Crafts from foamiran

Making crafts from foamiran is a popular type of creativity that allows you to create original flower arrangements or whole panels at home. Many people know about what you can do with your own hands according to diagrams and templates from this foam material. An overview of interesting ideas will allow you to get a better idea of ​​what products are created from it, in addition to flowers, will give an additional stimulus for creativity.

Foam or foamiran is a popular artificial material that resembles thin suede. It is actively used in needlework - from scrapbooking to children's creativity, and some even turn plastic sheets into luxurious flower bouquets or jewelry for sale. Like any other material, foamed EVA (it is from it that foamiran consists) has its advantages and disadvantages. WITHLet's start by listing the obvious pluses.

1. A variety of types of material. Foamiran can be ordinary and silk, glitter, marshmallow. Textured or printed sheets are also available.
2. Wide color palette. Iranian manufacturers offer sheets of 30 shades, Chinese - up to 24. The most diverse options are offered to their customers by brands from Korea.
3. Ease of cutting. At the same time, the material does not crumble at the edges, it is easily cut with scissors or a clerical knife.
4. Possibility of staining. Foamed EVA is well compatible with acrylic, oil paints, chalk pastels, powdery compositions used in embossing.
5. Light weight. The sheets are very light, the products can be easily attached to a thin wire frame.
6. Compliance... When heated, the workpieces can be easily formed into any desired shape. In this case, after cooling, the specified bends will remain.
7. Moisture resistance... Contaminated crafts can be washed with soap, washed without losing the strength of the connection.

There are also disadvantages. Foamiran breaks quite easily if handled carelessly, overheating is harmful to it.

There are certain rules to make working with foamiran not only comfortable, but also safe. The main mistake of beginners can be called the wrong choice of adhesive. Foamed EVA cannot be bonded with Moment-type compounds. It uses a hot gun with matching glue sticks and instant-set options.

There are other important rules that can be highlighted.

1. Thermal action only with an iron. Moreover, its sole can be heated only up to 100 degrees Celsius. Foamiran is briefly applied to it, achieving the appearance of a bend in the right direction.
2. Relief due to toothpicks and molds. In the first case, the necessary lines on the details of the product are squeezed out element by element. In the presence of molds - forms with corrugation - it is possible to produce many parts of the same type with the desired relief.
3. Thorough drying is required when staining... It is especially important not to exceed the amount of moisture when applying dry chalk colors.
4. Connecting elements is possible not only with glue... A sewing needle is often used here, but you need to take a very thin version of it with a diameter of no more than 1 mm.

When working with foamiran, which is also found on the market under the name revelure, it is important to avoid excessive stretching. Otherwise, the sheet will simply break. The maximum allowable elongation values ​​should not exceed 10%.

The easiest way is to make flowers and compositions from foamiran. Detailed instructions allow you to work step by step, achieving maximum realism. With some diligence, the leaves and buds of man-made plants can be made indistinguishable from real ones.

Foamiran is so popular for making this type of flowers that bears are even collected from it. They are made up of buds formed with the help of a revelor. As for the shape of the flower, the most popular today is the peony rose, lush, luxurious. But it will be easier for beginners to master a simple bud by making a template for it from the petals, sepals and leaves of a real plant.

Let's analyze the process of assembling the bud step by step.

1. Toned cut parts.
2. Give them a shape with an iron, achieving a lively texture of the petals.
3. Make a stem. It is made on the basis of a wire base and green sticky tape or a strip of silk, satin fabric.
4. The core is formed from foil and is given a teardrop shape. It is attached to the stem.
5. A foil center is covered with petals in a circle.
6. A hole is made in the sepal for the stem. It is installed in place.
7. The petals are sequentially fixed. Their size is gradually increasing.

The finished rose can be made part of the composition, fixed on a brooch or hairpin.

This type of flower is very popular, but more difficult to make. First, you will need to form the stamens and pistils from the green wire and coffee beans. Then make petals over the molds, wrap the wire base of each of them with a fabric of a neutral color, fasten from the inside out to form a natural bend. Next, the edges are slightly heated with a lighter to give them a wavy structure. The flower is collected on a stem with a cavity inside where the wire "legs" are inserted, complemented by green leaves from the same material.

Usually this name refers to the first spring flowers crocuses with petals of white, yellow or purple hues. They are made from templates 55 × 25 mm in size (15 mm in length per leg). Additionally, details of pistils and stamens are cut out of yellow foamiran in the form of a 20 × 35 mm strip with a fringe along the edge, green lancet leaves folded in half. Each flower needs 6 petals. Cut blanks:

• heated, corrugated, pressing against corrugated paper;
• tinted with paints from the outside;
• a yellow strip is attached to the wire, fringed forward, twisted, forming the core of the flower;
• the bud gathers around the wire base;
• the stem is wrapped in a green satin ribbon;
• leaf blanks 1.5 × 13 cm in size are fixed, cut in half and heated with an iron.

