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Australia – Dot art buttons turtle
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This month “Around the World in 12 Dishes” is going down under. Food wise all was good but craft wise I was totally uninspired, so I asked the group of mommy bloggers I’m part of and they came up with TONS of ideas. One that stuck with me was the Aboriginal dot art, because Nico loves to paint but I wanted to do it differently, so I got to think as to what was round… buttons!
I got a free-to-use image of a turtle online and traced it on a green foam sheet, so it would support the buttons better than paper. Perhaps a thick cardstock would work as well. So he buttoned his heart out, we even used them for the eyes.
After it was dried, we added glitter glue of course! At first he wanted to put some on the non-buttoned parts only but it ended up on all of the turtle 
Now it’s on Dada’s (grandma) fridge.
While preparing this craft I also came up with this one.
Thanks to the ladies from the following blogs for inspiration:
http://www.montessoritidbits.com
http://www.artsycraftsymom.com
http://www.dariamusic.com
http://adventuresofmommyness.blogspot.com
http://happywhimsicalhearts.blogspot.com.au
http://mummymusingsandmayhem.blogspot.com.au
http://www.creativefamilyfun.net
http://lessonslearntjournal.com
http://boymamateachermama.com
Please check out our partner blogs and their Australia ideas: Adventures In Mommydom, Creative Family Fun, Domestic Goddesque, Glittering Muffins, Juggling with Kids, Kitchen Counter Chronicles, Mermaids’ Makings, Mom 2 Posh Little Divas, Montessori Tidbits, Mummymummymum, The Educators’ Spin On It and The Usual Mayhem!
If you do this, we’d LOVE to see a photo of it. Email it to us or post it on our Facebook page. We’d love to do a Facebook album, a Pinterest board and a page of your creations
Please link up your Australian dish and/or craft in our linky below, we would love to see it!
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Written by Valérie
Valerie is the creative mind behind "Glittering Muffins", stay-at-home mom of Nico, a little dynamo that is bursting with energy. He also is the inspiration behind the blog (and the name) with his keen interest in cooking, baking and, well, glitter. Valerie constantly is thinking about twists to the traditional arts, crafts and recipes to make them her own and is inspiring others while doing so. Outside of the blogging world, her main activity is Nico, with the occasional TV show (non-toddler related) and casual game here and there.
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That is so cute! Great idea. xx
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Gorgeous turtle craft! Thanks! -Marci
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Very cute! I love the turtle and I love that so many people have linked up. I will have to check out some of the links! Thanks for linking up to Thinky Linky Thursday!
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I love the texture your turtle has. Buttons are such a great craft tool.
Thank you for linking to Read.Explore.Learn.
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This was such a cute craft…I had to pin it.
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Ooooh I want to craft with all those buttons. PRETTY!
Thanks for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!
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So fun! I need to start collecting buttons
Thanks so much for sharing at Mom On Timeout!
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