any colour you like but gold would be good at Christmas.
Lump of plasticine or florists clay
Florists holder. This is a plastic gadget you push into the plasticine and then place the foam cone on top!Costs about 15p

Method
Place the plasticine in the bottom of the pot
Place the plastic holder on top- push it hard in so the prongs are upwards.
Place the dry oasis cone on top of this. (Make sure your cone fits the diameter of the pot!)
Begin by wiring each small pine cone around the base leaving wire "legs" sticking out to stick into the cone shape , largest at the bottom and small at the top until you get a true cone tree effect and the oasis is completely covered.

Make small bows and put a piece of florists wire around leaving a "leg"of wire to push into the foam. Make sure all the foam is covered.Any gaps push in a wired bow.

You can spray the cone tree with paint or snow before you push the small bows in .

Tie a large bow around the pot - voila - a small or large table decoration depending on your pot size. YOu can even paint the pot first if you like or glue the ribbons with a glue gun.
It is really easy. I will make one and take a picture to publish later on in this blog!
Have a go!

Bye for now