What to do with buttons

[amos229]

button clad armor my friend. works well at competition with an 05 217 chicken hat

[santosh]

Usually I give them to my little sister to try and get her interested in FIRST so when she hits high school she will do it, but after seeing that Cougar banner, I have been inspired to try and make a ginormous outline of a CircuitRunner and write our name and team number below it, all out of buttons.

[Jeff Waegelin]

My first year in FIRST, I collected tons of buttons. I quickly realized that I didn't know what to do with any of them. I put most of the buttons from that first year in a box, and resolved not to accumulate any more buttons Now I only collect ones from teams I have a good relationship with, or ones that get handed to me in the pits. It's amazing how many you get without even trying. Those ones I give to my younger brother, who actually goes out and collects buttons, unlike me.

[KenWittlief]

Cubical walls appear to have been designed to hold hundreds of FIRST buttons

thats what you need, a cubical in your bedroom :^)

[jacob07]

Im on old fashioned guy. We get new team shirts every year so I just keep them attached to that years shirt

[KelliV]

I made a desktop Christmas tree using some old wire hangers and buttons. It is sitting in my basement somewhere, It was really easy to do and looks cool. Create the frame using wire hangers, then pin the buttons on the frame, if the frame bends (mine did a bit) throw bandanas around it and pin the buttons on the bandana.

You can also pin them to the back of your car seat, my teammate Mark decided to do that to my car on a recent roadtrip. I don't reccomend sitting anyone behind that seat though (it could be dangerous in a crash)

-Kelli

[DCA Fan]

Like Jeff, I have too many buttons, so now I only collect from teams that I'm good friends with, or have a design that I think is particularly spiffy. They hang on my staff lanyards.

[Nica F.]

i love making collages and scrapbooks so last year, i took a big bag of my buttons, took the metal backings out and made a scrapbook out of them, its preettyy darn dandy.


this year i have yet to deside to do with my buttons, i like the throw pillow idea someone came up with earlier.

[prettycolors91]

I took all my buttons and put them on my lamp. you can't see the fabric....its covered in buttons. it looks pretty nifty.

[JaneYoung]

One I thought of today would be to make a window valance and cover it with the buttons. It would have to be sturdy but a springrod would probably hold it. I think a button covered valance would be cool or even go across in a line along the hem. Be cool on a dust ruffle too.