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Why adult coloring books are good for you

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Once obscure, adult coloring books have reached new levels of popularity. But do you know exactly why a page and some pencils can do your mind some good?

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What's an unbelievably inexpensive and fun way for schools to meet myriad needs, from student rewards to fundraising to field trip safety? Buttons! And by purchasing your own button-making system for less than $300, it can pay for itself in a matter of days. Besides, making buttons is a fun and easy project that students will love whether it's in the classroom, part of an extracurricular activity, or as a part of an art project!

There are countless ways to utilize inexpensive buttons in a school:

Buttons serve myriad purposes for any school, from student incentive to group organizing to fund-raising. And button making systems are so unbelievably inexpensive, they fit easily into any school budget. And the best part is, students can enjoy the fun and creativity of engaging in a button-making project!
Idea #1: Create incentives for students to always do their best
Buttons can be used as rewards for good grades and feature esteem-building messages such as "I'm a stellar scholar!" Teachers can launch classroom contests to see which students can collect the most buttons. Contests could even take place between different classrooms! In schools that discourage grades or competition, such as Montessori schools, the "contest" could focus on students' beating their own best. For example, teachers could encourage students to beat their record number of buttons earned each week.

Buttons could also be traded in for rewards. For example, a student could trade in 50 buttons for three hours of free time or 100 buttons for an entire day of free time!
Idea #2: Reward positive behavior
As with excelling academically, buttons can also be used as rewards for good citizenship. Buttons could read "I was caught being good in Ms. Kim's class!" or "I'm a good citizen!" These buttons can even be kept as mementos for student's personal scrapbooks at home. Teachers could pick one or several students every day or week to receive the buttons.
Idea #3: Ensure field trip safety
All students participating in a given field trip can wear buttons with their school name. If a student becomes lost during a trip to the zoo or museum, staff can lead him or her safely back to the group or make an announcement. At the beginning of the school year, all students could even make their own personalized buttons complete with their name, address, phone number and school name, address and phone number.

This is so much less expensive and easier to orchestrate than instructing students to wear school t-shirts.
Idea #4: Identify crossing guards
In addition to crossing guard sashes, buttons can help identify crossing guards. These students can wear their buttons all day to help teachers identify who needs to be released from class a little early to tend to their crossing guard duties. This type of button can even be kept for students' personal scrapbooks.
Idea #5: Identify different groups
Buttons with different colors are quick visual aids for teachers to easily identify different reading groups, math groups or even grade levels in mixed-age classrooms. Such buttons also make calling those groups to order a breeze. Buttons can also easily identify students who are undertaking specific daily tasks, such as turning off all computers or wiping clean the dry erase boards-plus, they act as a reminder to the student
Idea #6: Identify children with particular needs
This is especially useful in schools where children change classrooms frequently. Many needs are easy to remember and identify, but others aren't. Buttons could actually save a child's life if they indicate a medical condition such as a peanut allergy. This would be very helpful for substitute teachers or during special classroom events.
Idea #7: Create hall passes
Buttons can be used for basic bathroom passes and even more involved passes. For example, a button could read "Yearbook photographer" or "Newspaper reporter" to signal to teachers and administrators that a student is out of the classroom for long periods of time for valid reasons.
Idea #8: Promote special campaigns
Buttons can help increase student participation in particular campaigns. If your school is trying to save thousands in annual energy costs, for example, buttons worn by students, teachers and administrators can help. Buttons could read, "Turn off lights when you leave a room!" Buttons can help promote any campaign, from "Get 10 hours of sleep during testing week!" to "Don't run in the parking lot!"
Idea #9: Advertise fund-raising events
All teachers and administrators can wear buttons advertising a fund-raising event for a specified period of time leading up to the event. A button might say, "Attucks High Annual garden show, May 5-7." Teachers could also wear such buttons during parent-teacher conferences. Students could be encouraged to wear the buttons after school hours, as well.
Idea #10: Produce inexpensive visitor badges
Every school needs a way to identify visiting parents, volunteers and prospective student's families for safety purposes. Using buttons for this purpose is much more cost-effective than ordering custom-made nametags and accompanying lanyards, which oftentimes accidentally go home with visitors and become lost forever! Buttons can feature your unique design, which cannot easily be duplicated by others outside the school system.
Idea #11: Enhance marketing efforts
Maintaining enrollment numbers is an ongoing endeavor for private schools and specialty public schools, and buttons are a remarkably low-cost marketing tool. Buttons could be given to students, such as "I'm a proud student at GiftedKids!" Teachers, administrators, students and parent volunteers can wear the school button during open houses. Buttons can also be distributed to each prospective student's' family with information packets.

