Use craft glue or a hot glue gun to attach the pine cone to the base. Let dry. Use a paintbrush and white craft paint to add some faux "snow" accents to the ends of the scale branches. Let dry.

2. Clean the pine cones before you put them in the oven with warm water and white vinegar, making sure they are fully submerged for 30 minutes, stirring half way through. The pine cones will then ...

clean and preserve your pine cones first. With a cotton swab and rubbing alcohol, spot-clean the cones. Mix 1 gallon of hot water with 1 cup of white vinegar -- of all the kinds of vinegar ...