DIY Easter Egg Button Art
This is such a fun and relatively simple project that results in a gorgeous piece of custom artwork for your home decor. How cute would this be as part of your Easter mantel display?
DIY Easter Egg Button Art
Materials:
8×10 photo frame
8×10 piece of burlap or fabric
8×10 piece of scrapbook paper to match buttons or bulap
hot glue
buttons – in a colour of your choice (I’m sorry I don’t have an exact amount, but Wal-Mart often has the cheapest buttons.)
wax paper
egg template (printable supplied below)
old toothbrush (optional)
Instructions:
1-Print your egg template and cut it out. (Click the image above to download & print the pdf. Be sure to uncheck the “fit to page” or “scale to fit” option in acrobat to get the full size egg.)
2-Place template on a clean flat surface. Cover template with a piece of wax paper. This will prevent the hot glue from sticking to the pattern on the back of the burlap.
3-Center burlap over the egg template. If you use fabric, you may not be able to see through the fabric, so lightly trace the egg shape onto the face of the fabric with a pencil. Keep wax paper under your fabric so the glue does not adhere to your surface.
4-Begin to cover your egg template. I’d suggest beginning with an outline and filling in the centre after the outline is complete. Once you have the first level of buttons complete, begin with the second level, and finally add a third if you wish to add additional dimension.
5-When finished, I always have “glue string” on my pieces so I use an old, clean, dry toothbrush to remove the hot glue. Gently rub the buttons to remove the excess glue.
6-When finished, (If using burlap) remove the wax paper and template. Place a piece of scrapbook paper behind the burlap and insert your piece into the frame. Put the egg first, then the paper and finally the glass (the egg goes over the glass). Secure your frame and display!
I have a tin can of buttons from my moms i am going to make this it would be a perfect keepsake
This is very cute! Thank you so much for the tip of removing glue strings with a toothbrush. That’s genius!
I have lots of purple buttons different shades,going to try one when I get time
What a wonderful creative idea, awesome for all those extra buttons laying around.
I am going to give this a try on the weekend
This would be a fun craft. So cute!
The button art seems to be quite popular this year, I’ve seen some pretty nice ones, I like how they look after they are all done!!
Such great idea. thanks .
This is so pretty! I love the colour palette you chose!
That is adorable! I love this idea! I have used buttons to make christmas cards before and everyone loved them. I love making art with re-purposed items.
this is really nice. I’ll bet my grandchildren would have fun making one of these. Walmart here we come 🙂
I really like this it makes for a beautiful piece of art,the colors you chose are so pretty
Very cute idea and I just happen to have a bunch of buttons to use up!
This is just so cute , love it thanks for sharing , it could be a great little project for Easter with my Grandson 🙂
That’s really cute, and i think my son would really enjoy doing this with me.
How pretty! Love the colors you chose too!
I’ve been collection buttons from family and friends to make a button tree…..fingers crossed!