5 ideas on how to make Christmas decorations from buttons
Buttons of all sizes, shapes and colors -A universal material for various DIY crafts. Today we offer you some interesting ideas on how to make New Year's decorations from buttons. Making toys from buttons is a simple and fun process, so you can safely involve children in such a creative activity. Content:
New Year's decorations from buttons: fur-tree toys and balls
You can make a variety of Christmas tree decorations from buttons.toys in the form of figures of Santa Claus, a snowman, Christmas trees, snowflakes, wreaths, as well as balls that can be used both to decorate the Christmas tree and for festive interior decor.
To make a button ball, you will need:
- Ball of foam, polystyrene, mounting foam or floral sponge;
- pins with bead-shaped heads (adhesive optional);
- Conventional buttons with holes;
- ribbon
The ball itself, made of polystyrene or foam, can beYou can buy it in online stores, from a floral sponge - in flower shops, and you can even make a ball from polyurethane foam yourself, although the process is not easy, so it will be easier to buy. Alternatively, you can use a fabric ball tightly filled with padding polyester. If, for the safety of children, you plan to use glue rather than pins, then you can take any ball - plastic, rubber, tennis, to which you can glue buttons. Depending on what buttons you will use, the ball will need to be pre-dyed or left in its original color. For example, if you want to make a New Year's toy from white and beige buttons, then leave the ball white, but if you want to make it bright red with a green ornament, then it is better to paint the foam from a spray can.
Attach with pins or glue with gluea loop of ribbon or string by which the ball can be hung on the Christmas tree. Then carefully pin button by button to the ball. You can combine colors and sizes of buttons, attach buttons to one another. You can fill the space between the buttons with pins.
More options for Christmas tree balls made of buttons:
Buttons can be strung on thread or wirein a certain order to make figures of snowmen, men or small Christmas trees. Here is a small master class on how to assemble a little snowman on a string.
You can also glue buttons onto some kind of base, such as sticks to create a snowflake, a cardboard circle for a wreath, and the like.
More examples of Christmas tree decorations made from buttons:
Decorative Christmas wreaths of buttons
Christmas wreath on the door - popularholiday decoration in Western countries. Most often, wreaths are hung on the outside of the doors of the house. Nothing stops us from inheriting the tradition and decorating the interior with wreaths for the holidays. A button wreath can be made in several ways. Buttons can be glued onto a cardboard circle, like this:
To make a voluminous wreath from buttons, you can sew a cover, fill it with padding poly, and sew buttons on top.
Small Christmas trees of buttons
Small cone-shaped Christmas trees look great in the interior. In order to make such a Christmas tree, you will need:
- Cone of foam, polystyrene or cardboard;
- Buttons;
- Fabric or colored paper (optional);
- Pins (or glue, wire, thread with a needle).
The process is identical to creating Christmas balls withbuttons. If you are using a cone made of polystyrene foam or other foamy material, you can attach the buttons to the base using pins. If you have a cardboard cone, then you can sew on the buttons with thread or fasten with wire. You can also use glue in both cases. It is better to first paint the base green or cover it with green cloth or paper.
Garlands of buttons
It's very easy to make a long button garland. It will take some time, but such an unusual decoration on the Christmas tree or indoors will look very interesting.
Pictures and postcards with buttons
Buttons make cute New Year's onespaintings and postcards. The plot is very simple - an elegant Christmas tree, a snowman, Christmas balls, snowflakes. Buttons can be sewn to fabric or glued to paper. A small frame or mat for a picture will highlight the image beautifully. For cards, also use ribbons, beads, braid and cords. A small master class on how to make a postcard with a Christmas tree from ribbons and buttons with your own hands:
And in the gallery below you will find different paintings and postcards for inspiration:
