{"id":7259,"date":"2011-12-18T19:25:40","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T01:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/?p=7259"},"modified":"2011-12-18T19:25:40","modified_gmt":"2011-12-19T01:25:40","slug":"button-and-nail-christmas-tree-craft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/18\/button-and-nail-christmas-tree-craft\/","title":{"rendered":"Button and Nail Christmas Tree Craft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re looking for something that&#8217;s not too messy to keep your kids busy this week before Christmas, this may be the project for you! \u00c2\u00a0If you&#8217;ve got little kids (or big kids) who like to play with hammers, then this is definitely the project for you! \u00c2\u00a0I saw this on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.notimeforflashcards.com\/2011\/11\/button-and-nail-christmas-tree-craft.html\">No Time For Flashcards<\/a>, and knew it would be a good one for The Littlest Apple.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Button-and-Nail-Christmas-Tree-Craft.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7260\" title=\"Button and Nail Christmas Tree Craft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Button-and-Nail-Christmas-Tree-Craft.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Button-and-Nail-Christmas-Tree-Craft.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Button-and-Nail-Christmas-Tree-Craft-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We used plastic hammers and real nails to hammer buttons onto a styrofoam cone to make a button Christmas tree. \u00c2\u00a0The Littlest Apple stuck with this for longer than expected, but did get a little frustrated with some of our buttons that had extra-large holes (because they kept falling off the nails). \u00c2\u00a0I went with a white cone because a) that&#8217;s all I could find and b) I thought it would make a pretty snow-covered backdrop for our green and red buttons since I knew we wouldn&#8217;t be completely covering the tree. \u00c2\u00a0If you want it to look more like a Christmas tree, you could use a green styrofoam cone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Button-and-Nail-Christmas-Tree-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7261\" title=\"Button and Nail Christmas Tree 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Button-and-Nail-Christmas-Tree-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Button-and-Nail-Christmas-Tree-2.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Button-and-Nail-Christmas-Tree-2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What activities do you have planned to keep your kids busy while they&#8217;re out of school for the Christmas break? 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