If our readers have never tried making New Year's crafts from foamiran with their own hands, then it's time to try. The New Year is already looming on the horizon, and beautiful decor or decorations for the Christmas tree made of this amazing material will be appreciated by the guests, and they themselves will like it. It would not be a shame to give things made of glitter (shiny) foamiran to friends as New Year's gifts. For those who have never tried their hand at working with this material, we offer very simple step-by-step master classes. Try yourself in this new creativity, and be sure to fall in love with it.
The concept of foamiran
This material is pleasant to the touch, soft and pliable, reminiscent of rubber suede. It is based on synthetic material. It is very elastic. Crafts made from such material look incredibly aesthetically pleasing. It does not cause allergic reactions, so parents buy it for crafts for their children without fear.
What can be made from it: dolls, clothes for dolls, flower arrangements, figurines of animals and much more.
Christmas decorations
Another good craft option. The peculiarity is that in this case the foamiran will need to be cut out not just with scissors or a stationery knife: you will need a special hole punch. Better is one that will make bigger holes.
Algorithm of actions:
- We take a hole punch and use it to cut out flat figures (if the hole punch is shaped). Even if the one you use has a different pattern, it doesn't matter: feel free to cut.
- We warm up the iron. The minimum temperature or the most gentle mode is enough. Each of the workpieces will need to be carefully applied to the heated surface. This will give the cut pieces volume.
- Styrofoam will come in handy. You need to make something like a small ball out of it. You will need to attach the blanks to it using needles or pins.
The craft is ready! As a fastening, you can provide a thin wire with a formed “ear”. Its base just needs to be stuck into a foam ball.
Master class on making crafts
For lovers of applied arts who have mastered working with various materials, a relatively new type of synthetic material for crafts will be of interest. You can learn how to work with it, as well as options for types of crafts, by watching a master class on creating crafts from foamiran.
Step-by-step lessons in the master class will help novice creators create their intended craft carefully and without mistakes.
Bouquet of flowers from foamian
Well, what to make first of all from foamian, if not flowers and bouquets? This material is literally created to create entire works of art from it.
If it turns out that it’s your first time making flowers from foamian, then it’s better to print out templates for yourself that will make it easier to cut out flowers. And it’s better to use step-by-step photos that can be easily found on the Internet. For a beautiful flower made of foarmian you will need:
- wire;
- cardboard;
- iron;
- glue gun;
- scissors;
- foarmian of any colors;
- sheet of foil;
- ribbons;
- toothpick.
Description of the master class:
You need to start by drawing several rose petals of different sizes on a sheet of cardboard. The size of the largest petal will determine the flower itself, and then the bouquet.
Cut out the petals from cardboard and trace them with a needle on the foam. The largest should be 8 pieces, and the small ones should be 10. Form five small drops from foil and string them on a special wire.
Place the future petal on the hot iron for a few seconds, and before it has time to take its final shape, twist it in different directions, straighten and stretch the center of the petal. Repeat with the remaining petals.
Glue a drop of foil to the middle of the largest piece of paper, and secure the top with an angle in the center. This will be an impromptu unopened rosebud. In the same way, it is necessary to glue all other elements that should fit tightly to the foil drop. Using the same principle, it is necessary to form new roses.
Draw the leaves of the future flower on a sheet of cardboard, cut out the templates and transfer them to a sheet of foarmian. Cut the finished leaves from one edge and string them onto a wire and, if desired, glue them to small unopened buds.
The final stage is assembling the bouquet. All the wire must be tied with satin ribbons, with a little drop of glue. This will hide the imperfections of the craft.
It’s not a shame to give such a bouquet to someone as a gift, it will reduce expenses on real flowers, and flowers from Foarmian will last much longer than an ordinary bouquet of roses.
Types of crafts
Making crafts, especially during leisure time, is a wonderful and useful pastime. This fascinating process captivates all family members, unites and unites the family team.
