Each button you select brings its own character to your piece, making every creation truly one-of-a-kind.

The beauty of working with vintage buttons lies in their imperfections.

Those slight variations in color, size, and wear add depth and personality to your finished piece.

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While our focus today is on creating Valentines-themed art, the possibilities for vintage button crafts are nearly endless.

Transform your buttons into blooming flower gardens for spring decor, or arrange them into festive holiday wreaths.

Join our crafting communityto find more DIYs and upcycled craft ideas.

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Materials Needed

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Valentine’s vintage button craft on a wood canvas.

To start, carefully remove the canvas from around the wood frame.

Set aside to dry.

Paint your canvas with a red base color.

Valentine’s vintage button craft on a wood canvas.

Next, paint a generous coat of school glue onto the canvas.

While the glue is still tacky, brush the canvas over with white paint.

Allow the paint to air dry, or use an air gun to speed up the drying.

Close up of a valentine’s vintage button craft.

Draw a heart shape onto the canvas and hot glue buttons onto the outline.

Continue gluing with buttons until the heart is filled.

Use a wood block to write the word love and glue it underneath the heart.

Close up of a valentine’s vintage button craft.

Finally, add embellishments like ribbon or greenery to the top of the frame.

Dont strive for perfection embrace the character that comes with using these time-worn treasures.

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Canvas and wood blocks.

Valentines Vintage Button Craft

Materials

Instructions

Canvas and wood blocks.

Cutting canvas from the wood frame.

Cutting canvas from the wood frame.

Removing the canvas from the wood frame.

Removing the canvas from the wood frame.

Painting the wood frame brown.

Painting the wood frame brown.

Painting the canvas red.

Painting the canvas red.

Adding glue to the painted canvas.

Adding glue to the painted canvas.

Spreading glue with a paint brush.

Spreading glue with a paint brush.

Adding white paint over the glue.

Adding white paint over the glue.

Drying the paint to create a crackle effect.

Drying the paint to create a crackle effect.

Gluing the wood frame over the canvas.

Gluing the wood frame over the canvas.

Hot gluing vintage buttons onto a canvas.

Hot gluing vintage buttons onto a canvas.

Hot gluing vintage buttons.

Hot gluing vintage buttons.

Valentine’s vintage button craft on a wood canvas.

Valentine’s vintage button craft on a wood canvas.

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