Pictures from buttons. Crafts from buttons: a master class

A talented person is able to create from various improvised materials. Many specially go to nature to collect cones, acorns, twigs. Others use recyclable materials: plastic bottles, broken light bulbs, scraps of leather, fabrics, unnecessary CDs and a lot more. But each needlewoman always accumulates a huge number of buttons: they are cut from old clothes, bought or given. Going to business with imagination, many make fine crafts and even pictures of buttons.

Great Opportunities

Indeed, buttons - this is a material that has a wide range of colors, shape, texture, size. Of these, a huge range of crafts is produced. These works of art do together with children and independently. Often needlewomen give master classes. To make a hand-made of buttons, you do not need special training. It is enough to prepare the necessary tool and have patience.

Many craftsmen learned how to make a picture of their own hands from the buttons, photos of which clearly demonstrate the simplicity of production and the beauty of products.

Crafts from buttons

Any button fantasy can be easily handled. All the nuances are learned after a few completed works. Fine pictures of buttons are obtained, the master class of which will help novice needlewomen.

Very soon, Valentine's Day will come, and all lovers will make gifts to each other. One of them can be a picture of buttons:

To produce it you will need:

• Base - a thick sheet of paper or canvas;
• Acrylic colors in two colors;
• brush;
• glue;
• Buttons of red color, of different shapes and sizes. Some of them can be in the form of a heart.

The base should be drawn with a simple pencil. Then shade with colors: the base - turquoise, and the heart - in red.

When the workpiece has dried, the design of the picture begins with buttons. First, the contours of the hearts are pasted, at the place of their connection one large button is fastened. So, gradually the picture is filled - from the edge to the middle. To work quickly dried, you can blow it dry with a hairdryer. A picture intended for a gift is better placed in a frame.

Children's hand-made articles from buttons

Children need the attention of adults: in fact often parents who are engaged in work can not give the child enough time. But on weekends it is necessary to allocate an hour and to be engaged with kids by needlework. Together we can create a picture of buttons with our own hands. To do this, you need:

• glue;
• paints;
• Large number of buttons;
• Paper or canvas;
• Cardboard, photo frame or chipboard board.

The first thing to do is to process the basis. Depending on what is used, whether it is a canvas or a photo frame, it should be painted. If it is a dense white paper, then a brown pattern is applied on it with brown paint, with spreading branches. On them, in the future, "leaves" are stuck and beautiful pictures of buttons are shown, the photos of which are presented below.

When a person is not able to draw a tree on his own , he can easily use a template: using it and a simple pencil, the image is transferred to a canvas or paper, painted brown. The rest can be assigned to the child: apply glue to the buttons and glue them to the tree.

Crown pasted green, and the trunk - brown buttons. The magic tree is ready - the child is very pleased with the joint creativity. The created product can be installed in a frame, and you get a picture of the buttons with your own hands.

A little imagination is enough

You can use the stencil of birds: transfer them to paper, decorate and cut. Birds are glued to the tree that is ready for the "foliage". Get beautiful pictures of buttons. They decorate the interior, hang in the children's room. Such trees are also used in scrapbooking: they make postcards, depicting trees with toys.

If you turn to this kind of needlework and look at the work of masters, you can see a lot: it's Christmas decorations - snowflakes and beautiful balls, and even bowls.

The buttons are decorated with lamps, of which flowers are made, children's toys. Externally - this is a very attractive and interesting crafts made of buttons. The master class, which is presented below, is simple and will be understood by everyone.

Beautiful bowl

This will require:

• Many buttons of different colors, shapes, sizes. Here, too, there is one nuance: large buttons are badly glued to the surface of the ball, so small and medium are the best option;
• You need to prepare a ball and a jar to support it;
• PVA glue;
• scissors;
• Brushes.

The balloon is inflated to the size that the future bowl will be. Put on the jar, the tail down. Then, half of it should be covered with glue: for convenience, it is better to take the ball in the hand, for the tail and, shaking, correctly distribute the glue.

Covered with glue the ball is installed in a jar and left to dry. Next, the buttons are glued: on the second layer of glue. When the structure dries, you can cover the buttons with two more layers of glue. The bowl will dry for several hours. When it is ready, the tail of the ball is cut off, the air leaves, the ball is taken out of the product. Surplus of adhesive is removed with scissors. Of course, bowls are not pictures of buttons. But they also add style and complement the interior of the dining room or kitchen.

Another decoration

Very interesting ornaments, in the form of a necklace and bandages on the head, can turn out of buttons. This product is suitable for a little girl or her doll. To make it you will need: a beautiful ribbon, a tape of red or pink. The buttons are selected in different sizes: pink, red and white. The length of the tape should be sufficient to cover the neck or the head of the girl freely, and long ends remain for tying. From the buttons are added pyramids: the bottom is large, then the middle and upper - small.

A large button can have a flower shape. Alternate them in the pyramids can be at will. The first of them is sewn into the very center of the braid. The rest are located on either side of the central pyramid. The buttons in this construction are fastened with thread or glue. It is desirable to sew a strong thread, matched in tone. Pyramids are located on the principle of a cascade: in the center of a large structure, the rest by decreasing. They are sewn very closely and even overlap. There are seven in all, and the necklace is ready.

Shoe decoration

The needlewomen produce not only crafts made of buttons. The master class, which is shown below, will show how you can decorate summer shoes - Vietnamese.

This will require:

• a pair of shoes;
• Dense braid, a width of 2.5 cm;
• glue;
• Buttons;
• Thread.

Cut off two pieces of braid, which are equal in size to the strap vetnamok - it's about 30 cm. But for reliability, you should additionally measure the straps. The edges of the tape are lit with a match so that they do not blossom.

Step-by-step execution

Then the middle of the braid is defined and is added in the form of the letter "V", fixed by several stitches.

Then the buttons are sewn with different colors on the ribbons - have fun. The finished product is glued to the straps of the veneer, the recommended glue is Helmar 450 Quick Dry. It is very strong, good fixing glue.

From ordinary vatnamok it turned out bright, cheerful summer shoes. Combinations can be very different: you can use any sets of buttons.

The article gives examples of crafts that can be made with a simple object such as a button. These are unusual toys for children, decorations, interior items and even pictures with their own hands. The photos presented in the article reflect not the entire range of application of this applied art. Just try it - and the hobby will be an interesting hobby. Especially in families with children: it is possible for each holiday to make wonderful postcards for loved ones and friends.