It often happens that your hands are skillful, but your imagination is lacking; in this case, photos of crafts made from foamiran, which can be found on sites telling about applied arts, come to the rescue.
There are many types of crafts:
- dolls and clothes for them as gifts and for children to play with;
- souvenirs in the form of figurines of animals and beasts;
- bouquets of flowers for decoration of wedding processions and halls;
- flowers for hairpins, headbands, hair combs;
- New Year's toys for the Christmas tree.
Decoration of 4 squares
Winter has come. It's time to start preparing for the New Year. Do you already have decorations for your Christmas tree? A beautiful, original product for the New Year's beauty and only four squares of foamiran. It's so simple!!! Even a high school student can do it. Let's start making. Author of MK Svetlana Sorokina.
For decoration we will need:
- Gold glitter foamiran 2 mm thick;
- Blue glitter foamiran 2 mm thick;
- Fabric with white half-suspenders on a thread with a diameter of 2 mm;
- 2 gold snowflakes with a diameter of 12 mm;
- 2 white half beads,
- Gold shurok 25-30 cm long (you can use a thin strip of gold or blue foamiran).
- Additional materials:
- Scissors, ruler, toothpick, hot glue.
Step-by-step description of the work:
On the back side of the golden foamiran we draw four 5*5 cm squares using a toothpick or a Chinese stick. We cut it out with scissors (Photo 1).
Take a square and fold it diagonally with the front side facing inward. We make cuts on both sides towards the top, retreating 5 mm from the edge (Photo 2).
We do the same with the rest of the squares (Photo 3).
Glue the corners of the inner square together (Photo 4).
Now glue the other two edges at a distance of 5 mm from the center (Photo 5).
We make four identical parts (Photo 6).
We cut out thin strips from blue foamiran. The length of one strip is 7.2 cm and the width is 5 mm. We will need 4 strips (Photo 7).
We cut strips from the canvas with white half-beads. Glue the half beads in the center of the blue glitter foamiran (Photo 8).
Glue a strip of paper in the center of the gold blank. If there is a little missing on the back side, no big deal (Photo 9).
We do the same with the rest of the blanks (Photo 10).
Glue two petals together, applying glue to the sides (Photo 11).
Now we glue all the parts (Photo 12).
One side of the toy is ready. We begin gluing the second side. First we glue two pieces together (Photo 13).
Squeeze a little and glue together. In the photo you can see the workpiece from different angles (Photo 14, 14-1 and 14-2).
We take a coin with a face value of 1 ruble and transfer it to a blue foamiran and cut it out. We make two circles (Photo 15).
We glue them on both sides at the place where the parts are glued (Photo 16).
We decorate the center of the circles with gold snowflakes and white half-beads (Photo 17).
Now let's make a loop. Take a strip of blue fom 6*0.5 cm and glue half beads on a thread onto it (Photo 18).
Glue it to one of the sides (Photo 19).
We insert a gold cord into the loop. So our Christmas tree decoration is ready (Photo 20).
Instructions for creating crafts
By browsing the Internet, you can get a lot of ideas for making crafts. Each type of craft comes with instructions for creating crafts from foamiran.
Those who are starting to craft with this wonderful material for the first time are recommended to start with the simplest types of crafts. So, following step by step in mastering the skills of making crafts from artificial suede, you can achieve unprecedented mastery.
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Foarmian dolls
One of the most famous types of crafts from foamian is the making of dolls.
For Foarmian dolls you will need:
- foarmian sheets of various colors;
- polystyrene foam blank;
- wire;
- pencil;
- glue;
- black and red marker.
From a foarmian sheet you need to cut 4 strips 3 cm wide and 15 cm long. Take 3 strips, wrap them and glue them together. It turns out something like a ring. Glue 2 more strips onto the top of the ring. This is an improvised bow.
To make a head for a doll, you need to cut a circle from foamian, the diameter of which is 10 cm, and wrap the whole thing in polystyrene foam. Now you can use a marker to draw the nose, eyes and lips of the future doll.
