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| Traditional painted walnuts photographed outside on my patio moss. Next year I will include them on my German feather tree perhaps? More than likely, my young ones will make off with them before I ever get a chance to use them! |
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| Above you can see the boxes I used to spray paint my walnuts silver and gold in. |
Painted walnuts are very traditional to the Victorian Christmas tree. These ornaments can look so very different depending on how you paint them and what flowers you select for the trimming of the tops of each walnut. I chose traditional Christmas poinsettia in white and red, plus a few silk holly leaves to hot glue to the samples shown here. But these walnuts would be just as lovely painted in pinks and blues with matching trims. You could make walnuts to match your own tree colors exactly, of course.
Supply List:
- English walnuts
- metallic spray paints: gold and silver
- tiny Christmas pics
- wires for hanging
- hot glue gun and hot glue sticks
- cardboard boxes
- Make sure your walnuts are clean and free of dirt.
- Purchase several pics to cut apart and reuse in the decorative applications on top of each walnut. I chose a traditional poinsettia and holly leaves.
- When you spray paint your walnuts, make sure to do so outside in a well ventilated area. I chose to do so inside of cardboard boxes because it makes it easier for me to clean up the mess. I just break down the boxes and toss them into the recycling bin when I've finished with the spray paint.
- Insert the wire hangers and glue these into place.
- Hot glue your silk flowers to the tops of each walnut to add a nice finished touch of decoration.
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| Left, you can see the silver painting on top of newsprint and Right a few close up shots of the old-fashioned ornaments. |
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