Melissa from Until Wednesday Calls

Topic —  Family Fun,

Ice Cream Cone Wreath

November 21, 2011
Melissa from Until Wednesday Calls

For an indoor wreath that looks good enough to eat, we have a simple step by step recipe to what looks like a tasty treat. 

Materials

• Ice cream cones
• Mod Podge (or gold glitter Mod Podge)
• Gold glitter (The cheap stuff, or kids at the dollar store)
• Clear acrylic sealer
• Christmas balls
• Red jingle bells approx ½ inch in size
• White ribbon ¼ inch wide
• Hot glue
• White thread

Tools

• Hot glue gun
• Old paint brush
• Butter knife
• Needle

How to Make

1. Seal the ice cream cone with two coats clear acrylic sealer. Paint with glitter Mod Podge (The one pictured has five coats.) Alternatively you could apply a coat of Mod Podge and cover in fine gold glitter and then seal with another coat of Mod Podge.
2. Take your butter knife and scrape inside the rim of the cone. This lets the Christmas ball sit pretty much flush with the cone.
3. Paint the rim with Mod Podge.
4. Dip in glitter.



5. Cut a length of ¼ inch ribbon to 20 inches in length. Sew a very loose running stitch down the length of it.
6. Pull it taught so that it gathers like pictured above.
7. Tie ends o thread together so that gathers form a neat circle.
8. Glue jingle bell to ribbon to form cherry. Good to Know: Notice the loop at the top of the bell? If you are making an ornament, make sure this is facing up. (Also, your bell will not be very jingly.) If you are making the cones for a wreath, glue with the loop facing down and you will have jingly bells.



9. Liberally apply hot glue to inside of cone.
10. Place Christmas ball in cone (hole facing down).
11. Let cool/dry.
12. Add some hot glue and your ribbon and bell.



13. If you are going to hanging your ice cream cone, this is where you would add a wire hanger.



14. Glue the ice cream cones to the wreath. Gluing them by the ball is best.



15. Hang it in your house and admire.

Happy Christmas crafting!