Hygloss Products Bucket O’ Buttons   are quality crafting buttons that are terrific for making scores of innovative arts and crafts projects. From puppets to posters, buttons have been a part of arts and crafts since, well probably since they started falling off of clothing! Now buttons are in high demand, and fortunately, we carry an assortment of buttons in a wide variety of shapes, colors and sizes. Most buttons are between ½ and ¾ inch in diameter.

Hygloss Bucket O’ Buttons is the ideal supply for hundreds of arts and crafts projects. Highly educational, buttons are great for improving sorting and counting skills at school and at home. They make a classy and cute embellishment for clothing, picture frames, collages, albums, scrapbooks and more.

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BUTTON SORTING ACTIVITY

Hygloss Buttons are perfect for practicing sorting and color recognition.

You can vary the activity depending on the child’s level.

You will need:

• Muffin tin, Craft Cups or small containers
• Hygloss Colored cardstock
• Hygloss Buttons

Instructions:

• Trace the bottom of the muffin tin/ cup onto colored cardstock. Make one circle for each color button you plan on using.

• Place a colored circle into each muffin cavity.

• Let your child have fun sorting thru the buttons and placing them into the corresponding color compartment.

Variation:

Practice counting! Write a number inside each cup, and have children place the correct amount of buttons in each one.

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DIY BUTTON SENSORY TOY:

 

Gel filled sensory bags are another great learning tool.

Here we added buttons, so your child can practice color sorting and letter recognition. Feel free to personalize this activity to meet your child’s interests, skills, and areas requiring reinforcement.

You will need:

• Strong Ziploc bag
• Hair gel
• Activity paper – download one or create your own simple one!
• Hygloss assorted buttons 
• Tape (preferably strong tape like Duck Tape)

Instructions:

• Print out or draw the activity page you would like to use. It can have alphabet letters, words, pictures, number, colors etc.

• Fill the bag with gel and add buttons. Squeeze out all the air, zip the bag closed, and seal it with a piece of tape.

• Tape the bag onto the activity sheet.

Your bag is now ready for some fun sensory manipulation. Have child slide buttons around inside the gel to create letters, match a picture with its first letter, sort colors etc.