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The fun corner of the archive — strawberries, hearts, animals, smileys and shapes nobody makes anymore, for kids' clothes, statement pieces and collectors.
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Novelty Buttons from the Archive
Every era's playfulness shows up in its novelty buttons, and the archive holds decades of it: strawberries and apples, hearts and stars, animals, smiley faces and shapes that stopped being manufactured thirty years ago. This is where collectors and makers of joyful things start.
Novelty sets go onto kids' cardigans and camp shirts, into junk journals and jewellery, and into collections for their own sake. Each listing is a matched vintage set with exact sizing — and because these dies are long retired, most exist in single finite batches. If a strawberry speaks to you, don't wait.
Novelty Buttons — Questions, Answered
What are novelty buttons?
Buttons shaped or printed as objects — fruit, animals, hearts, characters — rather than plain rounds. Ours are vintage sets from retired dies, so most designs are no longer made.
Are they safe for children's clothing?
Sew them with strong doubled thread and check attachment regularly, as with any button on kidswear. Shanked novelty styles hold especially securely.
Do collectors buy these?
Constantly — vintage novelty buttons are a real collecting niche, and unused matched sets in original condition are exactly what collectors want.
Can I request a theme?
Yes — tell the Button Finding Service what you're hunting (cats, cherries, anchors…) and we'll check the unlisted archive for matching novelty dies.
