Headboard buttoning....anyone know how?

[robin3]

If I made a headboard with board, foam and a staple gun...how could I achieve a buttoned effect? How do you make sure that they don't fall off with the pressure and how do you fasten them?
Thanks

[redclover79]

Ooh, that's the kind of thing my mum would know, she made me a headboard once! I will ask for you!

[dizzyday07]

I would of thought that you could just sew them on through the covering fabric and foam before you staple it all to the board - but I'm just guessing!!