Bulletin Board Push Pins from Vintage Buttons and Jewelry
Use vintage buttons or old jewelry to make unique push pins that can double as great handmade gifts (or you might just want to keep them all to yourself!).
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Equipment
- Hot glue gun
- Small Metal Wire Cutters (Optional)
Materials
- Buttons and small pieces of jewelry You’ll want to use ones that don’t have holes in them, but have shanks on the backs for attaching to garments (for the most part- you can use buttons with holes if you layer another button on top).
- Metal thumb tacks
- Hot Glue or a stronger adhesive like E6000
Instructions
- Use a glue gun or a stronger adhesive like E6000 to attach the items to the thumbtacks
- Gather your buttons and jewelry
- Use wire cutters/metal nippers to snip off the shanks on the backs of the buttons that have them
- Attach the tacks with your choice of hot glue or a tube adhesive like E6000
Notes
An idea for a simple way to package them to present as a gift:
- Cut a small piece of foam board that fits into a small cellophane bag (this is a candy/treat bag).
- Push the pins gently into the foam board (not all the way- just enough to hold them) and slip into the bag.
- Printed out “Bulletin Board Push Pins” on parchment paper
- Fold it in half and then over the top of the bag
- Punch two holes through all the layers and thread a short piece of ribbon through, knotting it to keep it closed.
