passion project- button making

1. cartoon characters

2. button of positivity

3. tv shows

4. sports

5. smiley faces

6. plain color ones

7. quotes

8. state flags

9. flags

10. promote local businesses

11. holiday buttons

12. memorial buttons

13. teacher appreciation

14. school logo

15. political candidate button

16. name buttons

17. blue buttons

18. yellow buttons

19. music buttons

20. earth day buttons

21. gift tag buttons

22. luggage tag buttons

23. birthday buttons

24. jewelry buttons

25. thank you buttons

day 1: i practiced with the button maker

day 2: i started figuring out a design

day 3: i worked on printing the black and white designs and didnt like them

day 4: i finished the design and printed it in color and made buttons

day 5: we made all 65 buttons

day 6: we handed out all the buttons we made

I am working by myself.

What materials will you need for your project?

I'm using a button stamper, my iPad, my computer, metal, plastic, and paper.

What is your plan to create in this project?

my plan was to make buttons representing the school for all the staff members.

What unique qualities will your project have?

i have used the button maker before earlier in the year and last year so I'm used to how it works.

Using a button press and google slides, I created a Saxon pride begins with you button/pin because I thought using the button press would be cool.

During this process, I learned that you need to have the button design centered in the press so it doesn't look sloppy.

The 7 standards of the class are Empowered Learner, Digital Citizen, Knowledge Constructor, Innovative Designer, Computational Thinker, Creative Communicator, and Global Collaborator. My project ties to innovative designer because i created my own design and made a lot of buttons with it.

A challenge I overcame on this project was making the words look good curved around the button. I was able to do it by asking Mr Renner for help and taking a circle and measuring it.

Given a chance to do this again, I would change my partner decision because they didn't really help with the design part. The reason why I would change it is because I did a majority o the work by myself.

Hastings High School Career and Technical Education Program offers Agriculture, Business Management, Computer Programming, Construction Trades, Culinary Arts, Digital Multimedia, Engineering Design, Finance, Insurance, Marketing. My project connects to the constructions trades CTE program at Hastings High School. My project connects to careers in building things, making shirts, making buttons etc.