In our time of automation, mass production of everything necessary, many began to forget that you can do a lot of interesting things with your hands. Yes, now it has become easy to go to the needlework site, look and create.
Many people ask questions about how to make a craft from foam plastic? It's not difficult at all. On the Internet, you can find a large number of diagrams, sketches, step-by-step recommendations.
In this article, you will only find Styrofoam craft ideas which include tutorials. Some sites have tons of great crafts.
You can create beautiful Santa Clauses, snowmen, elves, woodsmen and other Christmas decorations for your home and Christmas tree.
Styrofoam crafts for the New Year
To create a New Year's Elf, we need:
- Foam cones of different sizes,
- Belt,
- Natural wool beard and hair,
- Green cloth,
- White cloth,
- Red cloth (the material must be of the same structure and thickness)
- Styrofoam discs,
- Small diameter wooden balls,
- Black paint,
- Buttons,
- Glue gun.
Everything is ready, now you can start DIY styrofoam crafts.
- Paint the three Styrofoam discs with acrylic paint and set aside to dry. When painting styrofoam, you may need to apply a couple of coats of paint to get the look you want due to the porous nature.
- Paint each of the wood beads and wood beads with acrylic paint and set aside to dry.
- Paint the dowels with red and white acrylic, alternating each color to create streaks, set aside and let dry.
- Wrap each foam cone with the desired fabric and glue.
- Hot glue two eyes on each wooden ball. Then glue a wooden bead under each pair of eyes, these will be your elven noses. Then glue each wooden bead to the top of each Styrofoam cone, it will become the faces of your little elves.
- Now you can get creative by cutting out pieces from squares of white fabric to create cuffs, trims, scarves, and even aprons for your elves. You can cut two triangular pieces to your desired length for the hats. Glue the two triangles together (you can fill them before gluing to add dimension), then add trims and pom poms to the ends. You can even cut out small rectangular shapes to make hat stripes if you like. Glue all the details to your elves.
- Create sleeves for your elves by cutting long rectangles from fabric to match their coat and glue the ends together. Glue one end of each sleeve to the styrofoam and attach a dyed egg inside the other to create the arms.
- Cut to the desired length from each hair type. Glue a row of hair around the face, then add another five to six rows above the first row until you want it fuller. You can also stick on extra hair if you like. Then trim.
- Cut the dyed dowel rods to the desired length for the legs of each of your elves, then press two rods into the base of each cone. Insert the other ends into the drawn discs so that your elves are firm enough to stand on their own. You may need to apply a little glue to each end.
- Finally, add all the finishing touches. If desired, glue buttons to the coat, add a belt or even a pocket.
You can make a snowflake out of foam.The stencil can be found on the Internet and printed, and then redrawn onto a sheet of Styrofoam. Then just cut it out. It is better to cut it with a clerical knife. Be careful not to cut your hands when doing this.
In craft stores, you can find foam balls of different diameters and make a wonderful snowman. If you have not found such balls. Then you can make them yourself. Cut out a cube, then cut off the sharp corners of this cube.
After that, you can safely grind it with fine sandpaper. This should be done carefully and not in a hurry, a large piece may fall out and you will not get a ball.
Crafting a foam ball is simple: we take a foam ball and decorate it as you like (threads, paints, sparkles, beads)
You can make a great caterpillar. To do this, you need:
- Striped sock,
- 5-6 foam balls of the same diameter,
- 1 ball of slightly larger diameter for the head,
- Eyes,
- Wire,
- Threads.
We put all the balls into the sock 1- head. After each ball, rewind with a thread. Then we glue the eyes on the head. We form antennae from the wire. Now your caterpillar is ready. You can make Christmas balls or a garland of snowballs.
Many blanks are sold in stores. But you can get Styrofoam at home too. For example, if you bought a TV, then the packaging will be with foam. If there is no styrofoam at home, you can go to a hardware store and ask the sellers.
You can make an inscription in the room - congratulatory or just your name out of foam sheets. And you can even use them to create pictures for your bedroom doors and other spaces.
To start this craft, you will need the following materials: - Styrofoam,
- Scissors
- Paper,
- Marker,
- Pencil,
- Paints,
- Decorative details.
Work progress:
- First, start by using paper to create your stencil.
- Stencil the letters in the size and style to your liking. When you receive the letter, cut it out.
- Your stencil is now ready. Place it on the styrofoam. Press it down with your hand as you cut the letter from the sheet.
- Color or decorate the resulting letter!
- It is better to paint in several layers.
- Try adding some glitter or a pattern. Then, when you're done decorating your letter, decorate your kids' rooms with it.
There are many photos of foam crafts on the Internet. You can see the step-by-step instructions.
With a child, you can make a craft house made of foam. You just need a cube and a roof. Next, we paint the house in the desired color, define the windows and doors, and our whole house is ready.
And next to it you can put a craft made of polystyrene.
Photo of foam crafts
