Craft Day / Button Families
Button Families
Children glue buttons onto card to create families of characters, adding drawn details.
How to run it
- Set out buttons in trays with card and glue.
- Children arrange buttons as heads and bodies for each family member.
- Glue them down and draw arms, legs, faces and clothes.
- Invite children to share who is in their button family.
You will need
- buttons
- card
- PVA glue
- markers
Make it easier or harderYounger children use large buttons; older children add backgrounds.
SafetyButtons are a choking hazard; supervise younger children.
My Time Our Place · Outcome 1, Outcome 5Representing their family supports identity and storytelling.
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