Crafts from buttons - the best unusual ideas and a master class on their implementation with your own hands (70 photos). Crafts from buttons

The easiest option is gluing. For this, several adhesives are used:

"Moment" is universal;
"Moment Crystal";
polymer glue;
"Liquid Nails";
construction adhesive for skirting boards.

It is convenient to use a glue gun for work. When using buttons without holes, the stem must be removed before gluing. This is done with a troskus or ordinary wire cutters.

Some decorative items cannot be made without the use of thread. It is convenient to fasten the fittings with thin annealed copper or brass wire.

How buttons are sewn onto fabric:

standard through holes;
over the edge, the stitches come out of the holes with rays with the same angle of inclination;
from opposite edges (stitches are at right angles).

Using colored threads, full-fledged panels are created using the sewing technique. Fittings of various shapes are used:

square;
triangular;
round;
oval;
asymmetric;
on the leg.

If there are no buttons of the desired color, use acrylic paint or spray enamel, you can get the desired shade. Volumetric compositions are often painted in ready-made. Then complement with colored decor.

Clothing accessories are perfectly combined:

with beads;
lace;
twine;
ribbons;
fabric of any texture;
applications from felt, colored cardboard.

Any material is used for the base:

cardboard;
plastic;
polystyrene foam (it is convenient to cut various shapes from it);
rubber;
dense fabric;
foam rubber.

Decorate with buttons:

dishes;
functional household items (napkin holders, pencil holders, key holders);
carton boxes;
plastic and glass bottles;
inflatable balls (they are pre-coated with several layers of glue).

Technique for making decorative items from buttons

Compositions in the form of trees, animals love to create kids. For preschoolers, you need to select large fittings to reduce the risk of injury. Children can attach fittings to hardening plastic or plasticine. For the substrate, use thick cardboard, plywood, plastic - any other materials that can retain their shape.

The technique for creating flat paintings is simple.

First, prepare the surface where the buttons will be attached.
The canvas is painted in the desired color (basic tone), allowed to dry.
After that, the contour of the main elements of the future masterpiece is applied.
Start decorating.
For convenience, the buttons are laid out by color, texture.
After such sorting, it is more convenient to work.
Buttons are complemented with beads - if necessary, they fill the voids of the pattern with them.

Christmas decorations

Older children enjoy making Christmas decorations, they are done like this:

Buttons are put on the wire pin different sizes. By alternating large and small, you can make a pyramid in the shape of a Christmas tree.
A foam cone is cut out, painted in green color. With the help of colored pins or buttons, fittings are attached. Starting from the bottom row.
Using a dense thread, construct a garland. They are made flat, the buttons touch only at the edges. It is more convenient to work with products that have 4 holes. Accessories can be fastened from two edges at once, it turns out a double-sided garland.
Christmas balls convenient to do balloons. They are installed first with the tail down, for this it is convenient to use a skein of adhesive tape. After the top dries, make out the bottom. Leave a hole for mounting. A match is inserted inside with a ribbon tied in the middle. The unbreakable ball is ready.
Buttons are glued to artificial twigs, strings are tied to them - the decoration is ready.

Applications

Cut out animal figures or other shapes. After that, buttons are selected according to size, texture, color. They are carefully moved onto paper, the rest of the fittings are removed. After that, they begin to fix the accessories: they are glued or sewn onto a fabric base. The finished drawing is attached to thick cardboard. Then holes are made for fastening - chains, ribbons or twine.

The fabric is replaced with felt, if desired, the edges are complemented with rhinestones, sequins. An interesting texture is obtained when using buttons on the leg: they are sewn from the inside with threads to match the fabric. In this technique, frames for photographs are made out: the finished appliqué is supplemented with lace and braid. Patchwork panels with buttons of the same color, but of different textures, look original.

Button jewelry

Original fittings are ideal for making jewelry. For this are used:

buttons with through holes;
round, oval, faceted beads of various sizes with large holes;
a thin decorative braided cord (it is sold by the meter, you need a piece, 2.5 times longer than the planned decoration), decorative elements are strung on it;
5–7 cm of steel wire, it is needed to stiffen the cord (it is bent in half, a cord is inserted in the middle);
nail polish - they are impregnated with the ends of the cord to give strength.

