If you want to decorate your walls for Easter, it is time to make some DIY wall art to celebrate the holiday! In this video tutorial, I am going to show you how you can make a cool canvas piece featuring a carrot, which is made entirely out of buttons and ribbon!
This Easter art project has a really nice minimalist aesthetic—and the materials and methods used to create it are also very minimalist. You only need a handful of materials and tools, as you’ll notice in the list I’ve shared with you below.
The size of the piece is 100% up to you to decide. If you are wondering how large I made mine, I went with a canvas measuring 20 cm x 40 cm.
The larger you make the piece, the more buttons you are ultimately going to need, so that is something to keep in mind.
Speaking of the buttons, you can use old buttons if you want, but I am guessing that unless you have a lot of old buttons that just so happen to be orange, you are going to need to purchase some from the store.
What should you keep in mind when you are shopping? Well, in order for your carrot to look like a carrot, the buttons need to be orange or close to orange in color. I actually went with a few different shades of orange. Some of the darker buttons are more of a vermillion color with almost a reddish hue, and some of the lighter ones are close to beige.
But the point is that they all average to orange, so seen from a distance, the carrot is most definitely orange. But the different shades add interesting mottled variations, which I think adds character to the piece.
You’ll also notice that I used buttons of slightly different shapes and sizes (though they are all at least round-ish). This too I believe adds character and interestingness to the piece.
But the bottom line is that it is completely your decision whether you want to vary the colors, shapes and sizes of your button, and if so, by how much. Ultimately, the choices that you make will contribute to the uniqueness of your piece.
Ready to get started crafting? Review all the materials and tools you need below along with the written instructions to go with the video tutorial.
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Step-by-Step Tutorial with Detailed Instructions:
How to Make This Easter Carrot Wall Art Out of Buttons
If you want to decorate your home for Easter with cool DIY art, you’ll want to check out this exclusive Easter craft video tutorial from DIYnCrafts. Find out how you can make carrot-themed wall art for Easter using old buttons.
Materials
- Canvas
- Orange buttons
- Green satin ribbon
Tools
- Scissors
- Pen or pencil
- Hot glue and glue gun
Instructions
Use a pen or a pencil to sketch the outlines of your carrot on the canvas. You do not need to worry about the lines being visible, because you are going to cover them up. So even if you make a mistake, it is all right.- Remember, carrots are not perfect triangles in real life, so you do not need to worry about precision either. I chose to go with an orderly-looking triangle, because I wanted a stylized effect. But you could also go for a more realistic carrot shape if you preferred.
- Once you have sketched the shape of the carrot on the canvas, you are ready to proceed to the main step in this project. This is simply to glue on all of the buttons to fill the carrot shape in, making sure to cover the guidelines you drew.
- Just as you have full freedom to select buttons that appeal to you, you also have full freedom with how you wish to distribute them across the canvas. I chose to distribute the different colors, sizes and shapes of buttons as evenly as I could across the canvas in order to achieve a balanced effect.But there are other approaches you can take which would also be cool. You could for example try to create an ombre effect by making a gradient from light to dark.
- Once you have finished initially filling in the outlines of the carrot shape, you are going to want to make sure that the shape is as full as possible. You do not want a lot of gaps where the canvas shows through. To take care of that, you can layer on some more buttons over thin areas, overlapping them where necessary. Doing this will also provide more texture and depth to the piece.
- Once you have completed the steps with the buttons, get a green ribbon and cut it into a number of small pieces which are either identical in length, or relatively close in length (which you go with should be based on your aesthetic preferences).
- Create loops out of each of these pieces of ribbon, and hot glue them onto the canvas at the top of the carrot. You do not need to tie any knots; just use the glue to create the loops as you attach them to the canvas directly.
- Once you finish this step, your Easter carrot DIY artwork will be complete and ready to display. You can hang it on a wall, or prop it up on a table or desk with some other Easter decor.
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With its bright colors and simple design, this handcrafted Easter artwork catches the eye immediately and brightens everything around it. It also has a somewhat rustic quality to it since the materials are canvas, buttons and ribbon.
Easter Projects
After you finish creating and displaying your DIY Easter carrot wall art, you can try tackling some of our other easy and thrifty craft projects for the holiday.
Create an adorable paper Easter bunny garland with free printables, and try making Easter bunny clothespins. You can also make a fluffy Easter bunny out of DIY pom poms.
There are video tutorials and written directions for each of these projects. Have fun, and check back soon for more projects!
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