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' Cute as a button - magnets!

Tutorial for button magnets made from polymer clay!


Hello everyone!!!

Let´s jump straight into a new "childhood memories" project! I don´t know about you but when I was a little girl one of my favorite things to play with was my granny´s sewing basket. I could spend hours playing with her yarns, spools, buttons and the darning egg! It looked like a giant green dinosaur egg and I used it to play "discoverer of a forgotten ancient world"! But the buttons were my favorites - they were used for making big mosaics on the carpet, ingredients in various cooking projects for dolls and being threaded on yarn for princess necklaces! So I had to use some of my beloved buttons to make something nice! Jamie and I made a tin lid magnetic board with itty bitty button magnets! Want to make your own? Easy as pie really! :) As in - you can totally whip up a pie while you work on this project!

Here´s what you need:



Take your polymer clay and roll it into little balls.



Take a button and press it into the ball so that it becomes flat.


Carefully remove the button and place the polymer clay onto a baking sheet.


Once you are ready put your clay buttons into the oven at 110°C for 30 minutes (or as your clay´s instructions tell you).


Let cool. In the meantime (see, now would be perfect to prepare a pie!) you can cut your magnetic foil into pieces slightly smaller than the clay buttons.


Take your clay buttons, put a dollop of glue onto the back and attach the magnetic foil. Let dry.


Tadaa - ready to use! All you need to do now is find an empty cookie tin (from granny!) and put your beautiful new magnets onto the lid!



Have a great weekend!!!

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22 comments:

  1. Oh, they just look so cute!

    What a good idea to make them yourselves in so many sweet colours and shapes.

    Have a lovely weekend!

    Hugs Kristine

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    1. Thank you, Kristine! :) xo

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  2. Very clever - thanks for sharing the how-to.

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  3. Fabulous, fresh and did I mention Fabulous?
    bestest to you and yours this weekend
    Daisy j
    Ps i like your blog!

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    1. Thank you, dear ;) xo

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  4. Very nice - Thanks for sharing :-)

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  5. We seriously need new magnets - now I know it should look like :)))

    Thanks for sharing Sweetie - I love your ideas :;)

    Smile and Hugs

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    1. Thank you lovely Karina :) Give those cute kiddies of yours a big hug from us :)

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  6. Supersmart! I love buttons too :)

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  7. Åh, my english is so bad. Can´t remember enything !But I like your blog- but can´t tell you about it..

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    1. Aww, you dont have to write in English, dear :) I will understand you either way :)

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    2. Åh, hvor godt at vide :)
      Nu skriver jeg kun på dansk :)

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    3. I hope you don´t mind if I can´t reply in Danish ;) But I will understand you :) Held og lykke! :) xo

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  8. Wow, they are beautiful :)

    And thanks for your comment :)

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    1. Thank you and thank you for your comment, too ;) xo

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  9. Cute! And i LOVE the fabric in the background :) And thanks for all your sweet comments! I really appreciate it :) Have a great sunday!

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  10. How cute! I have lots of old, nice buttons after my grandmother that would look great on our fridge. Some years ago I crocheted little circles and owls and made magnets the same way, but didn´t think of buttons. Thanks for the idea.
    Had to scroll quickly past your cookies in the first post ;) looks delicious!

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    1. Thank you so much dear! Let us see if you make some button magnets! :) And you should bake some cookies, too ;) xo

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