Button Tree Ornaments

Here's another quick, inexpensive, but so very cute DIY ornament. This would be great for the sewist in your life! If you have buttons on hand, even better! If not, you can buy a large amount of similar colored buttons pretty much anywhere, and the little star bead on top is optional - if you can't find a star shape just use a bead of any shape/size/color, whatever you like the best!

You Will Need:

* Assorted sizes of green buttons

* Green floss

* Star bead

* Scissors

Step One:

Cut the floss to a long length and string on four tiny buttons to become the tree trunk. *Tip* - don't have a lot of green small buttons? Use brown instead!

Step Two:

Grab buttons from large to small and create a tree look. There is no set rules to how many buttons you put on, use as many or as little as you'd like. The more you use, the larger your ornament is.

Step Three:

String on your star shaped bead and tie a knot at the top to keep everything in place. If you are worried about it sliding, add a dot of glue at the top to help hold it all in place.

Step Four:

Using the left over floss, tie a loop in the string in order to hang from your Christmas tree! Or, you can use it in place of a bow on a package!

Final Verdict? Very inexpensive, and not time consuming in the least, so I'd say this is a sure bet! You could even add a couple of multi colored buttons randomly to mimic the look of garland! How cute would that be?

Kid Friendly? Just like the last DIY this would be okay for older kids who have good hand eye coordination, or if you used bigger buttons with larger string for smaller kids. But definitely let them help!