Recycled Snowflake Ornament
This snowflake ornaments diy craft video tutorial is the finishing touch to make your winter merry and bright ;)

Gather up your favorite buttons and an empty cereal box for your next round of Christmas ornament crafts. A Recycled Snowflake Ornament from Heidi Borchers is a frugal option for budget-conscious crafters. Hang this elegant piece on your tree for a touch of fun. Customize the piece with craft wire and rhinestones - no two snowflakes should look the same.
Difficulty LevelEasy
SeasonWinter
Materials List
- Aleene’s Original Tacky Glue
- Cereal box
- Scissors
- Craft sticks
- Pencil (for tracing pattern)
- Acrylic paint (white) and paint brush
- Paper plate
- Glitter – iridescent
- Wax paper
- White buttons – (plain and decorative – our buttons are from Blumenthal Lansing)
- Rhinestones
- Toothpick (for applying glue to back of rhinestones)
- Craft wire
- Round nose pliers
- Rhinestones by the yard
Recycled Button Snowflake Ornaments Video Tutorial
Instructions:
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Cut cereal box so that it lays flat.
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Lay three craft sticks on plain side of cereal box overlapping to create snowflake pattern. Use pencil to trace around craft sticks.
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Use scissors to cut out design.
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Paint front of snowflake with acrylic paint. Let dry. Paint back of snowflake. Let dry.
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Brush glue to front of snowflake. Hold over paper plate and sprinkle with glue. Shake off excess and let glue dry.
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Stack buttons into desired patterns.
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Glue fancy button in center of snowflake. Glue stacked buttons onto snowflake. Glue rhinestones on top of buttons. Let dry.
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Cut approximately 6″ length of wire. Use pliers to swirl ends. Fold in half and glue to back side of snowflake. Repeat to complete design.
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Cut length of rhinestones by the yard and glue to back of snowflake. Let glue dry.
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paver2
Oct 02, 2017
That's a pretty and frugal idea! It looks easy, too, but I think I might use some colored buttons (sparingly) instead of all white buttons with the rhinestones on top, but I'd like to see a bigger picture of it. This would make a pretty garland for the window or individual ornaments for the tree.

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