DIY Button Wreath

If you've read some of my previous 'craft' posts, you'll know that I absolutely love buttons, and that I bought a whole pile of them to make Christmas cards with. After buying them, I also found an idea on Pinterest (where else?) to make a button Christmas wreath. And so, armed with Pinspiration, Simon and I set out to make our very own.

It was remarkably simple - thanks to Simon who actually did it all! It took a few hours, but luckily he is a patient man!

We used a styrofoam wreath as a base, and Simon cut a piece of wood to glue the base on to, in order to give it some stability and so we could attach a hook to it to hang it from our front door.

Then, armed with a shed load of red and green buttons and our glue gun, he set to work. He simple blobbed glue onto the sytrofoam base, and carefully placed the buttons on to give maximum coverage of the base. Several hours later, and with the addition of a big bow, it was all finished and ready to hang on our front door.

We usually make a 'normal' wreath, using oasis and holly etc, but this wreath is not only a little bit different, but it will last us for as long as we want to use it!

Stay tuned for a look at some of our button Christmas cards at some point in the next few weeks!