All about foamiran headbands
Nowadays, hand-made things are very popular. With a rich imagination, you can make anything, decorate a living room, mirrors or personal items. The conversation below will focus on the headbands decorated with foamiran products. What is the peculiarity of the material, what are the decor options, how to create - this will be discussed in this article.
Peculiarities
Foamiran is from distant Iran. The material has become popular for its properties. Its plasticity and lightness make it possible to make unique things. Crafts quickly take any shape by heating. It is enough to attach the product to a hot iron, curling iron or bring it closer to the flame of a candle. The material has a memory, so the shape of the product will remain forever when heated.
Synthetic foamiran is absolutely safe and odorless. When opening the package, you can feel a subtle smell. It fades away quickly. Even children can work with the material.
Foamiran does not absorb moisture, grease, soot, does not fade in sunlight. Product care is very simple. Wipe the surface with a soft sponge dipped in water and detergent.
Since the material lends itself to any type of processing, many crafts and decorative elements are created from it. Crafts are painted with acrylics, watercolors, gouache and crayons.
Foamiran headbands for girls are distinguished by their unusual beauty. Hair hoops decorated with flowers or figurines will immediately grab attention.
There are many options for finishing the headbands for kids.
It all depends on the taste and preferences of the child. You should familiarize yourself with the handmade options separately.
Decor options
For girls, there are many options for foamiran decor. The most popular are children's headbands with ears. They are worn for various holidays or matinees. Such decor will create a mood not only for a child, but also for an adult.
Flower headbands are equally popular. You can create completely different flowers: dandelions, poppies, roses, lilies or orchids.
Everyone loves spring, so it will be useful to please your child with a spring headband on March 8... For decoration, use bright shades of foamiran.
Additionally, the bezel is decorated with a bow, beads, butterflies or other decorative elements.
An autumn foamiran headband can make you smile on the grayest days. Products can be in the form of yellow maple leaves, mountain ash, small acorns or mushrooms.
The wedding headband is created using pastel shades. The decoration should not be conspicuous. A headband with roses, peonies or daisies will perfectly complement the image of not only a little girl, but also a young person.
Figures of small animals also look cute on the rims. An excellent option would be a small mouse, which seems to be hiding on the rim. The unicorn from foamiran will look original. Unusual decor will cheer up and involve the child in the game. The headband can be either with a voluminous craft or with a unicorn horn. The composition is complemented by ears and flowers.
The options for headbands are also suitable for decorating hairpins.
Tools and materials
To create crafts you will need:
- multi-colored sheets of ordinary and glitter foamiran;
- scissors;
- hot glue gun or Moment glue;
- filler;
- bezel;
- beads, rhinestones, beads;
- cardboard;
- pencil, felt-tip pen;
- wire;
- paints;
- iron;
- foil;
- threads;
- auxiliary tools.
Manufacturing technique
Unicorn hoop
The first master class will show you how to make a unicorn hoop with your own hands. The headband will have a horn and ears. The work begins with creating a template. The ears and horns of a unicorn are cut out of cardboard. The scheme can be drawn independently or taken from the Internet. The step-by-step instruction consists of a series of steps.
- The horn template is transferred to the foamiran sheet.
- The part is cut out.
- Roll up the resulting workpiece and glue it.
- It is necessary to wait until the glue dries, then fill the workpiece with filler. The bottom is glued together. Additionally, you can wrap the finished horn with golden tape. But since the material is glittering, the finished result can be too clumsy.
- To create the ears, you need a regular white foamiran. The template is copied two times.
- The middle of the ear is cut from the glitter material.
- White parts and the middle are glued to the rim.
- Symmetry must be observed.
- A horn is glued to the central part of the rim.
- Now they start decorating the rim.
- 4 circles of any color are cut from ordinary foamiran.
- The workpieces are rolled up, heated and fixed with glue.
- Once again, the part is folded up - a petal is obtained. All the petals are glued onto a small piece.
- For the core of the flower, take a bead, rhinestones or beads. You need to make three flowers.
- Leaves are cut from the green material.
- All parts are attached to the rim by gluing. The unicorn headband is ready.
