Buttons make a great craft material and these 20 adorable button crafts for kids are a great way of recycling them. Yes, they say for kids but there are some cute and colourful craft ideas that I want to make as an adult! There is something magical about buttons. I remember spending hours when I was young with my Mum’s button tin. I used to sort them and play with them and just love looking at them, wondering where they had come from. Lots of the buttons were from her mum before her.

I also make sure that I remove the buttons before I throw anything away which means that you end up with lots of buttons and nothing to put them on. That’s going to change, as I’ve gathered together some lovely projects that will deplete your excess button inventory! Some of the projects are easy for kids, but there are a few difficult crafts you may want to make yourself. I hope that we inspire you with these tutorials and DIY projects to upcycle your buttons.

Button Crafts

I now have my Mum’s collection of buttons and often add to it. I think that you will always find buttons in any craft room.  My boys have spent hours in the past playing with them and we use them regularly for crafting. A glue gun is a great way of fixing buttons, but as always when using hot glue it pays to have a small bowl of ice water on hand. just in case. Kids love to sort buttons into colours and I often just used to give them trays to sort them into and let them just have so much fun just playing with them. Let’s move on to the cute button crats.

One of the favorite things we made was our apple button canvas which made a great teacher’s gift and you could also do it on a card.  If you have some precious buttons then why not turn them into a button bracelet or jewellery, in fact, this is a fab way to showcase vintage buttons. Just imagine one on a button ring.

We also find them great for seasonal crafts like our felt mistletoe and clay ornaments.  Plus they make great eyes for Glove Monsters! Yes, so much inspiration for DIY button Craft.

Over 20 More Adorable Button Crafts for Kids

1. Starfish Ocean Craft For Kids That’s Cute As A Button from alittlepinchofperfect.com
2. Button Tree: A Beautiful Canvas Project Full Of Vibrant Colors from craftsbyamanda.com
3. Simple Button Fish Craft For Kids from iheartcraftythings.com
4. Button Christmas Tree
5. Ladybug Button Art Craft from easypeasyandfun.com
6. Easy Button Heart Craft For Kids from carrieelle.com
7. Monster Buttons from persialou.com
8. Easy Summer Button Activity & Free Printable from acultivatednest.com
9. Quick Button Paperclips from The Crafty Mummy
10. Button bowl from DIY and Crafts
11. Kids Craft: Button Art from simplydesigning.porch.com
12. DIY Owl with buttons from aspectacledowl.com
13. Button Stick Tree Craft For Kids from hellowonderful.co
14. DIY Button headband for facemasks from Jennifer Maker
15. Button Flowers Canvas from easypeasyandfun.com
16. DIY Wall Art Using Buttons (with Printable Template) from makeanddocrew.com
17. DIY Burlap Button Flower Garden Wall Art from artsycraftsymom.com
18. How To Make A Button Necklace from ohohblog.com
19. Snazzy Jazzy Button Bracelets from kidscraftroom.com
20. Candy Corn Button Art from repeatcrafterme.com
21. Preschool Craft: Felt Button Flower Magnets from kidsactivitiesblog.com
22. Button Pumpkin Craft from sugarbeecrafts.com
23. Button Owl Art from repeatcrafterme.com
24. Button Caterpillar Craft from divinelifestyle.com

There really are some beautiful crafts that use buttons of all sizes and they really are a fabulous and frugal craft material that comes in all colours, shapes, sizes and textures. You can turn a simple piece of ribbon into a bookmark with just a couple of beautiful buttons.

Do make sure that you share with us any cute button crafts that you use buttons on and we can link to them too.