Cracking Nuts: Walnut Shells as a Material for Your Craft

Walnuts, not so exoti but familiar to each of us, a gift of nature — not only a tasty treat, but also a wonderful, ready material for adult and children's art. Let's see what you can create out of these beautiful shells.

For a start, I suggest admiring vintage pieces. Shells were turned into tiny handmade trunks:

Into a domino box:

Mini album covers:

A pincushion:

Doll's boudoir:

Even into a tine purse with a clasp:

And whole nuts become sculptures with many details due to fine carving:

Let's borrow some ideas from our predecessors. Turn a walnut shell into a cute pincushion:

Houses for miniature toys:

You can see how easily a bead used as a shell clasp:

Burning may be simpler then carving when working at home:

Walnut shell can serve as a charming packaging for jewelry:

Or be a jewelry:

If you fill a shell with small items and join the parts, you'll get a cute eco-rattle:

Nuts are good for home decor. Create candles:

One can make an advent calendar and Christmas decorations:

Make a wreath, of several layers or concise:

Use nuts as stands for place cards:

Even as salt and pepper shakers for each guest at an eco-style party:

Succulents can be planted:

Or even a whole birch grove :)

A combination with moss and polymer clay makes peanut shells parts of an Easter nest garland:

By the way, birds can live there:

And not only birds:

But the shell is really almost a finished boat. You can supplement it with sails or even a real snap:

Let them sail!

Create true art of it:

And even make a felt picture:

A little acrylic paint, paper or felt and the nuts turn into berries and fruits:

Favorited owls:

Santa's reindeers:

Penguins, bears...

And if you suddenly run out of ideas, a five-year-old kid is sure to help you:

By the way, please a child with a toy:

Or make a lovely basket:

Or a whole roombox:

Get inspired, use ideas and implement them!
Wish you pleasent work. Thank you for your attention!