Lily
Instructions for creating a lily for the headband are suitable for beginner needlewomen.
- Cut out petal patterns. The average length is 6 cm. A total of 6 petals are needed.
- The workpieces are tinted on both sides with acrylic paints. Use pink and lilac colors.
- The petals are formed by heating. To create streaks, take a toothpick and run it along the petal.
- The edges of the parts are heated to produce a wavy shape.
- To give the flower a natural look, place a dot at the bottom of each petal with a brown felt-tip pen.
- The pistil and stamens are made with fine wire and small black rhombic pieces. The pieces are fixed with glue to the wire.
- Cut the leaves out of the green material.
- Shape by heating the workpiece.
- Petals are glued around the pistil and stamens. First, you need to fix the first row with glue in the amount of three parts.
- The second row is glued in a checkerboard pattern.
- The leaves are fixed in any order from the bottom of the flower.
Now the finished flower can be fixed to the rim with glue.
the Rose
- A template for the petals is cut out of the cardboard. The templates must be the same size.
- Five large and five small blanks are cut out according to the templates.
- The workpieces are heated and pulled slightly. This will give the details a wavy shape.
- A ball is made from foil. One small petal is wrapped around it, a cone is formed, and fixed with glue.
- The bud is created by molding from small petals. Large ones are glued on top, preheating and giving a wavy appearance.
- 6 leaves are cut out of green foamiran, heated and glued to the bud.
The rose is placed on the rim. Additionally, you can wrap the hoop with colored tape.
Poppy
- Cut out the petal pattern.
- Cut a circle out of green foamiran.
- They take a bead and thread a wire through it and twist it. Thus, the stem is formed.
- The green circle is heated, wrapped around the bead, the edges are connected on the stem.
- Fixing the part is done with black thread. It is important that the intersection point is in the middle.
- Patterns for the petals are cut out of the red leaf.
- The petals are folded like an accordion, twisted and straightened.
- The details are glued in two rows, fixing at the base.
- Cut out the leaves and make cuts along the entire edge of each piece. The workpieces are twisted and straightened. It turns out carved, wavy leaves.
- The leaves are glued from the back of the flower. The wire is removed with scissors.
Yellow fantasy flowers
- Cut out white rectangles 4x3 cm in size. 6 parts are needed for one flower.
- You need 3 flowers for the hoop.
- Cut out 2x3 cm rectangles for the petals.
- Cut out the squares for the sepals: 3.5x3.5 cm for the flower and 3x3 cm for the bud.
- The petals are cut in the shape of a heart.
- Fold the squares in half, cut out a drop. It turns out a circle of four petals.
- Take a 1.5x4.5 cm white strip and create a fringe effect.
- The petals for the bud are tinted on both sides with yellow paint.
- Flower petals are also tinted on both sides with orange paint.
- The edges of the sepals are covered with brown paint.
- Cut out 2x3 cm rectangles from yellow foamiran.
- Cut the leaves out of the green piece, you can make them a little oblong.
- The leaves are heated and shaped.
- They are tinted with olive-colored paint.
- All workpieces are processed by heating. After heating, the petals are folded like an accordion, rubbed with your fingers, straightened and veined.
- Sepal is heated, the ends are twisted.
- The fringe is folded and frayed.
- Form drops of foil, put them on the wire. This will be the base of the bud.
- They glue the base with small petals, close the foil and glue the details with an overlap.
- A loop is made on the wire. A fringe is glued to the wire, and three petals are glued to it in a circle.
- The second row of petals is glued between the first row.
- After collecting the buds and flowers, the sepals are glued.
The products are ready. You need to fix them on the rim. First, the leaves are glued, after which the buds and flowers are attached in any order. You can alternate products with additional elements: beads, rhinestones, beads.
When creating products from ordinary headbands, you can alternate glitter and regular foamiran. Such crafts look bright and original. But it should be borne in mind that when using some colors, the finished product will look unrealistic.
Foamiran headbands are suitable not only for small children. The above options with flowers will appeal to young girls and gentle ladies. Hair ornament is used for holidays and photo shoots.
Step-by-step instructions can create a unique decor that will last a long time.
For information on how to make a headband from foamiran, see the next video.