Templates for it can be made on the basis of a flower, or you can take ready-made ones. For the petals, you will need large dark purple, medium lilac and small white parts - 3 pieces each. Green foamiran is required for sepals. Dark parts in the center are covered with a sponge with white acrylic paint, light parts are purple, dried, and ironed along the edges to get a wave.

The petals are bent outward in half to form a tubercle. Then the flower is collected with a thermal gun in the summer sequentially, starting from the smallest details. The middle petals are staggered to the central ones. The outer ones are attached to the base, strongly curved downward. The flower is ready.

To make them, you need squares of white foamiran 2 × 2 cm by the number of flowers. They are folded in half, lightly scrolled between the fingers, heated with an iron, formed on a bulka, pressing against a sponge (you can replace the shape with a sushi stick with a bead at the end). The excess edges of the resulting blanks are cut off with scissors, the remainder is briefly applied to a heated iron.

It remains to make punctures at the base of the flower, insert letons made of wire and green teip tape into them. The edge of the base is pasted over with a piece of yellow foamiran. You can put a flower on a summer, fix it with glue.

The spring branch of Japanese cherry is a beautiful product. A master class on making sakura will be like this:

1. cut out 15 details of petals 25 × 20 mm and 6 15 × 12 mm from white foamiran;
2. tint the surface with pink dye;
3. take ready-made stamens, fasten on a thin wire;
4. knead the sepals from green foamiran;
5. Fasten 15 large petals with glue around the stamens;
6. Place 6 small ones outside, preheating with an iron.

It remains to raise the sepal close to the bud. The sakura flower is ready.

Patterns from iris are suitable for this flower. The principle of assembly on the stem is also similar.

Ideas for gifts for the Defender of the Fatherland Day can also be found among the master classes on foamiran... If we are talking about children's creativity, the material will slightly diversify the arsenal of tools available for kids for self-expression. The easiest way to do this is to make a postcard. To make it you will need:

• white and colored paper;
• cardboard (foil, embossed, textured);
• foamiran;
• curly scissors;
• glue;
• templates in the form of a tank, machine gun, rocket, ship or plane.

Then the templates are transferred to foamiran with a toothpick, cut out in the required quantity. White paper is used to print the greeting text, then cut into small cards for each card. Rectangles of a slightly larger format are cut out of the colored one. Then the postcard is assembled:

• a rectangle of colored paper is fixed in the upper corner;
• on top of it, the text of congratulations is attached diagonally on a white sheet of paper;
• a blank made of foamiran is glued in the lower right corner, decorated with original details.

Such a postcard can be easily made even with young children. If you want something more original, you should try your hand at making voluminous thematic crafts.

This version of the craft will delight even those who have not served in the tank forces. A miniature self-propelled vehicle is made entirely of foamiran, easily assembled only with glue. Before starting work, you will need to prepare a simple set of components.

1. Black half beads - 10 pieces, 6 mm in diameter.
2. Glitter foamiran. You will need 2 red blanks in the form of 2 × 2 cm squares. Stars are cut out of them.
3. Strass tires. Need green to create caterpillars.
4. Foamiran green 1 mm thick. A 0.5 × 30 cm strip is cut out of it for the muzzle, the base for the case 50 × 200 mm, 4 parts for the lower part of the tower 15 × 200 mm, 2 elements 10 × 200 mm.
5. Foamiran white glitter... 8 parts 10 × 200 mm for wheels are cut out of it, the thickness of the material should be 2 mm.

All components are drawn, cut out, laid out in the work area so that it is convenient to interact with them. The easiest way to cut products is with scissors. You will also need a wooden toothpick for work. It will become the basis for the muzzle. You can connect the elements with a second glue or a heat gun with special rods.

Here is the order of assembling the craft.

1. Strips of white glitter foamiran are rolled into tight rolls. You need to glue the beginning and end of the tape. The easiest way to wind the rolls is by placing a toothpick in the center.
2. Connect the resulting blanks in series in 2 rows of 4 pieces... You should have wheels - tracks for caterpillars.
3. Lay a wide blank-base made of green foamiran on a horizontal plane... Glue blank wheels to its edge on opposite sides (parallel). Fold the free edge of the strip, closing it. This will create the tracks of the tank.
4. Glue the strips of green foamiran into rolls to size. The first will be obtained from 2 parts 10 × 200 mm, the second from 4 elements 15 mm wide. These will be the top and bottom of the tower. They are glued by placing them on top of each other.
5. Cut off 2 double strips of 20 cm each from the green strass tire... These will be tires. They are glued along the edges of the workpiece with caterpillars.
6. Carefully cover the toothpick with green foamiran... Make a small roll at the front and at the base. This will form the muzzle.
7. Glue the tower to the base with the tracks in the center, top. Attach the muzzle. Glue the black half-beads on the top of the tower and the tip of the barrel. Cut the stars out of red glitter foamiran, fasten on the sides.

