How to do : pinecone flowers

First of all, sorry for not posting in ages again. I've been really busy with schoolwork lately, so my free-time consists solely on stress and sleep.

But anyways, I had a little break the other day, so I decided to do some crafting.
I had these pinkish wooden chips and some pine cones. Since there aren't any flowers yet, even tough its mid-spring, I wanted to make some for myself.

What you need: 

- just some basic glue (superglue would be better)

- a couple of pine cones

- wooden chips

Step one:

You simply star gluing the wooden chips on the small juts of the pine cone. Work from the bottom and towards the tip. CAREFUL, THE WOODEN CHIPS ARE REALLY FRAGILE.

 After you're done with applying one layer/round of the wooden chips, take a small break to let the glue set. Or why not start another one?

Step two:

 Just keep layering the wooden chips one round at a time. Be patient while letting the glue dry, and while applying the wooden chips. I broke at least a dozen of them!

Step three :

Now you just need to apply the top petals. Try to hide the pine cone fully.

And you're done!

Version two: 

There's a lot of different types of "flowers" you can do with these. I tried to do a different one by applying the bottom petals pointing down.

Ignore my glamorous nails

After doing the bottom/bottom two layers like this, you need to continue just like you did with the first flower: petals facing upwards.

Finish the flower like you finished the first one, then you're done!

The second one I did kind of failed... Well, it still looks kind of nice.

I don't really know what to do with these. I guess I could make more of them and put together some kind of an ornament? Or maybe just give them to my grandma?

They're really light so you could use them for example in a Halloween costume. :)

On the last post I did, I mentioned that Isa and I baked something. We're gonna do a post about it sooner or later, we're just both really busy right now. It's the last couple of months in secondary school, so we have a lot of work on our hands.

Thank God that it's weekend, I can finally rest. Even though I still have a lot homework to be done...

-Jutta