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Button Making Ideas for Schools - Button Biz

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What's an unbelievably inexpensive and fun way for schools to meet myriad needs, from student rewards to fundraising to field trip safety? Buttons! And by purchasing your own button-making system for less than $300, it can pay for itself in a matter of days.

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"There is no such thing as a free lunch." Thanks to Milton Friedman, a phrase has been coined that epitomizes the nagging realization that virtually everything we do costs money. Our grandparents speak of the days when they could buy a 10 cent coke, watch a 25 cent movie, or fill their gas tank for $10. But even Mr. Friedman couldn't have predicted that in this age of inflation, there would be so many free resources for button makers of the 21 st century.

Tecre would like to share some of the best kept button making secrets out there. Secrets that can transform even the most modest button beginner to a highly functional status.
Graphic Software:
If the graphics industry were a high school then programs like Photo Shop, Illustrator, and CorelDraw would be the prom kings. Their keen ability to dictate detail, color, and effect warrants their popularity. But these prom kings know they are in high demand - and you can pay dearly for them. Are there other graphic software options out there? Sure. You may not be able to have the prom king just yet, but it turns out the track star is also pretty cool.

Although there are many options available, one that has been resounded across the button making industry is a free software suite download from Openoffice.org. It includes a graphics program that proves to be user-friendly and very permissible to both fonts and pictures. Are you looking for something even more understated than the track star? Believe it or not, you can create round layouts for buttons right in Microsoft Word. Click Here for a step by step instruction guide!
Fonts:
Is downloading free fonts unchartered territory for you? Then you may want to consider embarking on your first expedition into this field. The right font has the power to transform your button. With great sites like Fontspace.com and dafont.com, you are not limited to genres such as classic and modern, but you may even explore holiday, chalkboard, and collegiate fonts - for free! The selections are truly endless, and they don't stop at letters. There are great pictorial fonts you may download for graphics, and even a mickey ears font...say what!?

Click Here for easy instructions to help you navigate through the downloading process!
Graphics:
Does the thought of graphic designing evoke fear in you, causing sweaty palms and body tremors? It is time to conquer this fear. Look graphic designing square in the eyes and...then dodge it like a speeding bullet! There are plenty of resources available for the not-so-savvy button designer. To steer clear of copyright infringements, be sure to search using key words such as "free stock photography" or "free clip art". By typing these words into the Yahoo Image Search Engine, you will be presented with a wealth of designs (for high-quality graphics, you may even select "Wallpaper" or "Large" under the size category on the left-hand side of the screen). Here's yet another tip: using a search word like "vector" will give you access to images that have no background color of their own. This will help you apply the image to your layout with the background color of your choice. Who knew that applying an awesome graphic to your button could be as easy as copy and paste?
Paper:
The hunt for the best paper can be mystifying but if your paper purchase has left you eating Ramen Noodles all week, then it may be time for you to visit The Great Paper Debate blog post where you learn just how minimal your paper investment should be! Now imagine taking that investment from minimal to nominal...or even better yet, FREE! To acquire free paper you have to be willing to think outside the button and stow away your sacred printing paper. Peruse your own home and you will see items such as maps, wrapping paper, aged novels, comic books, dictionaries, and scrapbook paper all transform into one-of-a-kind paper possibilities for your button maker machine.

Once you have discovered the depths of your paper potential, it may be easy to get carried away. Tread carefully-when your children start complaining that you have removed circles out of their favorite story books you have gone TOO FAR! Throughout your experimenting, try to maintain a paper thickness of .004" (or less). Too thick of paper may be detrimental to your button or standard button maker machine.
Ideas:
Ideas are free! And no one has proved just how bountiful the button ideas can be quite like Tecre's customers. Don't get stuck in a button rut by limiting yourself to one market, one graphic, one font, or even one type of paper! Ideas are everywhere. And now with sites like Etsy and Pinterest, you don't have to look far to be inspired. If you follow some of the tips mentioned above, you can create a truly creative, unique, and potentially profitable button for very little cost.

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"There is no such thing as a free lunch." Thanks to Milton Friedman, a phrase has been coined that epitomizes the nagging realization that virtually everything we do costs money. Our grandparents speak of the days when they could buy a 10 cent coke, watch a 25 cent movie, or fill their gas tank for $10.

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How To Make A Metal Button by Neil Enterprises

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See how to operate the metal button machine. It's really easy to use, anyone can learn!