Here's an adorable little craft that Kirsten and I did together on the weekend. We tried to get Cam to help us but he was more interested in dumping my bag of buttons and throwing them across the room...Grrr. I just love how bright and colourful this turned out. Here's how we made it:
What you'll need:
buttons - shades of green, bright colors for decoration and a couple brown for the trunk
canvas
pencil
ruler
glue
Directions:
1. using your ruler, draw a large triangle on your canvas very lightly in pencil. This will be your guideline for gluing your buttons on your tree.
2. cover the entire inside of the triangle with lots of glue. This way the kids can just put the buttons on and not have to worry about gluing first.
3. cover the entire triangle with green buttons
4. glue some bright and colorful buttons on top of the green buttons for your decorations
5. glue a couple brown buttons on the bottom for the trunk
6. allow the glue to dry and proudly display your masterpiece!
LOVE the 3D effect:
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Oh das sieht so genial aus!
ReplyDeleteLG Martina
Super cute!! It looks amazing! You are so talented!
ReplyDeleteBeth
I love this. I have the hardest time finding buttons in large quantities. Where do you get yours?
ReplyDeleteI love this! I'm going to have my boys make this for our Christmas craft this week!
ReplyDeleteThis is adorble!
ReplyDeletema che bello!!!
ReplyDeleteThat's a cute idea!!!
ReplyDeleteOh - now that should be in a frame. Super cute - and at least Cam didn't EAT the buttons. ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much ladies!
ReplyDeleteAimee - I usually buy my buttons at Walmart. I live in Canada though so maybe different stock??
I think you have way better stores in Canada. I will continue my hunt for buttons. Thanks hon. :)
ReplyDeleteHa! I totally think the opposite Aimee!!
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous! I can't believe how perfectly you got them to line up - it looks so nice & neat.... :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Amanda!
ReplyDeletethis is FANTASTIC ! I'm tweeting it !!
ReplyDeleteThanks Stef!
ReplyDeleteThe blog was really informative.
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Hi Jill! I'm the Editorial Assistant for Fun Family Crafts and I'm just stopping by to let you know that we have featured your button project! You can see it here: http://funfamilycrafts.com/button-christmas-tree-canvas/
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Thanks!
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