25 + Button Activities!
Buttons are a fun flexible activity for kids. I was introduce to the idea of doing more with them in The Happy Mommy Handbook: The Ultimate How-to Guide on Keeping Your Toddlers and Preschoolers Busy, Out of Trouble and Motivated to Learn. I feel in love with the idea of doing activities with something so simple! So here is a round up of 25+ Button Activities.
If you are doing button activities, you might also want to check out Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy ButtonsButton Scoop and Pour
Each of these is a hands-on activity that will involve scoping & pouring of the buttons.
- Fun hands on sensory fun with this Button Sensory Bin (featured in image)
- Explore different textures and pouring with the Flower Button Sensory Bin (featured in image)
- Fun use for the ABC Buttons you can fin ABC Button Sensory Bin
- Learn some shapes and scoping up buttons and rice with ths Shape Button Sensory Bin (featured in image)
- Button and rice Christmas Button Sensory Bin
Button Activities
These are different hands on activities you can do with them. You can use them as places makers or something to cover the amount. This is a hands on way to use them.
- Learn your numbers with number buttons and play dough mats with the Number Button Sensory Bin
- Royal Baloo a fun hands on Mixing Truck Button Board
- Royal Baloo: A fun fine motor activity Putting Buttons in Holes
- JDaniel4’s Mon: Ten Apples – With Button Counting
- No Time For Flash Cards Stay Put Button Cork Builders
Button Sorting
There are many different ways to sort buttons. This is great for color, shape, size texture and more.
- Sort buttons with letter in the Sorting Letters and Learning Name
- Sort buttons two different ways in the Sorting Color and Shape (featured in image)
- Sort color spider buttons Sorting Spider Buttons 2 Ways
- Kids Activity Blog: Lots of This Reading Mama: Concept Sorting with Buttons (featured in image)
Buttons Arts & Crafts
There are so many different crafts that you can do with buttons. Check out some of these great ideas.
- Hands on as We Grow: Sorted Button Valentine Heart (featured in image)
- Craft To Art: Button Jingle Bells
- The Fairy & The Frog: Button Ornament (featured in image)
Button Printables
Check out my printables that have buttons.
Button & Shoes Calendar Set
Buttons are something you can always do more than just one thing. I love how flexible they are. If you have done something with buttons I would love to add your post here. Comment and let me know.
Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com
So many great ideas. I’m pinning them. We have a huge supply of buttons! I could always use more ideas.
You are welcome!
I LOVE buttons – thank you for including my button post in this great set of activities:)
I love buttons too! It was a pleasure to add you!
thanks for the feature, seeing all these fab activities makes me want to go out and by some more buttons!
You are welcome! I’m glad I could add you!
Wow! That’s a good collection of Button activities! Thanks for including us!
You are welcome. It was fun to make!
What a fun post! I adore buttons. Thanks for including us! Pinning to my preschool learning board 🙂
I like buttons as well! thanks for pinning!
These are great ideas! Now I just have to get some buttons for my kiddos. Any suggestions on where to get some?
Michael’s, AC Moore, Walmart are a few places.
Thanks a lot for including us, twice! Great round up 🙂
Oops, missed our turtle! So 3 times it is, wow, thank very much!
Not a problem at all! I’m glad you like it!
I love buttons, but they’re so expensive. There is no way our preschool classes (3 classes with a total of 54 kiddos) could do the cute heart and turtle art you have pictured… and I would love to have enough buttons to scoop and pour in our sensory table, but my goodness… that would cost a fortune! Any advice on finding the magical place to purchase low-cost buttons? (I do go to Thrift Shops to find supplies but have never found that many buttons.)
I always purchase my buttons with coupons. I wait until I have a 50% off and buy the bulk random sets. I’ll add button sets to my cart on amazon and when they drop in price buy them then. AC Moore and Michael’s always have bulk sets where you get a ton of buttons that are 9.99, but with a coupon they become 4.50. I am always looking for deals online places. You can search online for places that sell in bulk as well to get deals.
There is a wonderful children’s book “Dewey Bob” by Judy Schachner and Dewey collects buttons among other things. I’m going to read this book and do button activities with kids for our library summer reading program this year.
I just thought I’d share this wonderfully sweet gem of a book.