DIY Project for Kids--Button Flowers

Today i will introduce you a DIY project of button flowers for kids. You can do it with your children. And if you are a kindergarten teacher, it will be useful for you to get another skill. This project is very easy to learn and convenient to practice. Now, let’s begin.

The first step is to prepare materials the project may need. What you may need are buttons, wires, wool and scissors. If you want to make a pot of button flowers, you can prepare a bottle or a pot and some sponge.

The materials you need in DIY making:
2-Hole acrylic buttons, flat round buttons with mixed color, 15*2.5 mm
3-Hole round acrylic buttons, 18*2.5 mm
4-Hole acrylic sewing buttons, plastic buttons for costume design,flat round,20*2.5 mm
Aluminum wires, silver, 1mm
Wool cord
Iron scissors
Pliers

Steps:
1. Pick three buttons, a 1-hole, a 2-hole, a 3-hole button. One flower is made by three buttons with different sizes. Stack them together from small to large one. The biggest one is in the bottle and the smallest is on the top.
2. Thread the buttons in the wire. You don’t need across every hole of the buttons. Just firm them. Put the rest wire across the hole from the opposite direction. And twist the rest wire together.
3. Wrap the wool cord around the wire. And fix the wool cord in the bottle of wires. One button flower is finished.
4. Make other button flowers in the same steps of 1-3.
5. Put the bunch of button flowers together and stick them in the sponge of bottle.
Is it very easy to learn? Let’s have a try right now.

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