Easter Button Bunny Tutorial

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                 I have seen some really cute button projects on line recently and they have spoken to my button loving heart.  I grew up loving to play in my mother's button box.  It seemed more like a treasure box when I was a little girl.  I have my own button box, but it doesn't seem nearly as magical as her's did to me as a child.  (I think there were a lot more interesting buttons back then.)  When I decided to make this Easter Button Bunny, it gave me a good reason to buy more buttons!  Maybe my button box will become a magical thing for my grandchildren eventually.  My bunny came out pretty cute!  Here is how I did it.  

I found some great scrap-booking paper to use as the background. I measured it and cut it to fit in the frame I was using.

I also found some public domain simple rabbit shapes to use as my base. Print them in the color or buttons you want to use.

Here is another shape I think will be cute with that paper.

           I can't stress enough that you should print the shape in the color of button you will be using.  When you put round things next to each other, there will be gaps.  I guess just white as the background could work, but I didn't want to take the chance.

Glue the bunny shape onto the paper within the mat of the frame.

I bought these packages of buttons and picked out the green ones.

I found these flowered buttons in my button box and I thought that they would add some interest!

I was surprised to see the large assortment of buttons that you can get on Amazon!  Look at these!  They would really add interest to my button box!  Or, here is a pack of 105 multi-colored buttons! And, here is one more choice with Ladybugs, stars, bears and circles. 

Before you glue, lay out the buttons to get an idea of how to arrange them on your bunny.

When I glued them down, I would lay down a bead of glue and then put on a few buttons at a time. I used regular white Elmer's glue.

Finally, glue on the pom-pom tail. My pom-pom was a little large, so I just trimmed it down.

         You can make your own yarn pom-pom, I just happened to have this one.  If you are doing a smaller bunny, like the white example, I found a bag of pom-poms at DollarTree that will work great! 

This pom-pom actually had a spot of color on it, but I just turned it upside down to hide the color in this case. But, a pop of color on the tail could be cute!

       Let the glue dry a bit, then put the picture in your frame.  Of course, you can't put in the glass because of the buttons and the tail!  I think it came out pretty adorable! 

                 So, go play in the button box and try your hand at a Spring-time picture!  You still have time before Easter!
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