First, a bead or a button with a bead is put on, the lace is folded in half, a knot is made. Then the weaving goes into two threads, they cross when pulled through the holes, then knots are knitted again.

Do not rush to throw away the buttons!

These accessories can become the basis of masterpieces. Knowing the basic principles of the technique of creating panels, Christmas decorations, jewelry, you will surely have ideas for creativity. Create unique things, because each of us is a designer at heart.

For development fine motor skills in children, use a variety of improvised material. This includes regular buttons. Not everyone imagines that whole compositions are created from them. And for this it is not necessary to run to a sewing accessories store. If you search, then in any house there are dozens of unnecessary buttons that can be used for needlework.

Thanks to such creativity, children develop perseverance, which is useful in school years. And if you use additional small elements in the composition, this will perfectly affect the concentration of the baby's attention. The progress of work must be supervised by an adult so that the baby does not eat the parts.

The range of buttons is so large that the work performed is distinguished by an abundance of colors and shapes. The whole variety of embodied creative ideas can be viewed on the Internet if you find photos of button crafts in a search engine.

The preparatory stage of working with buttons

Before starting work, you need to decide what kind of crafts from buttons you can make. It's worth starting with simpler tasks.

After choosing a craft, you need to prepare improvised tools:

glue;
scissors;
cardboard or thick paper;
wire and thread.

In addition to this list, it is worth preparing other small items. It is better to choose buttons that are excellent in size and shape, as well as the brightest possible color.

You need to conduct a small briefing with the child, explaining how to work with scissors and glue.

The simplest and at the same time original craft It is obtained from several buttons and a small piece of wire. Glue the smaller button to the largest button. It turned out a body with a head for a bug.

We insert pieces of wire into the holes on the large button (these are the legs of an insect). You can cut out eyes from colored paper, or you can make them from very small buttons. And our beetle is ready.

You can place such a work on indoor plants or curtains. All work takes about 15 minutes, and the child will receive a lot of positive emotions.

Picture compositions

The original idea of \u200b\u200bbutton crafts is to create a picture. With their help, the child's fantasy is displayed, and you can emphasize necessary elements compositions. The process itself is very simple. The main thing is that the child will gain skills in working with glue and will be able to apply them in the future.

To create the simplest picture, you need a little help from an adult. It is necessary to depict a tree trunk on thick cardboard, and after that the child starts to work. He will independently select the buttons that are necessary in size. They are glued instead of leaves and flowers, so it is better to prepare buttons in green, red and yellow shades.

If such a picture is planned to be created in a group of children, then it is better to print the stem template in advance.

In addition to a tree, you can draw a fruit or an animal, and fill it with buttons in a variety of ways. If such a picture is framed and hung on the wall, you will emphasize the importance of your child's work, as well as add coziness to your interior.

Beautiful photo frames

Instructions on how to make crafts from buttons can be found in specialized literature or on the Internet. A photo frame also belongs to such DIY crafts. You can also decorate the frame with the baby.

For this you can buy finished frame Or make it out of thick cardboard. It is better to use buttons of different sizes. The main layer should be pasted over with buttons of the largest size.

Smaller buttons are glued on top. Small buttons or some other small details are selected on the top layer.

If you pick up bright buttons, then the frame will stand out against the general background with its saturated color and volumetric design. This frame is perfect for original gift close people.

Christmas tree decorations

When winter comes, all children expect a New Year's miracle. They enthusiastically help decorate the Christmas tree. And the Christmas tree will shine even more beautiful if you make toys on it with your own hands.

Apart from original toys, you get a great reason to spend time together. In the manufacture New Year's toys You can use any material at hand, including buttons.

If you purchase green buttons of different sizes, you can create miniature Christmas trees. It turns out beautiful craft from buttons, which can be attributed to kindergarten to decorate a common Christmas tree.

The general technique is very simple. First we string the largest button on the wire, then the smaller one. Continue until you get a pyramid. Instead of a star, we decorate the top of the pyramid with a bead. We make a loop from the wire and Christmas tree decoration ready.

The use of buttons for interior design

It is possible to use buttons not only to create crafts, but also to decorate home textiles. Matched to the color of the curtains, buttons sewn on sofa cushions can emphasize and highlight the color used in the overall interior. It is very easy to make such pillows, just sew on buttons. It can be a specific composition or just a pattern.

