Party Idea - Cute As A Button by Amanda Fedisson

                                                “Cute as a Button” Party!

My idea is a “Cute as a Button” Party!  This is one I am going to add to my website, eventually.  This would make a really great party for a little girl or even a baby shower. 

Cake…

I found these fantastic candy molds and lollipop molds.  I thought it would make a really cool cake if you made a whole bunch of candy buttons and either covered the cake with them or put them in a decorative pattern.  You could really do whatever you wanted with them.  Also, you could add button lollipops to the cake.  You could also hand out button lollipops to the guests.

Invitation…

For the invitation, I simply created a card, printed what I wanted on the card, printed off flowers from the internet, cut them out, glued them and some ribbon on the card and added real buttons to the center of the flowers and ribbon.  I just love making things from scratch.  It makes it so much more interesting!

Craft for the kids…

Button Bracelet - I have a couple of ideas for crafts for the children to work on during the party.  They could make a bracelet out of buttons.  This is made from buttons and stretch magic cord.  Very easy to make!

Button Barrette - Just some buttons glued together to make a flower and then glued on to a barrette.

Button magnet – Once again a flower made from buttons then glued on to a magnet.  You could also use a large button to create a magnet without making it into a flower shape.  Either way they make really neat magnets.  Even boys could do this project.  It’s not girly if you just do single buttons and not flowers.

Games…

Button Bingo – Pretty self-explanatory, just play bingo with the buttons to mark the cards. 

Pin the button on the shirt – I know it sounds kind of lame, but it might be cute.  Make a shirt out of paper, and have the kids pin the buttons on the shirt while blind-folded to see where the buttons end up on the shirt. 

Decorations…

First, I have these button flower pots.  They are very cute!  I made flowers out of buttons once again.  Then, glue a toothpick to the back of the flower.  I used really small terra cotta pots.  Put some sort of foam in the pot.  Cut out a brown piece of felt by turning your terra cotta pot upside down and use the large part of the pot to trace a circle.  Place the felt over the top of the foam, and stick the flower toothpicks through the felt and foam to hold them up.   I did these for my twins’ birthday party.  The theme was flowers and bugs. 

                                                                                                                        

Button Napkin Rings – These are pretty simple; just hot glue the buttons in a ring.  If you need a guide for the size of the ring, find something like a pill bottle that is about the diameter of the wrapped silverware. 

Button Picture Frame – I don’t have a picture for this, but I will explain it as well as I can.  You can buy simple picture frames from the Dollar Tree (My favorite store in the whole world).   Glue a whole bunch of buttons to the frame.  Put fun pictures of the birthday girl in the frames.  Set them on the tables for the guest to enjoy.  You may even let guests take them home.

Party Favors…

Button Soap - This is one of the favors I sell on my store if you visit my website,

www.creative-party-plans.com .  It is soap in the shape of a button.  It is wrapped really cute.  I think it would make an adorable party favor. 

I hope you like it!

Amanda Fedisson

www.creative-party-plans.com