Button Girl

Button Girl: More than 20 Cute-as-a-Button Projects
By: Mikyla Bruder
Photographs by: Scott M. Nobles
Copyright: 2005
Pages: 64
Reading Level: 9-12

Button Girl is a cute crafty book, filled with ideas. I really liked this craft book because it first teaches a skill, of sowing buttons, as well as creativity. And at the same time it teaches a little history, explaining how buttons have gone from bones, to very expensive high class display of nobility, to now commonplace things we rarely thing about. This book is simple enough for older children to actually do the crafts, but involve some prep and purchasing. Which is a great opportunity for bonding with parents. This book has several sections that include gifts ideas, "button Bijoux", and even greeting cards.
My favorite project and one I want to try is the Button Ring, you take a flat button and buy a ring blank, and after roughening up the bottoms you hot glue the button on. And then you have a brand new ring, that easy.
Another project that is a little more complicated is Brenda's Button Necklace. It requires some more supplies, but the end result looks really cool. You use wire instead of string and string the buttons on to a wire necklace, making sure they all face forward. Then you dangle that from a single wire necklace.
There are many more cool ideas inside you will have to check out.

Recommended to: Girls and mothers, perfect projects for Saturday afternoons. Even has great ideas for birthday parties.
Problems: None here.
My Reaction: I remember getting books like this when I was a girl, I loved them. But also easily forgot about them. I would only get around to doing one or maybe two projects from each book. So I would recommend having them in an area they are easily seen and used.