It is also possible to arrange a button composition on the curtains for the kitchen. These curtains will give a cozy and homely atmosphere.

But that is not all. Real craftswomen create unique vases and lampshades, bowls for storing sweets from buttons.

Making a stand for pencils and pens

There are many options for using buttons, as well as ways to create objects from them. Let's spend detailed wizard- a class for creating such crafts from buttons for children, like making a stand for stationery. Such a stand is useful in any home and will help in storing pencils and pens in one place.

To start, let's prepare necessary inventory. To create a coaster, we need a few empty toilet paper rolls, a few pieces of fabric, glue, scissors, cardboard and various bright buttons.

We glue the fabric on the paper sleeves, let it dry well.

Then we glue the fabric on a piece of cardboard, dry it and cut out the base for the stand. The base can be of any shape, but the size must accommodate our glued bushings.

We fix the bushings on the base, additionally glue them together.

The final step will be decorating the stand with buttons. Any flight of fancy is possible here: the creation of a certain pattern or a chaotic arrangement of buttons.

Here is a beautiful stand ready. If you need to place a large number of pencils, then you can take more bushings.

Photo crafts from buttons

Who knows how many interesting things you can make from ordinary buttons with your own hands? It is not as difficult as it seems at first glance, it will take a little time and money. The work you do can be great gift friends and relatives, because this is a kind of hand-made, and needlework is a very valuable gift.

What to do with buttons

What crafts can be made from buttons depends on the skill, desire and amount of free time. Options can be both the simplest and very complex, requiring perseverance and patience.

Buttons can be used both for independent crafts and for decorating products: hats, scarves, belts, bags. They make beautiful jewelry, paintings, postcards and boxes.

Many photos of button crafts are presented in our gallery.

The most simple but beautiful products

There are a couple of options that are suitable for mothers of needlewomen, they can be used as crafts from buttons for an exhibition in a kindergarten or school.

Products of this kind do not take much time after a hard day's work, they can be made together with the child.

To implement these crafts you will need:

colored or white cardboard (depending on what kind of craft you decide to make)
buttons different colors and sizes
ribbons and beads
colored markers or watercolor
scissors

Button painting

We cut out a sheet of cardboard of the desired shape, if this is a postcard, you can fold it in half;
We draw a kind of stencil with a felt-tip pen or paints (if there are flowers, we draw a stem, for a tree a trunk and branches)
You can draw a penguin, elephants, camels: everything that your imagination is enough for;
Glue buttons (like petals or flowers, like a crown of a tree, or fill in a stencil of a drawn butterfly or bird)
We supplement with decorations in the form of ribbons, beads, rhinestones and other things (they will be needed to fill the free space between the buttons)
Adding a picture or greeting card inscriptions, if desired.

These are the most uncomplicated creations that do not require much time to complete.

Volumetric products and materials for them

For those who want to surprise their friends or have skillful hands and wants to adapt them, there are options for more painstaking work.

If you decide to make a kind of panel or picture from fabric, embroider a pillow, you will need:

threads of different colors
material (preferably thick fabric)
the buttons themselves
beads or beads

Initially, you need to draw with a pencil what you are going to embroider or embroider. Then take the buttons you need in color or size and sew them on, not forgetting to fill the empty spaces with beads, rhinestones or ribbons.

New Year decoration

Materials for Christmas decorations:

base: ball or cone made of foam or foam rubber
buttons multi-colored and different in size (can be plain)
pins
beads
ribbons

Collecting decorations:

We put one or more beads on the pin;
We pass the pin through one of the holes of the button;
We fasten everything to the base;
If there is a lot of free space between the buttons, fill it with beads or large beads;
This is how the whole ball or tree is filled;
Decorate the Christmas tree with ribbons, attach or glue the ribbon to the ball to hang the toy.

You can use your own hand-drawn stencils as a template for DIY button crafts.

They make a sketch on the material, then buttons are glued or sewn on it and a composition is obtained. You can choose any animals or plants, caterpillars or butterflies and make them from buttons.

If you can’t draw or come up with something, you can choose a craft on the Internet, and a drawing from books on needlework.

Note!

