One Woman's Button is Another Woman's . . .

Ages ago, I posted a children's book character name game that I put together for a baby shower, and I offered a prize to the winner. Elisa and her daughter Miriam won and last week I finally got around to mailing them a prize, which was fun to put together because I don't get to do a lot of little girl crafts around here. First, I put together some button rings. They are so easy and fun to make. I can imagine these as cute party favors for little girls or a fun project to do together. All you do is sew a loop of elastic and then go through your stash of buttons and find two or three that stack together well (or if you don't have a stash of buttons or need more instructions you could buy a kit from this awesome Etsy shop)

Sew buttons to the elastic loop and whalla!

I made these cards to put them on so it would be obvious what they are.

I also sent them some little wooden people to paint like their family. I was tempted to paint them myself, but I thought they would have more fun painting them, and check out what a great job they did. Elisa's post made my day.