Button Sorting Squares

Materials

• 2 types of buttons, 10 identical buttons of each type (20 total)
• white glue
• squares of colored paper, about 8 squares (approximately 5" x 5")
• large piece of paper for squares
• glitter and paint, brushes (optional)

Process

1. First place eight colorful squares of paper on the larger sheet of paper in two rows of four or some other pattern.
2. Sort buttons that are identical into two piles. There will be ten buttons in each pile (two piles or two kinds of buttons).
3. To make the button collage, glue one button from one pile in the first square. Glue one button from the other pile in another square.
4. Next, glue two buttons from one pile in another square, and two buttons from the another pile in another square. Then three. Then four. All the squares will be filled. Dry.
5. Paint around the designs and decorate with glitter.

Variation

• Sort and glue other collage items or objects, such as used holiday decorations, beads or cotton balls