Walnut Christmas Tree Ornaments - A Symbol of the Season

These dainty walnut miniatures come with both religious and secular themes.

They mix many symbols of the Christmas season together. So they're unique Christmas ornaments that are sure to draw attention to your tree. 

By placing a small angel inside the walnut you increase the feel of sacredness. This is because you're mixing something natural from a sacred tree with another holy symbol - an angel.

Even if you aren't religious the mix of Santa and the walnut adds a timeless feel of tradition. This is because of the earthiness of the natural materials as well as the tree's history which goes back to ancient times.

If you're very crafty you could even try creating one of these walnut miniatures yourself to decorate your Christmas tree with.

Unfortunately there aren't many videos with walnut Christmas crafts. But this is a cute and quick craft using a walnut shell. 

Even though there aren't a lot of ready made walnut crafts about - don't let this stop you. You can use this video as a springboard for imagining and creating other craft ideas.

The video needs to be watched on YouTube so just click the link that comes up when you press the "play" symbol and you'll be taken straight to the video. 

This engraved bauble made from walnut wood is one of my favorites.

I especially like this one because it uses a symbol that immediately makes me think about Christmas - the bauble. It also has the most amazing pattern engraved into the wood. These engravings also are symbolic of Christmas. As they are stars - or the middle one could even be a poinsettia flower. The wood gives it a nice sense of tradition and Christmas through the centuries too. Lovely. 

If you like the look of this you can find other traditional looking walnut ornaments in the article 'Traditional Wooden and Straw Christmas Ornaments'. 

This Christmas snowflake ornament has a nice mix of modern and traditional. The wood gives it that natural and earthy look. This gives it a traditional feel - as does the star-like shape the snowflake has been made in. 

The use of porcelain adds the feeling of a cold winter's day to the ornament. It also gives it a more modern feel as we don't associate porcelain with ancient times. But because porcelain still has a history it's use doesn't make this ornament lose any of it's classic feel. So it's a nice choice I think.

This walnut inspired ornament is made from glass using traditional techniques. It's then been painted by hand. Although it's not to my own taste (I'm not a big fan of glass Christmas ornaments) I can't ignore it impressive classic look. 

A collection of these glass walnut ornaments would look lovely in a tree that's been decorated with other glass ornaments. I think it would add some lovely color without making the tree look any less delicate or changing it's mood. It's also a style that would go well in a tree where gold, silver or white were the main color.