Using wire, make something that will support the doll, an improvised frame. Wrap everything in beige foam. You can start shaping the doll’s outfit. Cut out the future dress from pink foarmian in two planes: back and front. They won't be any different. Glue the edges of the polystyrene foam material to the doll's body.
To make the doll's hair you will need thin strips of brown, black or yellow. This will require 10-15 strips of varying lengths. Glue each of the curls to the head. A decoration for the doll’s hair will be a small bow, which must be secured to the hair. This work will perfectly decorate any interior and will appeal to even the most capricious girls.
DIY crafts
Options for crafts can be gleaned from the surrounding reality, and then try to make crafts with your own hands.
People with a developed wild imagination create truly masterpieces. It is quite possible to create fairy-tale characters, transfer them to an unreal setting, dress them in unusual clothes, all this can be done from synthetic suede.
The crafts turn out to be soft, airy in appearance, and incredibly beautiful things. Handmade crafts, a wonderful gift for significant dates, necessary accessories and decorative items displayed on shelves.
New Year card
Another simple and interesting craft. It can be used as an original gift! Glue, foamiran and thick paper are all you need for this. And a little more free time and imagination for decorating!
The algorithm of actions is simple:
- You need to cut out a Christmas tree, which will consist of four parts. The first is the base with fringe (slots on the foamiran). It should be the biggest. All the higher elements are narrower.
- To achieve a voluminous effect, you can use an iron or twist the strips with your hands.
- We glue the blanks one by one (from bottom to top) onto the postcard. You can make a yellow foamiran star as a decoration.
Offer to make such a craft for your own child - he will succeed, he will be absolutely delighted!
We make our own crafts
Pleasant, velvety to the touch DIY foamiran crafts look great on the shelves of the “Creative Achievements” of the household.
Packaging for New Year's or holiday gifts made by the children themselves will incredibly please parents and grandparents. How proud they will be that their beloved children created such beauty.
For your friend's birthday, it is appropriate to give a hairpin or headband decorated with faux suede flowers. No one will have such an accessory, it is exclusive.
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Cones
By taking a round hole punch and foamiran, you can make truly beautiful Christmas tree decorations in the form of decorative cones. And not only decorate your Christmas tree with them, but also give them to your family or friends! The advantage of such a craft, again, from the parents’ point of view, is that even a child can handle it!
You need to prepare foam bases in the shape of eggs; foam rubber will also do. The main thing is to carefully cut out and wipe off any excess with sandpaper. You also need glue and a large hole punch; standard ones are not suitable for filing documents - they are too small.
Instructions:
- We use a hole punch to make many circles.
- Gradually glue the resulting circles onto the frame prepared from foam plastic or foam rubber so that only part of each new circle is attached to the base - one should stick out to the side.
- The direction of pasting is from bottom to top. This is necessary in order to be able to layer the circles on top of each other and form something like a cone-shaped “scale.”
Tip: to make your craft look truly beautiful, try choosing gold or silver foamiran. To give the pine cones a New Year's look, sprinkle them with glitter, after lightly smearing individual circles with a simple glue stick.
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Let's start creating crafts
Beginning needlewomen try to acquire, at first, basic skills in working with porous material. Learn to use its rich properties. Foamiran crafts for beginners are not full of variety.
As a rule, these are elementary floral motifs. Even simple types of flowers made from this material look extremely elegant if you carefully study the instructions for working with the material. Painstakingness and accuracy are the key to the fact that your work will become more complicated with each new craft.
Ball "Orbit"
Girls, I have prepared another original Christmas tree toy made from glitter foaminan. When I made this toy, it reminded me of an orbit, especially when it is spinning. The combination of foamiran shine and rhinestones makes it irresistible. Complete your New Year's beauty with such toys and your guests will definitely appreciate it.
To create a toy we will need:
- Blue glitter foamiran;
- Glitter foamiran, silver color;
- Gold cord;
- 9 gold snowflakes with a diameter of 12 mm;
- 9 shiny rhinestones with a diameter of 5 mm;
- White beads on a thread with a diameter of 2 mm;
- 18 yellow rhinestones.
