Buttoonies Review
Are you in need of some ideas to keep the kids occupied though the summer holidays? My youngest who is four is still quite easily amused, give him the paddling pool and he’ll stay in it all summer given the chance.
My eldest who is eight is quite different and once the allotted half and hour of screen time is up, I can often hear his lament of boredom echoing around the house.
So when we were asked to try out these new Buttoonies craft kits made by Craft Yourself Silly I thought they would be perfect for my eldest. He loves lego and small world imaginary play and these little characters would be perfect for that.
So we sat down together one afternoon, whilst the youngest was busy watering the garden. (Another one of his favourite summer activities). I must admit I’m glad I did sit with him and not just give him the packs as they are quite tricky to make, even for skilled lego building hands such as his.
If your child has had no experience threading before I would recommend that they have ago trying that skill first as they might find it very frustrating watching the thread bend away from the button hole as my eldest did.
He nearly gave up all together but with some help and a division of the jobs, he read the instructions, sorted the buttons into size order and directed me whilst I did the threading. We soon had our first little character created.
Both kids love this little chap and he has since been involved in some great adventures.
Final thoughts on Buttoonies
So what if he didn’t make it all by himself. I much prefer something we can do together and his sense of achievement in the task was not diminished. He’s looking forward to building some more with me soon. I just need to get some pot plants for the youngest to water!
Don’t forget to Pin it for later!
wow this is the best
I like the Kingfisher Bird Animal Pattern.
I love the Highland Collection Luxury Soft Like Cotton Feel Stag Deer Head Animal Design On Checked Pink Brown Colour Background Chenille Upholstery Fabric JO-693
I like the Highland Collection Luxury Soft Like Cotton Feel Stag Deer Head Animal Design On Checked Grey White Background Chenille Upholstery Fabric
I love the colours in the Leopard Spotted Theme Animal Pattern In Blue Colour Velvet Material Furnishing Upholstery Fabric. Plus you cant beat a bit of animal print.
Great little prize 👍🏻
I love the Kingfisher Bird pattern xx
I like the Abstract Pattern in grey coloured Chenille.
The Goofy Mouth design
painting atm 🙂
At the moment, my boys are really enjoying building with air dry Modeling clay.
Finger painting.
It used to be art/drawing with my youngest son & now my granddaughter (oldest sons daughter) It is baking. She loves making cakes.
We’re doing a lot of drawing and making pictures with glitter etc x
We are heavily into tie dye at the moment, great to do in the garden!
The kids have been enjoying painting and using chalks in the garden!
Lovely idea. Very colourful
we love doing cross stitch together
We love card making together as we can get creative.
Any kind of collage activity!
We like making cards for family and friends
At the moment it’s painting
painting and colouring
I like painting with my grandchildren!
Papercraft with Paper cages.
My two love junk modelling – freedom with cereal boxes, a roll of sellotape and some paint!
This looks great fun
We’ve been doing a lot of drawing and painting recently.
My children enjoy an array of crafts, their favourites usually include something very messy using paint & glitter which then seem to leave me with hours of housework!
The kingfisher bird 🐦
I do all sorts of crafts with my grandson he likes painting and making things
We enjoy making pom poms