Aubry was in the mood to make something so we grabbed the button jar, some wire and a piece of ribbon after we found this tutorial. Leave it to Martha to make something so sweet!
You could make these for the tree or for small gift decorations. Little girls may want to personalize these using a friend's favorite colors for the buttons and ribbons.
One bonus about this craft? There is almost no mess involved! Except for picking up some buttons, the clean-up time was just a minute or two. This makes it a perfect craft in my book!
***If you have any "me and my girl" projects you would like to share, you can post pictures here.
Those are adorable. I need to borrow a girl. I could enjoy an afternoon of this.
I would like to link this if I could. I don't think you will mind, but I'll do it tomorrow so if you DO mind, scream quickly.
Posted by: Becky | December 05, 2007 at 01:07 PM
beautiful. hee hee - whose finger nails are those? pretty funky polish. :o)
Posted by: erin s | December 05, 2007 at 04:43 PM
My Girl is giddy to try that!
Posted by: Beck | December 05, 2007 at 06:52 PM
How cute! This one would have been good for me to do with my niece today. I made the scarf you posted a while back. They turned out so cute, but my 7 1/2 year old did great while my almost 6 year old niece, well, lets just say my mom and I made a nice scarf! :) We are going to wrap them tomorrow for them to take home to give to their mom for Christmas. Thanks for the great idea!
Posted by: tracy | December 05, 2007 at 08:36 PM
Very cute idea. I love crafts that make zero mess!
Posted by: Pieces | December 05, 2007 at 10:42 PM
Two words for you: fun and adorable!
I just need to find some buttons... I think that would take every button I have-- and they are mostly black and other un-cheery neutrals. Maybe a BRIGHT ribbon will distract from the apparent dullness of my family's wardrobe.
Posted by: Marsha | December 06, 2007 at 01:26 AM
Love this. I have an old button tin that came from my grandfather's house. I may let the girls lose on it this afternoon. Not sure I have wire though.
Posted by: Robin in New Jersey | December 06, 2007 at 06:28 AM
Great idea!
Posted by: Oiyi | December 06, 2007 at 09:21 AM
You know, I've made button wreaths before thinking I needed to use mostly green, but your mostly white ones are absolutely beautiful!! And I have a ton of white buttons.
Posted by: Visty | December 06, 2007 at 06:12 PM
I love this Randi, it's so simple but so pretty! BTW Food Technology is our name for Home Ec. I made the lollipop biscuits with a class a few weeks back and they were a HUGE hit.
Posted by: Pauline | December 07, 2007 at 11:46 AM
We are making these tomorrow and I can't wait! :)
Posted by: Aimee | December 11, 2007 at 09:47 AM
I'm really liking this blog! Thanks so much for posting photos of what you and your girl are doing. I have 1 son and 3 daughters (so far!) We enjoyed making the button wreath and I posted some photos on your flickr group. I used some pipe cleaners from the craft box for the wire and some fabric cut with pinking shears for the ribbon.
Posted by: Alisa | December 22, 2007 at 10:58 PM
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