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See Thru Button Box See Thru Button Box Round Button Box
Designed by Helen Slabodukh
Supplies:
  • See-Thru by La Mode®: #1991 (3 cards)
  • Favorite Findings™ Round Buttons: #430 (1pkg), #426 (1 pkg)
  • Acrylic Paint: Apple Green, Bright Turquoise, Black
  • Large lime green silk daisy
  • Flat paintbrush
  • 5 - 1 ¼” wood discs
  • E beads to coordinate
  • 22 gauge craft wire, any color
  • ⅜” black/white patterned ribbon
  • Hot glue gun and glue
  • 3 - ½” round wooden beads
  • Scissors

Instructions:
  1. Paint outside of box apple green. Paint lid, 5 discs and 3 wood beads black. Paint inside of lid and box bright turquoise. Let dry.
  2. Glue ribbon around outside of lid. Glue daisy to lid.
  3. Cut a 3” length of wire. String up through one buttonhole. Add 3 E beads to wire. String back down through the other buttonhole. Twist wires together behind button, trim wire ends. Repeat for 5 more buttons. Glue 5 finished buttons to black discs. Glue evenly spaced around box.
  4. Stack and wire together five sets of medium and small black and white buttons. Add beads on top if desired. Glue on box between See-Thru buttons.
  5. Glue final See-Thru button to center of daisy on top of box.
  6. For feet, make 3 button stacks of even heights, alternating black and green buttons (large to small). Glue round wood beads to bottom of stacks. Glue stacks evenly spaced to bottom of box.
Tips
  • Refer to photo for placement and assembly direction.