BUTTON STAR ORNAMENTS

MATERIALS NEEDED
• Card Stock
• Silver and gold metallic wrapping paper
• Thick Craft glue
• Tracing paper
• 20 to 60 assorted gold, silver, clear, or pearl buttons for each ornament
• silver and gold cord
• silver or gold tassels (optional)

  INSTRUCTIONS Glue wrapping paper to both sides of the card stock. Trace the star pattern (see below). Cut the stars from layered papers.

  Glue buttons on to one side of the star.

  Cut 24" of matching cord for hanging loop. Tack the center of the cord to the back of the star at the top point. Knot the ends. Tack the tassel to the bottom of the star.

  Print and Trace Star Pattern

  Use these stars as tree ornaments, toppers for gifts, or arrange several in a basket with greens.

  

  BUTTON SNOWMAN

  

  MATERIALS NEEDED
  • 4" plastic foam ball
  • 3" plastic foam ball
  • 2" plastic foam ball
  • Assorted white buttons, up to 1" diameter
  • 2" black button
  • 5 - 1 1/2" black buttons
  • 5 - 1/2" black buttons
  • 1 - 1/4" black button
  • Hot glue gun & glue
  • 1/8" dowel
  • 3 small twigs
  • Round toothpick
  • Orange and Black paint
  • Small bunch of natural broom straw
  • Fine gauge wire
  • 1 1/2" wide red plaid ribbon
  • 6" plastic foam circle

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Hot glue enough buttons to each foam ball to cover.
    Stack and glue large black buttons in order of size to make top hat. Glue hat to top of 2" ball.

    Cut dowel into 2-2" long lengths, use dowels to connect the balls in a snowman shape. Use glue if necessary.
    Push twig arms into place on 3" ball.
    Glue 1/2" black buttons down the front.

    Paint a black X in midddle of 2 white buttons for eyes. Glue in place. Glue 1/4" black button for mouth in place. Paint toothpick orange, insert for nose.

    Broom-wire broom straw around base of remaining twig. Glue broom handle to one twig arm.

    Wrap and tie ribbon around neck for Scarf. Glue completed snowman to foam base.

    Add greens to base, or place snowman in a basket filled with pine cones & greens.

    
    BUTTON NAPKINS RINGS

    

    MATERIALS NEEDED
    • 1 1/4" Elastic
    • Needle & thread
    • Assorted Buttons

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Cut elastic into 6" lenghts.
    Stitch ends together.
    Sew on buttons, overlapping them to cover elastic completely.

    Add all three of the above projects to make a festive looking table.

    

    BUTTON BOX

    

    MATERIALS NEEDED

    • Small white cardboard box with detachable lid
    • Buttons
    • Glue
    • Ribbon width of the bottom of box

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Starting at the center of the lid and working out to the edges. Glue buttons side by side to completely cover the top of the lid.
    On the side of the lid, finish with a few row of buttons that overlap the edges.

    For the bottom part of the box, cut 2 lengths of ribbon long enough to extend from inside the rim of the box, down one side, across the bottom, up the opposite side, and inside the opposite rim.
    Glue one ribbon inside the rim on one side of the box. Wrap it smoothly down the side, across the bottom and up the other side, gluing the loose end inside the opposite rim.
    To finish, repeat with the other piece of ribbon on remaining sides.

    Use this as a container for a favor on the table set with all the button crafts above.

    Now that your husband's shirts have no buttons and you childs overalls are falling down, you have used up all those extra buttons that have been building up in the button box.

    

    GIFTS

    FELT SEWING KIT

    

    This is a great gift for Teachers, stocking stuffers, people that travel, etc.

    MATERIALS NEEDED
    • Heavy Felt 5 x 7 1/2" rectangle
    • Lightweight Felt
    • Buttons, needles, thread, pins
    • Embroidery Floss

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Make the cover from the heavy felt. Sew a button halfway along one short end, 1/4" from the edge. Cut a l 1/2" x 2" strip of heavy felt (round one end) to make tab.
    Sew the straight end of the tab to end of the cover opposite the button, 1/8" in from edge. Slit the other end of the tab for the button.

    Pages--Cut 3 - 4 3/4" x 7 1/4" pieces of lightweight felt. Fold each page in half, and iron along crease. Open pages, and stack centered on cover.
    Close the book, use embroidery floss to bind cover and pages with a blanket stitch, 1/2" in from folded edge.
    Devote one page to extra buttons (different sizes), one to pins, and another to prethreaded needles.

    

    

    FELT ANGEL ORNAMENT

    Materials
    • White Felt
    • Flesh felt
    • 1" wooden bead
    • paint
    • Doll Hair
    • Stuffing
    • small ribbon roses
    • Gold buttons ( stars, hearts)
    • Gold wedding ring accessaries
    • Gold thread for hanging
    • Gold Pen to make designs or messages

      

      DIRECTIONS

      Cut 2 from white felt for body Stitch up three sides, stuff. Gather top with thread and pull tight. Cut arms from white felt, hands and feet from Flesh felt.

      Paint face on wooden ball, glue hair to top of head.

      Glue head to the top of the body. Glue a hand to an arm piece, glue arms to the body. Glue feet to the bottom of the body.

      Glue button between the hands. Glue rose to the neck.

      Use Bow wings or purchased wings and glue to the back of the body.

      Glue ring to the back of the head.

      Fold thread in half and knot--glue knot to the back of the head.

      

      BEADED CANDY CANES

      

      Materials
      • rocaille beads, desired colors
      • 24 gauge wire
      • round nosed pliers

        Directions

        Cut either 4 or 6 pieces of wire into 7 1/2" lenghts. Using pliers, make a tiny loop at one end of each wire. Transfer the beads to the wires. Leave just enough room to loop the wire at one end, to prevent beads from slipping off.

        The beads should be slightly loose on the wire. Make another small loop at the top of the wire to hold beads.

        Once all the wires are beaded, shape them into a striped candy cane by holding wires together at one end and twisting them together.

        Bend wires at the top into a gentle round. If some of the ends are uneven, adjust them by removing a few beads where necessary and shortening the wire.

        

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