PROJECTS DIY Wood Acorn Branches

When I was little I would get all A’s on my report card.

Everything perfect.

Everything amazing.

Until.

Until you got down to the bottom of the report.

You know.

The worst part of the report card. The CONDUCT grade.

Yikes.

I would get a smattering of S’s (satisfactory) and more than my share of U’s (unsatisfactory). And no matter if I was in first grade or second grade or even fifth grade. Each teacher would write the exact same thing.

“KariAnne is such a good student. She’s smart and finishes her homework. But she over-participates in class and she simply talks WAY TOO MUCH.”

I can’t help it. I’m an overtalker. I’m an overdoer. I’m an overachiever (except when it came to paying attention in class). I do everything to the zillionth degree. I literally have 1,785 projects going on in my brain at one time. I go to Pinterest or flip through a magazine or read a book or just walk down the aisle at the craft store and a project pops into my head.

Like when I saw these acorns and these tiny pinecones.

I just had to make THIS.

These DIY wood acorn and pinecone branches.

Good thing they are SO SIMPLE (and almost free to make).

Raise your hand if you understand the whole over-talking and over-projecting situation.

Raise your hand if you’ve been there.

Raise your hand if your brain looks like mine.

If you’re like me, I have a solution for us. A project so cute, so easy, so simple, so doable that you’ll be finished before another project comes knocking.

And all you will need is 10-minutes to make these branches.

Here are the instructions to get started.

supplies:

branches

mini pinecones

mini white acorns

hot glue

Step 1: find your branches

I actually found this branch in the yard. It’s the perfect time of year for finding branches because the leaves are falling and the branches are too. I chose one big oversized branch, but you could also create this craft with several smaller branches, too.

Step 2: find your mini pinecones

This step is actually much harder than it looks. I have the toughest time finding mini pinecones. We don’t really have pinecones here in Texas so you can’t get them from the yard. I also searched high and low at several craft stores and they are super hard to find there, too.

Then I found this set on Amazon.

Under $7.00 for 120 of them and you could use them to make this pinecone snowflake as well.

I also found these mini white acorns on Amazon, too.

These are perfect for this project, but you could also use them to make a pinecone wreath (see what I mean about the whole over-projecting thing).

Now you have all your supplies, you’re ready to put it all together.

Step 3: Glue the pinecones and acorns

Now, all that’s left is to glue the pinecones and acorns to the branches.

Yep.

That’s it.

I added them to the tips of the branches and where branches joined together. Sometimes you have to hold them in place for about 20 seconds until the glue sets up because they are a little heavy for some of the branches.

Keep adding the acorns and pinecones until you have the look of the branches you want.

Now they are ready to decorate with.

Here are a few branch decorating ideas.