Craft Stick Button Bracelet
You've seen homemade button bracelets, but it's safe to say you haven't seen a project like this. Grab some craft sticks and create colorful Craft Stick Button Bracelets from Melony Bradley. This project is sure to remind you of camp crafts from childhood.
Materials:
- Craft sticks
- Pot of boiling water
- Glasses or plastic cups
- Americana Acrylics by DecoArt (various colors)
- Pattern paper
- Buttons Galore and More Buttons
- Pencil
- collage pauge
- foam brush
- rhinestones
- Aleene's Original Tacky Glue
Instructions:
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First, bring a pot of water to a boil. Turn off the burner, Insert the craft sticks and let them soak for about 10-15 minutes. Put a few more in the water than you will think you need. I broke a few not being patient while trying to bend them.
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Once the sticks are soaked. Grab some appropriate sized glasses or plastic cups and patiently work them into the glass. Work slowly if you don't want to end up with a lot of broken sticks like I did. It takes a little patience to get the hang of it.
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These have to set up for 24 hours to completely dry. While they are drying, go ahead and grab some acrylic paints and pattern papers to coordinate with the buttons. I used Americana Acrylics by DecoArt and some older random simple printed patterned papers.
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Here is another step you can do while waiting for the sticks to set up, On the wrong side of the patterned paper, use a pencil and a jumbo craft stick to trace it.
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Use a pair of scissors to cut the paper out.
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Once the bracelets have dried, gently remove them from the glasses.
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Paint the bracelets in the colors of your choice.
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Use a decoupage medium like Collage Pauge and a foam brush to apply the papers to the front of the bracelets. Allow the medium to dry and gently sand the edges of the papers even with the wood.
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Now comes the fun part! Glue some rhinestones in the center of the stitched buttons using a tacky glue like Aleene's Original Tacky Glue.
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Glue the buttons to the front of the bracelet and let dry.
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