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Kids Craft: Button Snowflake Crafts

November 28, 2012

Lovely little Button Snowflakes. Fun and easy to make!! You may or may not know, that I am a terrible hoarder and this year, I have been trying really hard to “use things up”, along come these lovely button snowflakes, perfect winter crafts for kids and a great way to use up some of my craft hoard. I saw Thrifty Fun’s snowflakes on pinterest and thought, ooh that could look nice with buttons too. Then click through and saw that she did it with buttons as well! Ha. But there you go, a classic kids snowflake craft after all! Lots more Christmas Ornament Ideas here!

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Button Snowflakes – Materials

  • 3 popsicles,
  • white paint,
  • glue,
  • an assortment of white (ish) buttons

(Find lots of WHITE BUTTONS here – affiliate links –

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1) I glued the popscicles together and let dry (a hot glue done, does this very quickly for you, but PVA will work too)

2) The kids the painted them white (they wanted to paint both sides, so we let them dry and then painted the other side the next day

3) Once try they selected their buttons and stuck them on. Interestingly Red Ted picked all the clear ones and the large yellow-y ones, Pip Squeak went for small ish buttons.

4) Glue on some ribbon for hanging and write the kids name and dates on the back.

We will be giving two away (Opapa and Nonni will be the lucky recipients this time) and keeping two for our tree!

Want more fabulous button crafts? Take a look (ideas for all seasons AND Christmas!)

40 GORGEOUS & Wonderful Button Crafts Christmas Button Craft Ideas (including Button gift ideas)

ENJOY your button DIYs ๐Ÿ™‚

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  1. Sian says

    November 28, 2012 at 7:21 am

    a great way to use up some of my button stash! : )

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  2. Pinkoddy says

    November 28, 2012 at 7:24 am

    They are pretty. Unfortunately my button stash isn’t that big.
    Thanks for hosting.

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  3. Red Ted Art says

    November 28, 2012 at 7:53 am

    Pinkoddy – yes, I completely depleted our buttons!! I get them off old shirts/ cardigans or coats that we can re use!

    Reply
  4. Cassie @ 3 Dinosaurs says

    November 28, 2012 at 11:23 am

    Oh I love it! Can I add it to my button round up that i did?

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  5. Red Ted Art says

    November 28, 2012 at 11:59 am

    Oh yes please Cassie!!

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  6. Emma @Mummymummymum says

    November 28, 2012 at 1:33 pm

    Lovely Maggy. So simple, but pretty. x

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  7. Becky says

    November 28, 2012 at 3:34 pm

    I have a button obsession, so this is perfect for me and my girls. They look really good.

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  8. maria says

    November 28, 2012 at 8:22 pm

    How sweet! I love your snowflakes:)

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  9. Red Ted Art says

    November 28, 2012 at 9:23 pm

    Thank you ๐Ÿ™‚ and you could argue, Maria, that this is a good recycled craft – the buttons are all salvages from old clothes…. just need to eat more ice lollies and actually upcycle some lollie sticks next!!!

    Reply
  10. Ali says

    November 29, 2012 at 1:34 am

    I love this idea, I have tonnes of loose buttons.

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    • Red Ted Art says

      November 29, 2012 at 7:46 am

      Just perfect!

      Reply
  11. amber says

    November 29, 2012 at 9:47 pm

    very cute idea

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  12. Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum says

    November 29, 2012 at 9:56 pm

    This is such a wonderful Idea and looks great as well as I bet being really tactile.

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  13. PragmaticMom says

    November 29, 2012 at 10:37 pm

    I love this and I just remembered that I have a ton of buttons saved up! I’m not good at crafts but this one looks perfect. And I even have all the stuff I need for it! Thanks!

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  14. Red Ted Art says

    November 30, 2012 at 7:57 am

    Awe that is perfect!!! Have fun!

    Reply
  15. Agy of Green Issues says

    November 30, 2012 at 1:23 pm

    This is a great craft for the kids. In my son’s kindergarten they used multicoloured popsicle sticks and buttons. They had so much fun!

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  16. Jill says

    November 30, 2012 at 3:27 pm

    I love this idea! I have pinned it to use during our Winter Unit Studies.

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    • Red Ted Art says

      November 30, 2012 at 5:29 pm

      Fantastic! Enjoy!

      Reply
  17. The Iowa Farmer's Wife says

    December 2, 2012 at 4:04 am

    Fabulous idea! thanks for sharing at the Sunday Showcase!

    Reply
  18. Annette {This Simple Mom} says

    December 3, 2012 at 12:11 pm

    I just wanted to give a little suggestion…painting the sticks and using a colored button only in the center gives it extra ‘Pop.’

    This was my first time linking up in ages!! I added two Christmas things, though the one can be colored by kids or adults. (The Jesse Tree.)

    Reply
  19. maryanne @ mama smiles says

    December 3, 2012 at 6:39 pm

    I am terrible about hoarding craft supplies. I love the buttons!

    Reply
  20. Anna - Two Small Flames says

    December 3, 2012 at 6:49 pm

    We have maybe 2 big black buttons in the cupboard and a pack a green ones I got on sales ages ago. Not much good for snow flakes! But as we had our first snow on 1 December I’d love to do this. I had been looking for a simple snow flake craft. Now all I need is an alternative to the buttons…

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    • Red Ted Art says

      December 3, 2012 at 7:28 pm

      Mini Pompoms? Glitter? White beads? Silver sequins? Those any good?

      Reply
  21. Isil says

    December 4, 2012 at 1:19 pm

    Looks very pretty!

    Reply
  22. PragmaticMom says

    December 14, 2012 at 3:35 am

    I have so many odd buttons! What a great idea to use them up! Thanks so much for this pretty craft ornament and for linking up!

    Reply
  23. Mary Catherine says

    March 19, 2013 at 11:55 pm

    Oh, the kiddo and I made some of these over Christmas. I’m pretty proud of the entirely purple one I made. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Mary Catherine of Fun-A-Day!

    Reply

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