Gilded walnut ornaments

You won't believe how easy it is to turn regual old walnuts into beautiful gold gilded walnuts that will work well for both Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Gilded walnuts were popular Christmas tree ornaments in the Victorian era. Make Victorian gilded walnuts with walnuts, ribbon and gold acrylic paint.

Wondering how to crack walnuts for crafts? Here's the easiest and best way to crack walnuts to get two useable halves for walnut crafts!

Bring this fun tradition into your family this season!

There is a tradition of using nuts and coins as tokens for the Hanukkah game of dreidel, so making a garland of golden walnuts seemed like a beautiful way to decorate our mantelpiece this winter. If you don't celebrate Hanukkah, golden walnuts would also look nice on a Christmas tree or as a nature-themed ornament for winter solstice. Besides being very pretty, these golden walnuts were easy enough for my five year old son to create, and all the supplies (except the walnuts) were already…

These adorable little ornaments are a throwback to years ago when people would decorate their trees with gilded fruits and nuts. Inside thes...

Last year I took the plunge and purchased a flocked Christmas tree. I love it's snowy branches! To decorated my tree, I used mostly white and silver ornament…