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    Last Modified: May 25, 2022 by Tara Ziegmont 7 Comments

    Toddler Button Craft

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    A close up of button artPin

    Need to entertain your toddler for an hour?

    Give her a bottle of glue and a box of buttons.

    Okay, it might not have been an hour, but this was definitely the longest-lasting activity Allie has ever done.

    It all started because Grace was working on her rainbow button craft, and Allie was not content to be left out. I spread some glue on a piece of paper and gave her a handful of buttons.

    There is something amazing about a pile of buttons, whether you're 2 or 35. They're all different sizes and shapes, colors and finishes, weights and materials. Some have shanks, and some are completely flat.

    This was a fun art project, but it was also a nice sensory experience and fine motor skills practice. Chubby little two-year-old fingers have to work pretty hard at handling the smaller buttons.

    Safety note - This is not a good project for toddlers who still mouth things. Pay very close attention. Buttons can be a choking hazard!

    A small child sitting at a tablePin

    At first, she was content with this situation. She picked through her buttons, declaring them pree! which I can only imagine means pretty.

    A little girl gluing buttons on a piece of paperPin

    When she ran out of buttons, I gave her another handful. She stuck them into the glue one by one.

    A small child gluing buttons on a piece of paperPin

    And then she decided that she didn't have enough glue.

    This part made me a little twitchy.

    Allie grabbed the giant glue bottle from the middle of the table, and she began squeezing blobs of glue onto her paper.

    "No, Allie! You just need a little bit of glue!" I said, taking the bottle away.

    A small child putting glue on top of her buttonsPin

    She didn't seem to mind that I'd taken the glue. It was more about making some puddles, I think, than about who controlled the bottle. She was happy to stick some buttons into her puddles.

    Eventually, she declared her picture finished and threw all the rest of the buttons on the floor.

    Button art by a little girlPin

    Her picture is hanging on my china cabinet with Grace's masterpieces. It may not be much to look at, but it's her artwork, and she's proud of it.

    I think it's really important to display kids' artwork in your home (even the ugly ones). Seeing their work on display gives them a sense of confidence and importance that saving it in a drawer or box just can't provide.

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    1. Emma (My Little 3 and Me) says

      May 19, 2013 at 2:26 am

      You are so right about the process, not the end product being of importance. If only all school art and craft sessions would remember this too! Your little one looks like they are having a blast (and I love the end result too).

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      • Tara Ziegmont says

        May 27, 2013 at 9:48 pm

        I know. It's my daughter who reminds me most of the time. I go into things with a project in mind, and she'll say something along the lines of, "Mo-o-om! Whose project is this?" It can be really hard to let them do their own thing, especially when you know what you want it to look like, but it's always better in the long run.

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    2. mary wright says

      May 19, 2013 at 6:58 pm

      This is so sweet, I have soooooo many buttons and an art loving 4year old, we are doing this for sure this week xx thank you for sharing xxx

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    3. Georgina @ Craftulate says

      June 05, 2013 at 2:52 pm

      I love that she threw the rest of the buttons on the floor when she had finished. SUCH a toddler-type thing to do! 🙂

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      • Tara Ziegmont says

        June 06, 2013 at 9:57 pm

        Yep. Since she was old enough to sit at the table (in a booster seat as opposed to the high chair), she has always dumped everything on the floor when she's finished. I have only recently convinced her not to dump her plate and cup when she's finished with them.

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    4. Faigie says

      June 06, 2013 at 12:13 pm

      You can make any messy piece of art look like its from the museum of modern art by framing it and maybe even writing a nice legible title on the top of it. The frame can be a piece of coordination colored tag board under the art and voila! ready to hang

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