7 adorable craft projects to do with the kids by creatively recycling buttons
How many times do you lose a button from a garment and ending up buying some spare ones? As a result, you might have a supply of buttons at home that are of many different shapes, sizes and colors.
All of these, especially if they are in cute and colored, are perfect for making a myriad of craft objects that will stimulate the imagination of younger children. We have listed some of these below:
Tutorial via deceptivelyeducational.blogspot.com
This plastic embroidery disc was transformed into a model of the solar system with the help of a few colored buttons of different sizes and a white marker pen. A very easy and cheap idea to teach children about the wonders of space.
Tutorial via kidsactivitiesblog.com
If the children able to use scissors, help them cut out the shapes of many little flowers that you have traced with felt-tip pens on colored felt scraps (EVA foam sheets are fine too). Otherwise, use a template you have pre-prepared. Then use a little hot glue to secure the buttons to the center and a magnet on the opposite side: they'll be ready for the fridge in no time.
Tutorial via craftsbyamanda.com
A clothespeg and a few buttons, some straws and paper clips, can be turned into mini cars. The important thing is that the buttons are all the same size, while the colors can be whatever you like!
Tutorial via frugalfun4boys.com
Among the most fascinating insects are dragonflies. Perhaps seeing them live can make an impression on the little ones, but these soft, colorful ones - created with pipe cleaners and colorful buttons - will also be a hit. You can customize them in a thousand different ways.
Tutorial via paper-and-glue.com
A scrap of cardboard, or a thick sheet of paper (or a sheet glued to a cardboard support), and a few buttons: here's an idea to make a personalized design (or a special greeting card). All you need to do is draw the shape to fill with buttons and then have fun creating a mosaic with the help of a little hot glue.
Buttons are also perfect for making very cute necklaces: this one, for example, is made by inserting yellow buttons in a sequence which first grow in diameter, and then shrink. The felt leaves (or foam rubber leaves) are added and become pineapples.
Tutorial via artsycraftsymom.com
A wooden ice cream stick is the ideal support for gluing on a few buttons in the colors of a rainbow. At one end, you can add a paper head with antennae and adhesive eyes - now you have a very cute, colored caterpillar. Ready to give it a name?
These are really simple and adorable craft projects, well worth having fun doing them with the kids!
