Button Christmas Trees

Christmas and buttons. Two of my favourite things! So I’ve combined them for a new tutorial: Button Christmas Trees. These are quick and easy enough for the kids to make. I can imagine a whole forest of them on a shelf!

What You Need

• about 11 green buttons of various sizes – I found some with only one hole in them but any buttons would work
• 1 small wooden cotton reel – I bought a packet of these from Spotlight. They are about 1cm tall.
• 1 star bead
• 25cm beading wire – mine is 24 gauge

What To Do

• Thread the wire through the star bead
• Fold the wire so that the star is in the middle
• Lay out your buttons, smallest to largest
• Thread the smallest button onto your wire first, and work your way down to the largest
• Thread the cotton reel on as well
• Split the wire and wrap one piece around each side of the cotton reel
• Wrap the wire round itself between the last button and the cotton reel a couple of times to secure it
• Trim off the excess wire
• Flatten the wire at the base so your tree will stand up

Notes

• Use a mixture of light and dark greens for an interesting look.
• Match your tree to your Christmas decor – silver and blue, red and green, or white and red are popular.
• Instead of cotton reels, you could use a couple of small buttons in a contrasting colour.
• Add a loop of ribbon to hang them up.

Have you started Christmas crafting yet?

I’d love to share some of your favourite Christmas projects. Drop me an email: Tonya {at} thecraftymummy.com with a link to your Christmas craft blog posts – from this year or previous years!