Category: CHILDREN’S BUTTONS

Here are two groups of new buttons which I bought in a craft shop recently.

They are plastic realistic buttons, one lot being cherries (looking good enough to eat) and the other trains.  How cute would they be on a small child’s garment.

I bought these yellow plastic duck buttons new in a craft shop last week.  They took my eye as they are the same shape as the plastic duck buttons from around the 1950’s.

I show some photos of the older buttons to compare.  They were made in various colours.  The new button has the wing painted solid black whereas the older ones just have stripes.  They were a very popular children’s button back then.

These children’s buttons from the 1930’s – 40’s are realistics with simple shapes and very little detail.  It is their simplicity that makes them appealing and the colours are very subtle.

What child wouldn’t have loved these buttons on their clothing.

Here is a group of Plastic Children’s buttons with a rabbit moulded on them.  There are three different colour combinations used.

They were probably used on a child’s hand knitted cardigan in the 1940’s.

In this group of buttons one shows a rabbit and two have ducks painted on them with a different colour combination.

Painted buttons suffer a lot of wear and tear, so are not easy to find in good order.  I am sure all of these buttons were much loved by the children who wore them.  They are from the 1940’s – 50’s.

These  three buttons of the same design are made from plastic and are very colourful.

From the 1930’s and 40’s, these plastic buttons are not so easy to find now.  I think a lot of them may have been worn out with love and wear.

I love them for their simplicity of design and the muted colours of the time.  Wouldn’t the children have loved having them on a favourite cardigan?