How to make foamiran cornflowers?

Recently, foamiran crafts have been gaining popularity. They are used to decorate interiors, holidays, combs, hairpins and headbands. This article presents a step-by-step master class on making cornflowers. What materials and tools are needed, how to create a decoration, as well as beautiful examples of work - this will be discussed below.

Foamiran is a flexible and light material that opens up wide possibilities for creativity. The material is easy to process, it does not absorb moisture, dirt, soot, grease, does not fade in the sun. Foamiran is odorless and non-toxic. It is very pleasant to the touch, resembles suede in structure. Foamiran is easily stretched, glued, cut with a knife or scissors. It can be painted with any paints. The material quickly takes any shape by heating.

The color palette includes up to 24 shades. Foamiran is used to create decorative elements for living quarters, decorate mirrors and doors. The most common products are in the form of flowers. Foamiran cornflowers are an excellent decor for children's hairpins or headbands. Individual flowers are created from the material for decoration, or a whole bouquet is collected. When decorating combs, hairpins or hoops, additional decorations such as rhinestones, beads, butterflies, dragonflies are used.

To create cornflowers from foamiran, you will need certain materials and tools. It is worth talking about them in more detail.

In order to make flowers with your own hands, you will need:

• foamiran sheets, white, blue, light blue, lilac, green;
• wire;
• templates or stencils;
• scissors;
• acrylic paints and oil pastels;
• iron;
• foil;
• toothpicks;
• hot glue from a gun or Moment glue.

To get started, you need to prepare templates.

The step-by-step instructions will be as follows.

1. Cut 7 blanks from a blue sheet and one from a lilac sheet using stencils. The lilac blank should be in the form of a strip. The bottom edge must be cut along the entire length to create a fringe.
2. Heat blue blanks and twist each into a flower. The joints are fixed with glue. When using hot glue, it is worth remembering that a small amount of adhesive is required.
3. The lilac part is heated, rolled into a roll. Until the part has cooled down, you need to drive the workpiece along the surface of the table with the edge where the fringe is.
4. The strip is unrolled and wrapped around the wire.
5. The ends of the fringe are tinted with blue paint or pastel. Thus, the end result will look more natural.
6. Now you need to take a piece of foil and shape it into an egg. The part is fixed on a toothpick, pasted over with green foamiran.
7. Cut out a small green square. Put glue in the middle. Place the foil blank in the center of the square. Turn over and stretch the material over the foil.
8. A circle is cut out of the square. The excess is cut off.
9. The green blank is completely pasted over.
10. Using nail scissors, you need to make triangular cuts from the base to the top of the workpiece. Cut carefully so as not to damage the foil layer.
11. For a natural effect, tint the ends of the part with dark green paint.
12. It remains to collect the flower. To do this, glue all the blanks of flowers to the finished middle.
13. After that, the sepal is glued.
14. Thin, narrow leaves are cut from green foamiran and glued to the stem and sepal.

The cornflower is ready. In this way, you can make a large number of products and assemble them into an original bouquet.

The manufacturing technique is as follows.

1. Cut a white strip 20 cm long and 1.5 cm wide.
2. Use scissors to make a fringe along one edge. Leave 2-3 mm at the opposite edge.
3. Make a small loop at the end of the wire. A wire with a loop is fixed with glue to one end of the workpiece.
4. You need to twist a small roll, while sometimes gluing the layers.
5. The edges of the roll blank are heated.
6. Several stamens are cut, twisted and glued to the outside of the roll.
7. The workpiece needs to be postponed for now. Start creating the petals.
8. The petals are cut according to the template. You need to cut 8 pieces.
9. Each petal is notched, not reaching the middle.
10. Each workpiece is twisted into a tube. This will give the details a needle-like shape.
11. Each petal is folded into a bag and fixed with glue.
12. When all the parts are ready, they are glued to the outside of the blank roll.
13. Glue a bead or rhinestone under the base.
14. For the sepal, green flowers are cut in the same pattern as for the petals.
15. Several of the details need to be trimmed a little, making them a little smaller.
16. The edges are tinted with brown paint, heated and shaped into a bowl.
17. Sepals are glued, starting with large ones, ending with small ones.
18. A thin green strip is pasted over the stem.

The work has been completed.

Foamiran jewelry will cheer you up and decorate any holiday. For various celebrations, you can make an unusual bouquet of cornflowers. Blue flowers alternate with yellow ones, decorate with additional branches, decor in the form of berries and butterflies. This spring bouquet is perfect for spring holidays.

The interior is decorated with a composition of wildflowers. In this case, it is necessary to observe the color palette in the room setting. To decorate rooms, it is better to create voluminous, large flowers. The composition of cornflowers will perfectly fit into the interior of the bedroom in pastel shades. The decor can be placed above the bed and complemented with a pattern on the wall.

Foamiran cornflowers are used to decorate headbands and hairpins. If you have imagination, you can make bright products not only in blue. Blue flowers are alternately arranged with pink, yellow or chamomile flowers. You will get a harmonious and beautiful decoration for a little girl or a young person.

Holders for curtains with cornflowers will be a great addition to the interior. For curtains in pastel colors, flowers of blue and blue are suitable. For curtains of rich and dark shades, it is better to make white cornflowers.

Foamiran products are pasted over interior items. A nondescript table lamp will immediately draw attention to itself if it is pasted over with blue flowers. Caskets are also decorated with flowers. The item is decorated with blue or white flowers with lush leaves.

An original and unusual option will be a picture or a panel with cornflowers. The composition is framed and additionally decorated with various elements.

The most popular are voluminous flowers that decorate interior arches and mirrors.

Cornflowers are also suitable for a wedding celebration. Cornflower is a symbol of simplicity, purity and wisdom. Therefore, many newlyweds choose flower arrangements from foamiran for a wedding. They are used to decorate tables, chairs, arches, stairs, a wedding cortege and even gates.

Any flowers from foamiran are always interesting and beautiful. You can decorate anything with flowers. Foamiran cornflowers are considered the simplest in manufacturing technique. Any novice needlewoman or child can handle the creation of a craft. Since the material is safe, there is no need to be afraid that the child will be poisoned.

Cornflowers will be a great decor, and the process of creation will cheer you up.

A master class on making foamiran cornflowers in the video below.