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Create beautiful button wall art on a budget! This easy DIY project is fun, affordable, and the perfect way to add charm to your home decor.

Skills Required: Beginner. Even if you don’t have much crafting experience, you should be able to complete this project. You’ll be spray painting and attaching paper to a background with Mod Podge.

Button Art

When I say this is the EASIEST button wall art project you’ll ever try – I mean it! I love kitschy little home decor items/wall hangings, because a little color goes a long way to spice up a room.

ESPECIALLY when you live in an apartment (hello Mod Podge Command Central) and you can’t paint the walls.

I have a love affair with buttons; I would marry them if I could. So I decided to spice up a boring wall in my room with this cute little button art piece, incorporating my very favorite buttons and, of course, Mod Podge.

Here’s how to make my simple button wall art.

Gather These Supplies

Need a lead on some cool buttons? Go here for some great selection and deals. Always try thrift stores and clearance bins of craft stores too. Get the printable how to card below:

DIY Button Wall Art
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Button Wall Art

This button art is really easy to make! Great for using up leftover buttons, or for when you want a funky piece of wall art.
Prep Time10 minutes
Active Time1 hour 30 minutes
Dry Time2 hours
Total Time3 hours 40 minutes
Yield: 1 wall art
Cost: $2

Equipment

Materials

Instructions

  • Remove the frame back and spray paint or paint your frame with acrylic paint (color of your choice).
    Dollar store frame that's been spray painted aqua
  • Remove the backer of your frame that you can use to create a background. If your frame doesn't have one, create it with cardboard and a craft knife.
    Making a line on a thin piece of cardboard with a ruler and pen
  • Lay your frame back down onto your sheet of scrapbook paper and trace. Cut it out with your craft knife.
    Tracing the cardboard on scrapbook paper with a pen
  • Use your flat paintbrush to paint a medium layer of Mod Podge onto your frame back. Coat thoroughly.
    Applying Mod Podge to the thin cardboard with a brush
  • Quickly place down your scrapbook paper and SMOOTH. Keep smoothing until all of the bubbles are removed. You can use your hands – you see that I am using a brayer. Love this tool; great investment if you don't have one! Allow to dry for 15 – 20 minutes.
    Smoothing the scrapbook paper onto the thin cardboard
  • Once the paper is dry, paint over the top with Mod Podge. Apply a medium coat and allow to dry again.
    Coating the top of the scrapbook paper with Mod Podge
  • Place the back into the frame and glue down the buttons using craft glue. Let dry before hanging.
    Adding buttons to the scrapbook paper with craft glue

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52 Comments

  3. A brayer??? Ah haa. I did a little project today in which a brayer would have come in handy. I will add it to my shopping list. Thanks! By the way, this is my first time here & I’m glad I found you!

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  4. Amy! This is such a fun project for my little girl’s room. Love buttons…love this! I’ll be featuring!

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  9. Oh Amy Amy Amy…this has got to be one of my favorite decoupage projects yet. I love it. I have so many buttons if I placed them end to end they would….probably fit the length of California…no kidding. I love buttons and they are everywhere! hahahaha…this is so great I can’t wait to try this. Yipeee.
    blessings.
    Debbie

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  11. Woo! That’s so cute! I love the lined paper you used for the background. Really, who COULDN’T use one of these? Thanks – so inspiring!

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  13. I love this! Very kitshy! Every Tuesday, I host a Turquoise Tuesday party and since this frame is turquoise, you might want to link up.

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  15. I too love buttons! I feel like I have offically hit the big time now that you have commented on my blog. Thanks for making my day! smiles, JEN

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  16. Very, very cute! Simple! Charming! Eye-catching! Adorable! Fun! And I just love it! You have made ME want to collect cool buttons!

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  24. This is such a lovely idea! (And the colors are gorgeous.) I’m gonna put your link on our MOPS message board for craft leaders. Thanks for sharing!

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  46. Love it. I did something similar but used similar old buttons (pearlized,same colour,etc) and used card stock solid colour and pasted buttons on. Was able to put glass back on (had to use duct tape on some to keep together . Have a full wall of these in bedroom. Looks great

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  47. This is perfect! My friend has a 3yo daughter who is moving into a “big girl room”. When asked how she wanted her room to look, she said she wanted BUTTONS all over. Thanks for a great project!

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