Button Wreath Ornament

Make some Button Wreath Ornaments with the kids this holiday season!

These ornaments are a fun, simple, inexpensive and quick project that even the kids can do!

What you'll need:

Buttons: any colors, any sizes (mixed sizes look really cute, in my opinion)

Wire: 22 gauge floral wire or 16 gauge copper or aluminum

Ribbon for hanger, I found a cool metallic silver ribbon

A different Ribbon to use as a decorative bow, I used a sheer white ribbon

Cut wire to 9 inches in length. Make a small loop at the end of the wire using your fingers or pliers. Thread buttons onto wire. The wreaths I made are about 2 1/2 inches in diameter and I used 72 buttons. Simply add more or less for larger or smaller wreaths!

Once all buttons are on, bring other end of the wire around to the looped end. I found it best to carefully undo the loop, then twist ends together until it pulled the buttons into a tight circle. Then I trimmed the wires down so they weren't sticking out farther than the buttons.

Cut the hanger ribbon to a little more than 6 inches long. Then tie the ribbon into a knot about 3 inches or so above the wreath. You can leave the knot at the top of the hanger, or squish the knot between a couple of buttons to hide it.

Then I just tied a bow around the hanger with the sheer ribbon for decoration and pushed it down close to the wreath.

 

 And that's it!! Told you it was easy!