Step-by-step description of the work:
First of all, let's cut everything for our ball. For the base we will use a square of silver foamiran 5*5 cm and a rectangle 5*1 cm. Draw on the back side of the part and cut it out (Photo 1).
We cut out strips of 1*10 cm from blue foamiran. For work we will need 9 such strips (Photo 2).
We take one strip and measure 15 mm on each side and draw a line. We sharpen each side, starting from the drawn line (Photo 3).
We twist the silver square into a tube and glue it together using a rectangle. We cut out two squares from silver fom 2.5 * 2.5 cm (Photo 4).
Glue them to the tube from the front side (Photo 5).
We cut off the excess foamiran (Photo 6).
Draw a dot in the center of the circle and begin gluing 9 stripes (Photo 7).
Turn it over to the other side and glue the strips on the other edge. Make sure that it goes in a straight line and does not squint to the side (Photo 8).
Glue all the strips. We have a ball. Now we will decorate it (Photo 9).
Take a 5 ruble coin and cut out two silver circles (Photo 10).
Glue on one side and the other of the ball (Photo 11).
Take a blue rectangle 2*12 cm, fold it lengthwise and glue it together. Then cut into small thin strips. Glue a loop from a gold cord (Photo 12).
Glue the lace to the beginning of the strip and twist it into a snail, covering it with glue (Photo 13).
Glue the top onto the silver circle and glue white beads on a thread along the edge. Cut out a silver strip 1.5*24 cm and glue it around the circle of the ball. If the strip turns out to be slightly larger, cut off the excess (Photo 14).
Cut 9 blue squares 1.5*1.5 cm. Glue silver rhinestones onto the gold snowflakes (Photo 15).
Glue the squares between the diamond-shaped strips (Photo 16).
Glue snowflakes to the center of each square (Photo 17).
Glue yellow rhinestones onto the blue stripes, one on each side of the silver one. The New Year's ball is ready (Photo 18).
The most delicate flowers
The art of creating flowers from foamiran is considered a new direction in applied creativity. This is such an exciting activity that it is gaining more and more popularity not only among children, but also among adults.
Flowers made from this material are distinguished by their naturalness and sophistication. Sometimes it seems that they are real, only picked from a flower garden.
A vase decorated with a bouquet of roses or tulips becomes a decoration for a table or windowsill.
And how cute the flowers look on a girl’s crest or headband.
New Year's candles decorated with such flowers become exclusive, as do Christmas wreaths decorating a fireplace or front door.
Wreath
Step-by-step MK by Svetlana Sorokina.
Christmas wreaths always decorated the front door. I made them from satin ribbons and from a garland decorated with balls and pine cones. This time I decided to make a small Christmas wreath from shiny foamiran for the tree, like a New Year's toy.
For work we will need:
- Green glitter foamiran;
- Glitter foamirin yellow;
- Gold cord;
- Yellow rhinestones with a diameter of 5 mm;
- Silver snowflakes with a diameter of 12 mm.
Additional materials: ruler, toothpick, scissors, glue gun.
Step-by-step description of the work:
For the wreath and bow (it will decorate the wreath) you will need two pieces. Green rectangle 9*11 cm and yellow square 6*6 cm (Photo 1).
We divide the long side into strips of 6-7 mm. From the top and bottom edges we measure 4 cm to the center. We draw two stripes. Its length is 1 cm (Photo 2).
We make cuts towards the center on both sides (Photos 3 and 3a).
Now we begin to form our wreath. Let's make petals. Glue the strips together in pairs, starting from the top (Photo 4).
Glue all the strips together like this (Photo 5).
Cut out a rectangle 2.5*1 cm (Photo 6).
Glue half of it on the back side of the wreath, and the other on the other side. The result was a neat circle (Photo 7).
Cut out a rectangle 3*6.5 cm from green glitter foamiran. Cut off the gold lace of the required size and glue the ends with hot glue (Photo 8).