Stand for glasses or hot

Necessary materials:

big and small buttons
thick thread, needle
cardboard or wooden board
PVA glue

For the first option, we sew buttons together with dense threads, you can take different colors, you can use plain colors. We pass through each hole of the button with a needle at least 3 times, for greater strength.

You can also stick buttons on a dense base. As a basis, you can use cardboard or a wooden board. You can paint cardboard or take a color one and select buttons by color, so the gaps between them will not be pronounced.

At the same time, you can decorate the glasses themselves, using the same glue.

Button embroidery on pillow

Taking pillow measurements
Choosing the material for the pillowcase;
We cut out the workpiece;
On paper or on the pillowcase itself, we draw the necessary pattern;
We arrange the buttons on it, determine how and where each of them will be located;
We sew buttons.

Note!

Note

The composition will look more original if the buttons are sewn through the holes not in the usual way, but, for example, with a cross, zigzag, triangle.

Photo crafts from buttons

Note!

Any clothes can be transformed beyond recognition if you use unusual, exclusive fittings. On an ordinary white shirt, you can replace simple white translucent buttons with some unusual ones, and now the shirt has changed right before your eyes, it has ceased to be ordinary and banal, it has become stylish and original. The author of this great idea will talk about several ways to make fancy buttons from self-hardening polymer clay. Following the recommendations of the author, you will be able to make your own exclusive and unique fittings to update your things.

To get started, prepare necessary materials and tools:
1. Self-hardening clay in several colors. The author uses white, blue and brown clay.
2. Sharp knife. The author uses a clerical knife blade to cut paper.
3. Rolling pin for polymer clay.
4. Round cutter of suitable diameter.
5. Food film.
6. Skewer or thick knitting needle.

I way.
1 step.
First, decide what color buttons you would like to make. You need to think about what color you will make the base of the buttons and what colors the decor on these buttons will be. Then we cut off the same piece from clay of different colors, these pieces are divided into two equal parts. Now cut one of the halves of each color in half again. It turned out three pieces of multi-colored clay.

2 step.
Now we knead with our fingers a larger piece of clay of the color that you decided to use as the main one. Then, using a rolling pin, roll out the clay into a uniform layer. The layer should not be too thin, otherwise the buttons will be very fragile after hardening.

3 step.
Now we take a small piece of clay of two other colors, carefully knead the clay with our fingers and roll multi-colored thin sausages out of it. We put these sausages on a previously rolled layer of clay of the main color and press it with our fingers. And remember - the more sausages you put, the less the main color of the button will be visible in the end.

4 step.
Now we carefully roll out the sausages with a rolling pin, as a result of these actions, a pattern is obtained on the surface of the button, consisting of stripes of different colors and different widths.

5 step.
Now we take a cutter of the required diameter and cut out circles from the rolled polymer clay. It is advisable to pre-lay the rolled clay with cling film.

You should get something like these cute blanks for buttons:

6 step.
With the sharp end of the knitting needle, we make two holes in the clay blanks and give the buttons time to harden. Calculate the time based on the instructions indicated on the package with polymer clay. This is how you can make original buttons for your things. This pattern looks good on denim and plain things in a suitable color scheme.

II way.
1 step.
Now, continuing to work with the same set of materials and tools, let's make some more unusual buttons. To do this, from colored clay, which we decided to use as a decor, we roll up several multi-colored small balls with our fingers.

2 step.
Again we knead the clay of the main color and roll it into a uniform layer. With our fingers we press the previously rolled balls to this layer.

3 step.
And again, with the help of a rolling pin, we level the surface of the clay.

4 step.
Cover the rolled clay with a piece of cling film.

5 step.
Cut out blanks for future buttons with a cutter.

6 step.
Carefully remove the film.

7 step.
We make holes in the blanks with a sharp object and leave to harden. Experiment with colors and button shapes.

After a while, you will be able to decorate your or children's things with such original and unbroken buttons:

III way.
1 step.
As a result of the first two experiments, a little multi-colored clay remained. Let's put these leftovers to work and make fancy fittings. To do this, roll out all the small leftover pieces into sausages of different thicknesses and put them together, forming a small stick out of these sausages.

