How to Reuse (old/spare) Buttons

Instead of throwing away buttons you can reuse them. There are endless possibilities of what you can do with these buttons. you can start by collecting buttons of clothes that you may throw away.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• buttons

1. You can Make bracelets. You can color coordinate them or just use random colors/shapes/sizes ect.
   Put it on a string, Measure the string first to fit your wrist.

2. Arts and Crafts. You can use them to make art

3. Button magnets. You can attach a magnet by hot gluing it behind the button. Then its ready to put on your fridge!

4. Bag decorator. You can use your buttons as embellishments. color coordinate the buttons, you can sew them in or glue them on.

5. Use buttons in scrapbooks. You can sew them on the paper, glue them , you can also use them as dividers ect.

6. Collect buttons in a small jar and use the jar as a paper weight.

7. For jewelry wearers, you can store your earrings. just put the matching pair into the button holes, that way there is no way of getting the earring mismatched.

8. Other things you can make: button rings, button earrings, wall decorations, pins

Tips & Warnings

• You can stack buttons
• Be creative
• google any button creation you may have

[divaonline]

on 10/23/2009 Lots of fun ideas here. You can also connect them and use them as cuff links! 5*

[babyhype]

on 10/21/2009 I love your button ideas. I am starting a collection and use them for all kinds of things. Great article.

[jseven]

on 5/22/2009 Oh yeah, my mom saved them and I always sorted them and thought it was cool! thanks...:)

[vallain]

on 5/22/2009 My grandmother collected them and sewed them on wall hangings in star patterns.