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Button Owl Art

July 19, 2013

I saw the most adorable button elephant artwork pop up in my Facebook newsfeed a couple days ago. I searched for the original creator and found it was made by the Busted Button. You have to check out her super cute elephants (and hippo!) over at her blog. Since I’ve had owls on the mind this week (I finally finished my Owl Lovey Blanket), I thought I would try my hand at this button art and create a button owl!

I pretty much followed the tutorial over at Busted Button, but I will walk you through some of the details.

Materials:
– Lots of Buttons!
– 8×8 Canvas
– Hot Glue Gun

First I googled “owl clip art” and found an owl that I liked. THIS ONE if you want to use the same image as me. I printed it at 200% and then cut it out and used it as a template to trace directly on my canvas.

Then I used acrylic paint to paint the inside of the lines. You will want to paint coordinating colors in the spaces you will place your buttons.

Now start hot glueing your buttons on! You will want to create at least two layers of buttons to fill in gaps. I started on the outer edge and worked my way inward.

Upside down heart buttons make perfect ears and star buttons make perfect owl feet. I found the orange triangle buttons at JoAnn Fabrics. They are Belle Buttons by Dritz.

I also opted to use green flower buttons (because that is what I had on hand) instead of creating leaf shapes for my tree branch. I am sure you could find leaf shaped buttons in the craft stores (especially during the fall season). 

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  1. Bethany Lee says

    July 19, 2013 at 3:18 pm

    This is the cutest little owl ever!

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  2. katherynecorrea says

    July 19, 2013 at 3:21 pm

    eu adorei,super linda!

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  3. Gail Carroll says

    July 19, 2013 at 3:22 pm

    Simply awesome!! I love owls too.

    Reply
  4. Madison T says

    July 19, 2013 at 3:55 pm

    This Is The Cutest! so Gonna Make! Thanks for the tutorial!

    Reply
  5. Angeline says

    July 19, 2013 at 4:45 pm

    Ohhh wauw she's really cute…this lovely owl you made!

    Reply
  6. Magda Z says

    July 19, 2013 at 5:41 pm

    this is amazing:)

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  7. mila + cuatro says

    July 19, 2013 at 10:52 pm

    Awesome, they look great.

    Reply
  8. Christine Williams says

    July 20, 2013 at 12:02 am

    Love this! I am doing an owl theme in my nursery so this is such a great idea

    Reply
  9. bustedbutton.com says

    July 20, 2013 at 12:55 am

    SO GOOD!!! Awesome job!!! Thanks for the shout-out! 😀 You are a button master 😉

    Reply
  10. Katie @ Made to be a Momma. says

    July 20, 2013 at 1:31 am

    Oh my goodness!!! Cutest thing! I hope to have a little girl on day and I am totally pinning this for her room! Would love to have you share at the party!
    http://www.madetobeamomma.com/2013/07/homemade-by-you-60.html

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  11. Danice says

    July 20, 2013 at 6:02 am

    Oh how cute, Sarah. I love owls. You are so creative 🙂

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  12. Claudia says

    July 20, 2013 at 7:19 am

    Bellissimo! It's really cute.
    Claudia

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  13. Claudia says

    July 20, 2013 at 7:20 am

    Bellissimo! It's really cute.
    Claudia

    Reply
  14. Rose Kute says

    July 20, 2013 at 12:34 pm

    Adorable! I love owls and buttons 🙂
    thank you

    Reply
  15. Susan says

    July 20, 2013 at 3:23 pm

    How much did this cost? Were you able to find bulk buttons in the purple shades that you wanted?

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    • [email protected] says

      July 20, 2013 at 4:08 pm

      Hi Susan, I had most of the buttons I needed already on hand (including all the purple and yellow). I purchased the 8×8 canvas at Michaels for $6.49 and I had a 25% off coupon. I did purchase a package of Favorite Findings brown colored buttons for $2.29. I also purchased the triangle orange buttons but can't remember how much they were 😐 Hope this helps! Keep your eye out for bulk packs of buttons on sale or buy them when you have a coupon!

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  16. {Steph} says

    July 21, 2013 at 10:04 pm

    Adorable!!

    ~Steph @ Silver Boxes

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  17. Cathy Compeau says

    July 27, 2013 at 3:37 am

    Super cute!
    I would love for you to share and link up at my weekly TGIF Link Party if you haven't already this week. Your favorite posts, most popular, recent or new! The party is open every Thursday night and closes Wednesday's at midnight. Followed by (Not SO) Wordless Wednesday! http://apeekintomyparadise.blogspot.com/.

    I would be honored if you join us and follow to stay connected Have a wonderful week!

    Hugs, Cathy

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  18. creativejewishmom.com says

    August 15, 2013 at 9:16 pm

    wow, adorable! hope to see you back on Craft Schooling Sunday this week when the party resumes after a summer break!

    Reply
  19. Glenda Purvis says

    November 3, 2013 at 1:24 am

    I think I'll do this in pink – love it! I have a niece who is having a baby girl next month, so I better get crackin'.

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  20. Liz says

    June 23, 2014 at 12:28 pm

    Super cute! Where did you buy the buttons?

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  21. Unknown says

    October 5, 2014 at 11:32 pm

    Love it. Do you by chance know the button sizes.

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  22. lcg842 says

    January 31, 2015 at 3:50 am

    Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial! I am actually making this project for a "Craft Sisters Swap" group that I belong to, which I absolutely love. I was wondering what were the colors of acrylic paint that you used?

    Lisa (lcg842 at comcast dot net)

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  23. Rudy says

    February 19, 2016 at 6:49 am

    Hello, these people took your artwork and pasted their own name on it. I thought you’d want to know:
    https://www.facebook.com/joost.franken.9/photos/pcb.593722770782468/593722660782479/?type=3&theater

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Hi and thanks for stopping by! I'm Sarah, the crafter, crocheter and occasional crockpotter behind this blog. As a wife and mom of 3 my days are busy but I always find time to pick up my crochet hook or indulge in something crafty. I have a passion for crafting and crocheting and offer my patterns and tutorials for free! I hope you enjoy everything you find here and please feel free to repeat after me!

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