Buttons and Brooches

Make custom buttons and brooches by recycling your favorite magazines or greeting cards. This crafting jewelry for kids is as easy as cut, paste, and wear.

button and brooches crafting jewelry
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Learn to make Buttons and Brooches crafting jewelry.
­ What You'll Need:

  • Old magazines or greeting cards
  • Thin cardboard
  • Pencil
  • Blunt scissors
  • Craft glue
  • Trims such as feathers, ribbon, glitter and sequins
  • Pin back (available at craft stores) or masking tape and a safety pin
How to make buttons and brooches crafting jewelry:

Step 1: Cut a picture from your favorite magazine or greeting card. Place it on a piece of cardboard and trace around it. Cut out the picture shape from cardboard. This will be your back piece.

Step 2: Glue the picture to the cardboard back piece. Let the glue set.

Step 3: Glue on trims, such as feathers, sequins, ribbon, or glitter, to decorate your brooch.

Step 4: Glue the pin back to the back of the brooch, or tape a safety pin on the back. Make more pins to give to your friends, and wear them on button day at school.

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