Button Art - Materials And Ideas

It is lots of fun to come up with or find some original projects for both kids and yourself to make from buttons. Maybe you have some cute ideas of your own, but in case you don't, this may be a good start:

CRAFT MATERIALS:
Buttons
Pipe cleaners
Permanent markers
Craft glue
Googly eyes
Craft beads

Time: 30 Minutes or Less
1. Gather buttons, pipe cleaners, permanent markers, craft glue, googly eyes, and craft beads.

2. Then encourage your child to make any creature he can imagine by threading the pipe cleaners through the buttonholes.

3. Get creative by linking multiple buttons and by molding the pipe cleaners into interesting shapes such as tails, antennae, legs, wings, and more. (Remember that you can twist together 2 pipe cleaners for extra length.)

4. Once a body is done, add a mouth with a marker and glue on 2 (or 3 or 4!) eyes.

For more craft and art ideas, I recommend you do an online search. You will be surprised how much you will find; it will keep you busy for a while. There are also several books available on button art and crafts.

The main materials you need are buttons of course. You may have saved up a nice collection of your own over the years and if not, they can easily be purchased and don't cost and arm and a leg. Maybe you can even raid your mom's or grandma's button collection and keep your eyes peeled at yard sales; it is very possible that you will find bags full of them.

Depending on which art or craft you decided on, you may need needle and thread or glue and a glue gun to start with. Anything else depends on either the project, or your own imagination.

I hope this art pushed the right button to get your creativity flowing! :-)