Button Bowl

The finished project...

Inside

Outside

Inspiration...

Found on Pinterest with a Faulty Link 

I love how this turned out. It's very customizable and very versatile. You can make it however big you want and can use whatever type of buttons you want.

What you'll need:
A balloon, whatever size you want
Buttons
Mod podge
A brush for the mod podge. Small and large.
A toilet paper tube or a bowl depending on how big you blew your balloon. This will keep it upright while it dries.
A needle or pin to pop the balloon.

I know you might be confused about the balloon so let's get started...

You are going to want to blow up your balloon. How big you blow up your balloon will determine how big you bowl is. Since I didn't know if this was even going to work I blew my balloon quite small.

This can take quite a lot of buttons so make sure you have a lot if you are going to make a bigger button bowl. 

You are then going to want put a layer of mod podge on the rounded part of the balloon.

And then start putting on buttons! You might want to hold the button on the balloon for a little while before moving onto the next button so you won't have to deal with falling of buttons like I did. It might also help to put the mod podge on the button and not the balloon.

Try to put the buttons as close together as possible. But as you can see my buttons weren't very close together and my button bowl still stayed together.

You are then going to want to let it dry so when you go to put on a top coat the buttons won't move around. This is where the toilet paper tube or bowl come in handy so you don't have to hold it while it dries. You can totally hold if you want to, get to know it.

Just wait... and wait... and wait... until it is completely dry or the buttons aren't moving around. You are then going to want to apply a very thick layer of mod podge using a small brush to get in the cracks. It is important that you get mod podge everywhere.

After applying the mod podge your balloon will look white but don't worry it will dry clear.
And then you will have to wait... and wait... again.
Once it is dry (when the mod podge is clear and not white) you can feel free to add a second coat or pop the balloon!

When I popped my balloon it didn't really pop it just leaked air very slowly and feel that this was because my balloon was very inflated since it was smaller than you would normally blow it up.
So I had to kind of squeeze my balloon to make it deflate.

 Or you can just pull the semi-deflated balloon away from the bowl. It should pull back easily.

 And then you are done!!!

I noticed that my balloon was still wet on the inside so you'll want to let it dry before you use it. I would not recommend this for food but it's a really cute decorative bowl to keep whatever you want.

Have fun trying it!!!

And I would really love it if you would comment what you think or maybe some future craft ideas for me to try out and tell you about.