Easy Button Snowflake Craft

Once Christmas and Hanukkah are over it feels like we’re facing a long winter without much to celebrate or decorate. But snowflakes are a fun motif that we can keep using for crafts through the winter season.

If you have a stash of craft sticks and white (or blue, or really any colors you like) buttons, this snowflake craft from Red Ted Art is low prep and pretty easy to make for kids with good gluing skills.

These are fun to hang in windows or anywhere else that needs a little brightening up this time of year.

Head to Red Ted Art for all the details.

[Photo: Red Ted Art.]

Use recycled buttons to create colorful button art. Simply glue the buttons onto a piece of paper or canvas in a pattern or design of your choice. This is a great way to use up small buttons and create a unique piece of art.
Use recycled buttons to decorate a picture frame. Glue buttons onto a plain picture frame to add a pop of color and interest. You can use different sizes and colors of buttons to create a unique look.
Use recycled buttons to create a button bracelet or necklace. Simply thread the buttons onto a length of string or elastic and tie the ends together to create a fun and colorful piece of jewelry.
Use recycled buttons to decorate a cardboard box. Glue buttons onto a cardboard box to create a colorful and unique storage container. You can use different sizes and colors of buttons to create a one-of-a-kind design.
Use recycled buttons to create a button mosaic. To do this, glue buttons onto a piece of paper or cardboard in a pattern or design of your choice. This is a great way to use up small buttons and create a beautiful piece of art.

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I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]

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