Walnut Tree Ornaments...

Makes a change from little boats...

Photos don't do them justice...

You will need some walnuts, some gold acrylic paint, glitter glue or sequins, glue, tinsel & thread.

Shell your walnuts by inserting a sharp knife at the end and twisting; you should find that most split easily, leaving the half-shells intact. Eat the insides, then paint the shells gold. When they're dry, dab splotches of glitter glue on the outside & leave to dry again. (You could stick sequins on instead.) Then tie some thread in a loop, and stick it inside the top of the shell to form a loop to hang it from, then glue a scrap of tinsel on the inside. These look very effective hanging from a tree, but could just as easily form part of a mobile.

	A slightly better view of the insides. This camera doesn't "do" shiny things very well...

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