[Erin Rapacki]

Buttons are fun to trade during the competition, but when the season is over what do you do with them? Exactly.

If your team can afford to think outside of the box; perhaps you could hand out something that will actually be of use. I've seen:

-strategy clipboards (has picture of field on it)
-miniature fans (for those hot days)
-pens/pencils
-rulers
-small tools
-mini radios
-cups/mugs

Or try combining ideas, like a pen-pin! (I always misplace my pens so having one attached to my shirt might be helpful.

Those are just my thoughts... every season I get a collection of buttons that end up sitting in a box for a few years before I throw them out.

On the other hand, if you make classic looking metal pins instead of buttons I'd keep them on a lanyard or something; similar to those Disney pin collections.