Try It Tuesday ~ Button Fruit, yum!!

Hey guys!!

Thanks for stopping in for Try It Tuesday!

I have been playing around with some big buttons. Never sure what to do

 with the big ones:)  I came up with stacking a smaller button inside a larger one and

 it lead to button fruit. Let me show you~

It started with this~

Pulling out the big buttons and separating by colors. 

I cut some small leaves out of felt and began making stacks of buttons.  The big buttons 

 for the base and the smaller ones for the center.  I stitched them together, to fill in the button holes.

 The outside color (big button) of fruit and the inside color (smaller button) to

 resemble the fruit that was being created.

Example: orange and a small watermelon :)

I also used small pieces of sticks for the stem. The button color

 was matched with cardstock for a backing for the button.

  A magnet was glued to the

 back of the button fruit.  Super cute, so I made more~

limes 

and here is the rest of them ~

oranges, mandarins, grapefruit, watermelon, apple, limes.

This is an easy kid friendly project also.  Neat refrigerator magnets!!

Products used:

Buttons Galore & More: Button Bonanza: Campy and Pastel

Buttons Galore & More: Button Basics: Bright Mix

other:

felt, small sticks, thread and needle, glue (hot glue or Beacon's Quick Grip)

The buttons were provided by Buttons Galore & More for this project.

Thanks for stopping by~