Monday, November 15, 2010

Button Wreath Ornaments

Button wreaths are easy and fun ornament for kids to make for the Christmas tree. These cute crafts also are great to use as decorations on wreaths, make as garland, or place on a doorknob.

Supplies that you will need:
• Various colored buttons of different shapes (or can be the same shape as well)
• Thin craft wire
• Ribbon
• Scissors
• Needle nose pliers

Cut a piece of thin craft wire with scissors, roughly 6 to 8 inches long.

Form the cut craft wire into the shape of a circle (just to shape the wire so that the buttons do not fall off).

Thread the buttons through craft wire (any of the four circles, if you have buttons made like this). Keep threading the buttons onto the craft wire until it is almost completely full when you form it into a circle.

Bring the two ends of the craft wire that is forming the circle together. Then use your needle nose pliers to twist the ends of the wire together, which will close the wreath together and form a circle.

Tie a piece of ribbon to the top of the wreath where you just twisted the ends together, which will be the holder onto the Christmas tree. Then tie a bow at the top of the wreath and you are ready to hang on your tree.

2 comments:

  1. Those turned out adorable! Goodness I think we could actually do those----adding to my list!

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  2. We had fun making these, they were easy for my little one and wow, did I forget how many buttons I had in my craft cabinet. Yikes!

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