Button Light Switch Plate

How we did it:
Materials List
- buttons
- ribbon
- needle and thread
- glue (optional, but helpful)
- electrical tape
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Oh, I surely do love these oh-so-simple yet oh-so-darling projects!
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First we went downstairs to choose ribbon. We didn't have any fancy wide ribbon, so Madeleine chose a cream-colored inch wide, and a small pretty accent ribbon. Then we found a few pretty buttons to match Maddie's room.
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She arranged them just so... making her plan....
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...then she glued the smaller ribbon to the wider one to hold it into place.
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Time for sewing! I started each button for her, as she is still pretty new at sewing, and buttons can be a little tricky!
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First a ribbon for the left side of the switch, then the ribbon for the right side....
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They were done! We put a small bit of glue on the back of the ribbons to tighten them to the switch plate, and Maddie pressed the ribbons into place-- just so.
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I wanted to make sure there were no rogue threads or any danger, so I tacked the ribbons around the back of the switch plate, and secured them down with electrical tape. The tape stuck just fine to the plate as well as the ribbon.
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It was finished. I asked Madeleine if she wanted to use the screwdriver to put the light switch plate back in place--of course she did! And it's done. Just like that.