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Button Garland Decor

Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Keyword: button, decor, garland, wood button
Servings: 1 garland

Ingredients

  • 2" by 5" piece of cardboard
  • butcher's twine
  • wood buttons
  • scissors

Instructions

  • Take your butcher's twine and hold the loose end against the bottom of the long side of your piece of cardboard. Taking the string up and over the top of the cardboard and back down again, wrap the twine 50 times around the cardboard.
  • Put the scissors through the loop on the bottom where you started the first piece and cut all of the strings across that bottom side.
  • Bend your cut pieces in half and take your 10 foot long piece of twine and tie a knot around the bend (middle) of your stack of cut the pieces of twine.
  • Take a separate piece of twine about 2 feet long and wrap it around the bundle about 20 times. Knot the end to make it secure. Trim any excess off of it.
  • Now we're ready to get those buttons on! Using the untied 10 foot piece of twine, take your twine through the back of one button and then back through the opposite side of the same button. The twine should start and end on the back of the button. Repeat this process until you're either out of buttons or at 6 inches from the end of the twine. You can decide how close you want the buttons together.
  • Take the roll of twine and hold the loose end against the bottom of the long side of your piece of cardboard. Taking the string up and over the top of the cardboard and back down again, wrap the twine 50 times around the cardboard.
  • Put the scissors through the loop on the bottom where you started the first piece and cut all of the strings across that bottom side.
  • Bend your cut pieces in half and take the end of the garland with buttons on it and tie a knot around the bend (middle) of your stack of cut the pieces of twine.
  • Take a separate piece of twine about 2 feet long and wrap it around the bundle about 20 times. Knot the end to make it secure. Trim any excess off of it.

Notes

If your twine tries to unravel, you can wet it with you mouth and it will come back together. If it's too far gone, just snip off the end and keep going.