
Target participant group: This activity is great for a wide range of individuals.
Therapeutic potential of this activity: Button art can benefit fine motor skills, help self expression and cognitive development.
What other groups may benefit from this activity? This activity may be beneficial for individuals with physical disabilities especially those that affect the hand, mental illnesses, attention deficit disorders, intellectual disabilities, and the elders.
What groups may not be as appropriate for this activity? This activity may not be appropriate for individuals were choking hazards may be a concern.
Activity description: Button art can be adapted to fit the needs of the individuals. This can be done in so many different ways for example, decorating a printed picture, attaching buttons to an object or creating a piece on canvas.
Resources needed: Depending on what kind of art work your making you may need different things. The essentials will be a flat surface with plenty of room. Of course buttons, containers to place buttons in for easy sorting, glue, wire, paper, canvases, objects, you name it just be creative!
Best leadership style for this activity: The best leadership style for this activity is democratic. It’s important to encouraging and allow individuals to be creative in their button art.
Where did you find this activity? We did button art as one of the activities with special recreation.
Where can others find more information on this activity?
The following link is to an artist website that uses buttons and other miscellaneous objects. It’s a great site to get inspiration for activity ideas.
http://inventorspot.com/articles/button_art_18353
Etsy in general is a wonderful website that can inspire any individual to start art and craft projects. The following link is to different kind’s button art on Etsy which can give rise to some great ideas for activities.
http://www.etsy.com/search?includes%5B%5D=tags&q=button+art