We have a secret obsession in our house. Buttons. No, not the one of your shirt, the pin back buttons with fun sayings and such on them. I started picking them up at book signings and my daughters fell in love with them. First we had them on a tote bag and now we keep our crazy collection on a canvas. It has everything from Doctor Who, to Harry Potter and lots in between on it. My daughter wanted to share our button love with her class this year and this is what we came up with.
You will need:
- The printable at the end of this post
- scissors
- pin back buttons (I found all of these at my local dollar store about 8 for $1)
We went searching or cheap pin back buttons and found 8 packs at the dollar store. They were perfect and valentine-y for this project. Simply print the printable preferably on cardstock, and then cut each valentine out. Have your child address the valentines and then slide a pin into each card and secure, use the pin itself, no tape or glue necessary. This is probably one of the easiest valentines ever and I think the kids are going to LOVE them!
Do you have any silly buttons laying around?
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TOO cute!! I used to collect buttons like this when I was a kid!
SO adorable. I think this is a great idea even for older kids!
What an adorable printable! I love that it use buttons instead of sweets and I used to collect buttons when I was young too!
This is such a cute and easy craft for Valentine's Day! My son would love making these with me!
these ate too cute plus I have a niece that would especially love these since she collects buttons! Parents love non candy valentines too
So adorable, I must do this with my niece
Such a cute idea. This would be great for a class party.
I totally get the button obsession. I love to browse through displays and one of my favorite memories is looking through my grandmother's button box as a child. She had buttons of all shapes, sizes, colors and materials. Many of them had a story, like the buttons she kept from her wedding dress.
Thisi is so cute! I love the button idea so much. 🙂
These are so cute. Such fun to be had with the kids.
I love buttons. These are so cute. I used to wear them on my jackets
These are so cute!! I might have to use these for my niece and nephews!
Cute printables, love it!
These are such cute ideas! I love Valentines crafts, but urgh, I can't spend anymore money at craft stores. Stop tempting me! Lol.
Oh how cute!!! I never really got into scatter buttons but this is an adorable idea for class Valentines! And "The printable at the end of this post" made me think of The Monster at the End of This Book, gave me a chuckle.
That is adorable! My kids have been talking to me about Valentine's. They seem to be really excited about making valentines this year, and here I am not thinking about it at all because my husband's birthday is the 12th and we don't celebrate as much afterwards!
What a great idea! My girls used to collect the American Girl pins and they had so much fun with them.
That is so pretty. The buttons are so cute. My girls would love to do this.
Those printables are simply adorable. Thank you for sharing!
I love the idea of homemade Valentine's Day cards! This is so cute!
It's amazing how actually buttons can give a rather different beneficial beside using them as button alone. This idea is just great! And those buttons are so cute.
Definitely a cute idea.
OMG What a beautiful printable, totally love it!
So cute! What a wonderful idea!
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I love this! Super cute!!
Too cute!!
Thanks for sharing at #HomeMattersParty!!
What a cute idea! I pinned it to my Valentine DIY board. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Merry Monday.
Cute! And easy to make!
These are adorable!