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Budget-Friendly Button Wall Art You Can Make Yourself

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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5 from 19 votes

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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5 from 19 votes (16 ratings without comment)
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Sunday 10th of March 2024

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Friday 8th of March 2024

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ubaTaeCJ

Saturday 24th of February 2024

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jossie

Thursday 28th of March 2013

I so love this. H ave started getting materials together. Soooooooooooo neat!!

Carolina

Thursday 21st of February 2013

Such a fun way to display buttons!!