Buttons of all sorts, shapes and colors - universal material for different crafts with their own hands. Today we offer you some interesting ideas how to make decorations from buttons to the new 2021, with your own hands. Creating toys from buttons - the process is simple and fascinating, so you can safely attract children to such a creative lesson.
Christmas decorations from buttons: Christmas toys and balls
From buttons you can make a variety of Christmas toys in the form of Figurines of Santa Claus, a snowman, Christmas trees, snowflakes, wreaths, as well as balls that can be used for both christmas decorations and a festive interior decor.
To make a ball from buttons, you will need:
- Ball from foam, polystyrene, mounting foam or floristic sponge;
- Pins with a head in the form of beads (optional - glue);
- ordinary buttons with holes;
- ribbon
The ball itself from polystyrene or foam can be purchased in online stores, from the floral sponge - in flower stores, and from the mounting foam it is even possible to make a ball on their own, however, the process is not easy, so it will be easier to buy. Alternatively, you can use a ball of fabric, tightly filled with syntheps. If you are planning to use glue for child safety purposes, not pins, then the ball can be taken any - plastic, rubber, tennis, to which you can glue buttons.
Depending on what buttons you will use, the ball must be pre-painted or leave its original color. For example, if you want to make a new year toy from white and beige buttons, then leave the ball white, if you want to make a bright red with a green ornament - then the foam is better to paint from the spray.
Attach the pins or glue the loop from the tape or the rope, for which the ball can be hanging on the Christmas tree. Then the button board carefully pin the pins to the ball. You can combine the colors and the size of the buttons, mount the butchers one to another. The space between buttons you can fill the pins.
More options for Christmas balls from buttons:
Buttons can be rolled on a thread or wire in a certain order to get the figures of snowmen, little men, or small herringrs.
Here is a small master class how to assemble a small snowman on a thread.
You can also stick buttons on some reason, for example, wands for creating snowflakes, a cardboard circle - for a wreath and the like.
Even examples of Christmas tree toys from buttons:
Decorative christmas wreaths from buttons
Christmas wreath on the door - a popular festive decoration in Western countries. Most often wreaths hang from the outside of doors at home. We do not prevent us from inheriting the tradition and decorate the interior wreaths to the holidays. A wreath of buttons can be made in several ways.
Buttons can be pasted on a cardboard circle, like this:
To make a bulk wreath of buttons, you can sew a case, fill it with syntheps, and to sew buttons from above.
Small Christmas trees
Little cone-shaped Christmas trees look perfectly in the New Year's interior.
In order to make such a Christmas tree, you will need:
- cone from foam, polystyrene or dense cardboard;
- Buttons;
- Fabric or colored paper (optional);
- Pins (or glue, wire, thread with needle).
The course of work is identical to the creation of Christmas balls with buttons. If you use a cone from foam or other foam material, then the buttons can be attached to the base with the pin. If you have a cardboard cone, then the buttons you can sew thread or securing the wire. Also in both cases you can use glue. The basis is pre-painted in green or covered with green cloth or paper.
Garlands from buttons
Very easy to make a long garland from buttons. 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
With buttons, cute New Year paintings and postcards are obtained. The plot is very simple - elegant Christmas tree, snowman, christmas balls, snowflakes. Buttons can be sewed to the canvas or gluitive to paper. A small frame or passecut for the picture will highlight an image. For postcards also use ribbons, beads, braid and cords.
A small master class how to make a postcard with a Christmas tree to the new 2021 year from ribbons and buttons with your own hands:
And in the gallery below you will find different pictures and postcards for inspiration:
