Tools and Materials

• Pinecones
• Screw eyes
• Wire
• Gold paint

How-To

1. In a ventilated area, line a surface with plastic and then paper. Secure a rod across an open cardboard box. 
2. Insert a screw eye into base of each pinecone. Attach a 10-inch-long wire to each screw eye. 
3. Stir gold paint. Wearing gloves, dip pinecones to coat; hang on rod in box. Let dry (at least 1 day). 
4. Remove wire; thread with ribbon.