2 step.
Then we put this stick and begin to roll it out with our palms, forming a thin and long cane. After rolling out a sufficiently long and thin cane, we hold one end of the cane with our palm, and with the other palm we roll the cane along the working surface, thus twisting the drawing on clay into a spiral.

3 step.
Now carefully roll the cane into a roll.

You need to roll the cane to the very end. This is how it should look like for you:

4 step.
Now with a rolling pin we roll out the previously obtained roll into a layer of uniform thickness.

5 step.
Again cover the rolled clay with cling film.

6 step.
Cut out blanks for buttons from rolled clay. The blanks can be various shapes It all depends on your desires and imagination.

7 step.
Let's make holes in the blanks. Let's give the clay time to dry.

, both simple ones that can be done with the children, and complex ones that require a lot of patience and a few tools.

To make interesting crafts from buttons, you do not need to have special skills, you just need to stock up on certain tools and learn about some tricks.

Here is just a small part of some of the most interesting (simple and not so) crafts from buttons that you can do yourself.

Button Crafts: Adjustable Button Necklace

You will need:

Buttons

Thread, cord, fishing line, or twine (strong and thin enough to fit through buttonholes)

Scissors

measuring tape

1. Measure about 150 cm of thread and cut a piece. Thread the needle and start pulling on the buttons one by one.

Start at the back of the button, through the hole, to the right and into the other hole.

The first button should be about 40 cm from the end of the thread.

Insert the second button in reverse, i.e. so that it is attached to the first face to face.

Repeat the sequence for as long as you like. In this example, the length of the button necklace is 50 cm.

2. Making an adjustable fastener:

Prepare a button with two large holes - you will have to thread it 2 times

Insert this button about 10 cm from the end of the thread

Thread the other end of the thread through the needle and pull the end through the same button (this time it will work from the back).

3. Tie a knot at each end of the thread.

* By tightening the ends of the thread, you can adjust the length of the necklace.

Button bracelet (photo)

Button tree

You will need:

Panel (you can use chipboard, canvas or a wall from a photo frame)

Lots of buttons

Scrapbooking paper

simple pencil

Tree and bird patterns (optional).

1. Making the base. If you have a canvas, you can paint it; if the wall is from a photo frame, cover it with a cloth or you can also paint it; if chipboard - process the edges with sandpaper and apply varnish.

2. Prepare the tree template. You can print it out and then transfer it to a wooden base.

3. Prepare a bird template and transfer it to scrap paper or thick paper, then color it.

4. Apply glue to the buttons and stick them on the tree pattern. The crown of the tree can be made from green buttons of different shades, and the trunk from brown.

5. Glue the birds to the tree.

The picture is ready and you can decorate the interior with it.

Button tree (photo)

Button master class: bowl

You will need:

Buttons of different shapes and sizes (small buttons stick better)

PVA glue (you can dilute it with a little water)

tassel

Scissors

Jar (on which you will put the ball)

1. Inflate a balloon of the desired size.

2. Put the ball on the jar tail down.

3. Cover half of the ball with glue, using a brush or just with your finger.

* While applying the glue, you can hold the ball by the tail and shake it so that the glue lays evenly. After that, you can put the ball on the jar.

4. Let this layer of glue harden. It will serve as a layer of protection between the ball and the buttons.

5. Apply a second layer of glue and start gluing the buttons - they should fit snugly together. Cover the floor of the balloon with buttons.

* So that the buttons do not "slide" down, after gluing them, turn the ball with the tail up and put it on the jar.

6. Leave the workpiece to dry. This may take several hours.

7. When everything is dry, cover the glued buttons with another layer of glue.

* If necessary, to strengthen the structure, you can apply a fourth layer of glue (after the third layer dries).

8. Carefully cut off the tail of the balloon so that the air slowly comes out of it.

* If necessary, get rid of excess dried glue with scissors.

Crafts from buttons for children: cars

You will need:

Buttons

tubule

thin wire

Adhesive tape (duct tape)

Glue regular (if necessary)

1. Cut two pieces 2.5 cm long from the straw.

2. Pull the pieces of wire through the cut tubes and attach the buttons to the ends.

3. Make another such blank and insert both into a clothespin - fixing one in front, and one in the back, where you need to fix it with electrical tape.

* You can make several of these cars, and make a slide out of cardboard to start cars.