Sculpey to the Rescue!

I've been having trouble sourcing the right buttons for this year's Halloween costume.  The pattern calls for eight toggle buttons.  I envisioned rolled leather or wood.  I found some items that would have worked, but they were a little over budget.  Costumes can get expensive very quickly.  Sculpey often comes to the rescue.

These are some buttons I found that were close to what I wanted.  The leather option was almost $4 per button.  

For less than a dollar's worth of Premo baking clay (which was already in the craft stash) and about an hour of effort,  I ended up with some passable costume buttons.  The only drawback is that they can't be laundered.  Below are a few photos of the finished product and of the process.

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