How To Make Cover Button Macaron Ornaments December 17 2025

Supplies:

Size 75 Flat Back Cover Buttons
2" Round Wood Disc Blanks
Size 75 Cover Button Tool & Template
Fabric of your choice
Metallic String/Cord
Wood Stain
E6000 or Equivalent Glue

Instructions:

1. Stain the 2" wood discs with the color of your choice and let them dry.

2. Make 2x Size 75 Cover Buttons for each ornament you would like to make.

How to Make Fabric Cover Buttons:

Cover Buttons are easy to assemble:

Cut your fabric scrap. You will want a circle that is about twice the diameter of your button blank.
Put your fabric piece in the larger assembly tool piece (RIGHT SIDE DOWN). When you look into the tool you want to see the back of the fabric.
Place the button front (the domed piece) on top of the fabric. Leave the fabric edges hanging out.
Press the cover button edges down into the tool.
Place the back cover button piece on top of your fabric and button front. If the cover button will be subject to repeated tugging from the back, you may want to add a little e6000 adhesive before attaching the back.
Take the smaller piece of the assembly tool and with the open side down place it on the button back.
Press down. You may hear a pop when the last bit of the button back slips into place. If you take the tool out and the button is not completely secured, just put it back in and press down again.
When you take the small assembly tool piece off, the fabric edges will be secured underneath the button back.
Remove the button from the larger assembly tool piece.
Tada!

3. Cut and knot a length of string. I used about a ~7" piece of metallic embroidery floss. I used a glue dot to adhere it to the inside of 1 of the Size 75 Cover Buttons, leaving about a 2.5" loop above the edge of the cover button.

4. I placed a large dollop of E6000 over the string, in the center of the button back, and pressed it to the wood disc, making sure it was centered and the exposed edges looked uniform. Repeat on the other side using the button without a string loop. You may want to allow drying time between gluing. I had large clips and was able to do both sides, then clamp them together to let them dry, but this might not be ideal for some crafters.