Button Ornaments

My sister has been my craft inspiration for as long as I remember. When her teenaged son was little, she would make all sorts of crafts and sell them at fairs (in addition to being a full time working mom). I still have a bunch of her beautiful wares in my home, including our most favorite – a felt stuffed turkey for Thanksgiving! 


We decided that it would be fun to work together on some crafts throughout the year together. We planned to pick a source of inspiration, then each would do their own thing and compare.


Last month, I chose this button tree by Maximum Rabbit Designs (LOVE!!) as our inspiration!



I have to admit, I’m a bit of a lazy crafter. Or maybe just an impatient one? But the idea of filling an entire styrofoam tree with buttons sounded like a BIG time commitment. Then I remembered those cute paper flower pomander balls (check out G’s super cute ones here) and decided to make ornaments instead. I found this inspiration via Pinterest and set out making my ornaments. So easy!

I picked up pearl tipped pins in red, pearl and white and buttons in lime green, red and pearl. Most of the buttons I had on hand, but these need a LOT of buttons so I had to supplement. Then I filled in the balls – so easy! I attached some ribbon with pins for the loops and was done! These were fast, and definitely easy to do while my preschooler was working on his own crafts!




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