Flower Craft: Button Bouquet

Spring has definitely sprung! Appropriately enough, our theme this month is flowers and we’ve got 10 amazing flower theme ideas. There are ways to display your flowers, ways to make flowers, quotes about flowers and more! Get ready to pin away and then continue on to check out my step by step tutorial for a Button Bouquet (with a free printable tag!) below!

Washtub Flower Planter from Simply Kierste

If Friends were Flowers Printable from 30 Days

Pretty Recycled Flower Pots from Eighteen25

DIY Gold Mason Jar Flower Vases from Your Homebased Mom

Fabric Pom Pom Flowers from Little Miss Momma

Colander Flower Planter from Two Twenty One

Floral Curtain Hanging Tip from Lolly Jane

Flower Quote Printable from Capturing Joy with Kristen Duke

Button Bouquet from LandeeLu

DIY Quick Flower Favors Gift from Or So She Says

Flower Craft Idea: Button Bouquet (with free printable tags!)

Before I begin, I just want you to know that I am FULLY aware that Mother’s Day is TOMORROW and that this might be a little bit late for some of you over-acheivers who have had something for your mom picked out for months.  HOWEVER, I am also fully aware that there might be some of you out there who roll like I do and are constantly scrambling at the last second.  IF you are one of those types… I’ve got the perfect thing for you to make for your mom!  It will take you a matter of minutes (maybe 15?) and your mom will be overjoyed that you “handmade” her something!  We all know that handmade gifts trump store bought gifts so this will definitely secure your place as favorite child (this year).

Also, even if you planners already have something for your mom this holiday, pin this for her birthday! Or make it for any day she needs a little pick-me-up from her favorite child!  I’ve also made tags so you can make this for a teacher or friend too!  They are so fun to make, I figured you might want to make these year round.  I wouldn’t blame you.

Here’s what you need:

• flowers (a bouquet or potted flowering plant– I got mine at the grocery store for about $6)
• buttons
• 16 guage wire, cut into about 12″ pieces
• Tags (download HERE), printed, cut out and hole punched
• twine or ribbon

Raid your stash of buttons or go pick some up at your local hobby store.  Buttons can be quite inexpensive and are so cute!  Perfect mix.

Stack your buttons, large to small, to create a “flower” effect.  Thread your wire up through the holes and back through (as pictured above) leaving enough to be twisted and secured (as pictured below).

If you need your wire “stem” to be stronger, cut your wire pieces longer and thread it all the way through so it can be completely doubled coming back down through.  Then twist the two pieces together all the way to the bottom.

Then stick your cute little button flowers in your real flowers, spacing and arranging them how you want!  Attach a tag with twine or ribbon and you’re done!

The three tags say:

Mothers are like buttons…they hold everything together.

Friends are like buttons…they hold everything together.

and

Teachers are like buttons…they hold everything together.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a fabulous weekend!