Wooden Christmas Tree Ornaments with Bells, Twine Bow and Star Cut-Outs

A flat wooden Christmas ornament with a white-washed face, a band of wound twine, a twine bow and two small bells on the ends of the bow. Pick a star, a stocking, a reindeer or a tree, each one about four inches tall with little stars cut right through the wood. Hang it by its twine loop anywhere the season could use something warmer than glass and glitter.

No glitter on the carpet. No glass to wrap in tissue. Just wood, twine and a soft jingle when the branch moves.

The texture is the decoration

Most tree ornaments are made to throw light around, with mirror glass, glitter and gold paint competing for attention. These go the other way. The white wash is brushed on thin, so the warm grain of the wood shows through in fine streaks, and every cut edge keeps a darker line where the shape was cut out.

Against green branches that looks soft and natural, closer to a cabin in the woods than a shop window. The twine is wound round each ornament in tight, even turns, then tied in a bow over a small cut-out of plain, unpainted wood. Both tails of the bow end in a bell, and the bells hang just below the bottom edge where they catch the eye.

Four shapes that look like one set

The star is the classic, with a little wooden star on its band and a point at the top for the loop. The stocking carries the twine round its cuff, the way a real one has its fold, with a wooden star tied on the front. The reindeer has the most character of the four, side-on with a sweeping antler and a wooden snowflake on its back. The tree has a small wooden tree on its middle tier, so it reads clearly even from across the room.

Because the wash, the twine and the bells are the same on every style, they mix well. A few of each on one tree look planned rather than collected, and any one of them looks right hanging on its own.

Not only for the tree

Hang them along a garland on the mantel, from a wreath on the front door, or on a bare branch standing in a vase. Tied to a wrapped present by its loop, one does the job of a gift tag and becomes something the person can hang up afterward. Being flat, they put away in a small box between seasons and take up almost no room, ready to come out again next Christmas.

Specifications

Type: Hanging wooden Christmas ornament

Styles: Star, Stocking, Reindeer, Tree

Material: Wood

Finish: White-washed, with the wood grain showing through

Trim: Wound twine band, twine bow and twine hanging loop

Bells: Two small bells, one on each tail of the bow

Cut-outs: Three star-shaped cut-outs through the wood

Wooden detail on the band: Star on the Star and Stocking, snowflake on the Reindeer, tree on the Tree

Star dimensions: About 3.9 x 3.9 in (10 x 10 cm)

Stocking dimensions: About 3.9 in tall x 3.5 in wide (10 x 9 cm)

Reindeer dimensions: About 3.9 in tall x 3.1 in wide (10 x 8 cm)

Tree dimensions: About 4.1 in tall x 3.5 in wide (10.3 x 9 cm)

Hanging loop: About 3.5 in (9 cm)

Use: Indoors, on a Christmas tree, wreath or garland, or tied to a gift

Package Includes

1x Wooden Christmas Ornament in the style you choose