Creating interesting crafts from colored thin foamiran with your own hands - a great solution for the New Year holidays. In this case, even a child will cope with the task. With the help of flexible EVA foam in the sheets, you can create a miniature Christmas tree or a beautiful wreath, make a snowflake, a star, or a bell as a festive decoration. The simplest and most interesting master classes are worth considering in more detail.

This kind of Christmas decoration is perfect for hanging on the front door. It can be made from green simple or glitter foamiran with a thickness of at least 2 mm, decor - cones, shiny stones, red satin ribbons and rhinestones are suitable. They are fixed with a thermal gun or PVA glue in a tube, stick.

The procedure is pretty simple.

1. Cut the base for the wreath into a ring. The ends can be cut with a fringe, imitating needles.
2. Decorate an impromptu wreath using the applique method. You can show imagination.
3. Make a loop for hanging from tape or fabric.

A more intricate wreath is made on a wire ring covered with tape. Strips of green foamiran, 1-2 cm wide, up to half, are cut with a fringe, wound on a thin wire in a spiral so that a twig similar to needles is obtained. Then, petals are cut out of the red revelor to assemble the poinsettia flower - the "Christmas star", and glued to the wires. Styrofoam balls are also strung on the mounts - it will be snow.

All the elements of the wreath are collected on a ring base. The flower itself is formed from 3 tiers: in the upper there are 3 petals, in the second the same number, in the lower 4. With the help of wires, all the details, including the "snow", are fixed on the ring.

Simple Christmas tree decorations from foamiran can be made using glitter material in 2 colors. Circles of equal diameter are cut out of it, 5 pieces each, as well as 2 smaller elements of the same shape, no more than 1 cm. The assembly process includes several steps.

1. The mugs are folded with a glitter layer inward.
2. Glue is applied to half of the workpiece from the inside out along the edge with a thermal gun. A second piece of contrasting color is applied to it.
3. The ball is going further in the same way, so that a three-dimensional figure is obtained.
4. A smaller circle is fixed in the upper and lower parts of the sphere. One thread is threaded with a loop for hanging on a Christmas tree.

When organizing work with children, you can easily use foamiran as a material for applications. They can be voluminous, with a foam base at the bottom, such are especially popular at Easter. Postcards for May 9 can also be thematic: with the image of a tank, an eternal flame. Any application - both flat and voluminous - is easy to make using a basic master class with step-by-step instructions.

1. Prepare materials. You will need PVA glue or a thermal gun, scissors, sheet foamiran, printed templates of the desired ornament options. By May 9, you can choose a dove - a symbol of peace, for Mother's Day - flowers or hearts.
2. Transfer the template to foamiran using a skewer, knitting needle or toothpick... Carefully cut out the workpiece.
3. Stick the applique on the base. It can be an embossed foamiran sheet or thick white, colored cardboard.

You need to wait for the glue to dry. Inside the postcard, you can write pleasant wishes for the holiday.

Numerous ideas for crafts from foamiran allow you to make interesting elements for decorating an interior, an outfit or a headdress using detailed diagrams and ready-made templates. The material is so easy to use that you can even entrust it to a child. Here are a number of ideas to inspire you.

1. Tiebacks for curtains. With the help of flowers from the revelor, you can decorate these elements, give them originality.
2. Composition in the form of a dove on a tree... It can be easily arranged in the form of a panel or a volumetric applique on the wall. It can be a good gift for a wedding anniversary.
3. Baskets... From a dense material, you can create original wicker products that resemble birch bark. They look beautiful on the Easter table.
4. Handbags... Miniature doll or children's models look stylish and effective. You can combine glitter and regular materials to create more interesting designs.
5. Caskets... With due diligence, they are easily sewn or tied around the edges, it is enough to make holes with a hole punch. These boxes keep their shape well.
6. Figures of animals. A mouse, a pig, a dog - even a child can make them with his own hands.
7. Decor for a hat or headband. You can make it clip on - with Velcro, a pin, in the form of a brooch.
8. Wedding boutonniere... Handmade, it will not only look spectacular, but also turn into a very personal gift.
9. Original magnets. Themed applications with the symbols of the year according to the Chinese calendar are especially popular. They can be presented to friends for the holiday.
10. Floor lamp... A lamp with a decor in the form of many flowers or butterflies, fixed on a ball-shaped frame, will decorate the interior of a bedroom or living room.

For information on how to make a goldfish from foamiran with your own hands, see the next video.