Count Your Buttons Day!
October 21
Count Your Buttons Day is celebrated annually on October 21 to honor the functionality and history of buttons. It is an unofficial, fun holiday encouraging people to count, sort, collect, or craft with buttons. It highlights the small, decorative, and historical fasteners found on clothes.
- Purpose: To appreciate buttons in our wardrobes, sort through jars of collected buttons, or check that all fasteners on garments are secure.
- Activities: Common activities include sorting buttons by color, size, or material; crafting; and organizing button collections.
- History: Buttons have been used for thousands of years, with early examples dating back to 2800–2600 BCE in the Indus Valley.
Note that this is separate from National Button Day, which takes place in the United States on November 16th.