Family Fun Lets Make Wearable Buttons

School:: Village Oaks Elementary
Subject:: Art
Teacher:: Mary Thompson
Students Impacted:: 500
Grade:: K-5
Date:: August 4, 2021

Investor

Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.

In Memory of Larry Zywica - $279.99

Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 300

Saturday May 7th 2022, VOE hosted a family Leader In Me day! We had many arts and craft station and the button making station was the kit. Students learned about the process of making a personalized pin back button. The participants were able to choose between drawings, apply a sticker and making a button. The button machine was the science portion and parents/students and staff were mesmerized by the simple machine that made the buttons. It was a educational experience that was so much fun. Thank You for the gift!

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Original Grant Overview

Goal

Village Oaks Elementary School in Immokalee could also be known as The VOE Family Community School that loves to create and make art together! The goal of this request/proposal is to provide the students and their families with a local/accessible place to gather in an educational setting to learn how to design, create, and make pin-back buttons. Additionally, this activity would promote social emotional learning for all ages while engaging in a hands-on fun family and community orientated button that can be proudly worn to display our community PRIDE.
The goal is to provide the students and their families the opportunity to create a fun family orientated button that can be proudly worn to display our community PRIDE.

What will be done with my students

Students will be joined by their families at a community art making evening or Saturday event. Families will learn about the history of pin-back buttons dating from 1787 to the 1940’s. Families will be able to share their memories about how buttons were traded, collected and are still relevant today as fashion accessory. Families will be provided an array of materials (on-line design space, recycled fabrics, magazine images, stamps and drawing, coloring, and paints…) to choose from to create the button designs. They will be guided to create images that reflect their personal/family values. Then they will be able to use a pinback button hand pressing machine to create their personal handmade buttons.

Benefits to my students

Students along with their families will learn about entrepreneurial options that are available for creative people. They will learn how artists create images that can translate into mass-produced items. I have first-hand experience how families at VOE love to make simple art projects together—for many years we have hosted family events, and the art room is always one of the busiest places. Who doesn’t like to have a little fun and create?

Budget Narrative

Thank You so much for assisting the VOE family create Art together.

Items

#	Item	Cost
1	Anbull Professional Button Maker 75mm (3 inch) Badge Punch Press Pin Button Maker Machine with 1000 Pcs Button Parts and Circle Cutter	$279.99
	Total:	$279.99

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