Glue the lace onto the rectangle and twist it into a tube, coating it with glue. The wreath attachment is ready (Photo 9).
Glue it between the petals of the wreath (Photo 10).
Let's start making a bow. Cut out a yellow square 6*6 cm (Photo 11).
Using a toothpick, divide the square diagonally from the reverse side (Photo 12).
We make cuts from four sides to the center (Photo 13).
Next, apply hot glue to the corners of two opposite sectors and glue them to the center (Photo 14).
From the third sector we cut out triangles so that a rectangular strip remains. From another sector, cut out a triangle from the middle. We got ponytails. To make them more beautiful, we cut out small triangles from each tail (Photo 15).
Turn the bow over to the reverse side, apply glue in the center and glue the tails to the opposite side. Then glue the strip. The bow is ready (Photo 16).
Glue the bow onto the wreath (Photo 17).
Glue a snowflake with rhinestone to the center of the bow. We also glue snowflakes with rhinestones one at a time onto the green petals. Our Christmas wreath is ready (Photos 18 and 18a).
Crafts schemes
Making crafts from porous rubber with your own hands is not very difficult. But, at the initial stage of mastering the skills of working with it, you need schemes for creating crafts from foamiran. With their help, the entire process of creating a craft becomes clear step by step.
The diagrams indicate the number of parts that will make up the craft, give advice on choosing colors, execution techniques, and the tools used. They help to accurately reproduce the type or model that you have chosen as an example.
Experienced needlewomen do not really need diagrams, they have already perfectly mastered all the working techniques, but for beginning creators, craft diagrams are necessary.
Ball with brush
With New Year's toys you can decorate not only the Christmas tree, but the whole house. Stars and regular balls are a little boring. I want something extraordinary. Foamiran came to our aid. This is a rubberized material 1-3 mm thick, holds its shape well, and becomes pliable when heated. For New Year's toys, it is best to use glitter foamiran; this is foamiran with sparkles and 2 mm thick. In this master class I will use two types.
For work we will need:
- Blue glitter foamiran, 2 mm thick;
- Yellow foamiran 2 mm thick;
- 28 mother-of-pearl half-beads with a diameter of 7 mm;
- Gold cord;
- White bead with a diameter of 8 mm;
- Decorative silver splint;
- Golden bell hugger.
Step-by-step description of the work:
Take shiny blue foamiran, turn it over to the wrong side and, using a toothpick, draw 14 circles with a diameter of 4 cm. Cut out all the circles (Photo 1).
Fold the circle in half and cut it (Photo 2).
We do this with all the mugs (Photo 3).
Apply glue to the cut side, fold the workpiece in half for a couple of seconds and press with your fingers (Photo 4).
We make 28 parts (Photo 5).
We begin to glue the parts together (Photo 6).
For one hemisphere you will need 14 pieces (Photo 7).
We glue the first and last petals together (Photo 8).
We glue the petals so that they are neat. We make two halves (Photo 9).
From yellow foamiran without glitter, cut out two circles with a diameter of 7.5 cm.
Glue two circles together. We cut the silver tire into strips (Photo 11).
Glue the strips in a circle (Photo 12).
Glue mother-of-pearl half-beads onto the blue hemispheres. 14 pieces each (Photo 13).
We cut off the gold cord, it should be 25-30 cm. Next, we cut out a strip of yellow foamiran 16*1.5 cm (Photo 14).
Place the doubled cord on the rectangle and twist it. We thread the bead through and glue it to the yellow base. We cut two rows of rhinestones from the rhinestone bus (Photo 15).
Glue it around the circle of the cylinder (Photo 16).
Cut out a yellow rectangle 5*6 cm and make 1-2 mm cuts along the entire length (Photo 17).
Glue the gold lace to the fringe and twist it, covering it with glue. We insert the hugger, it can be glued (Photo 18).
We glue a yellow top with a loop to one hemisphere (Photo 19).
Cut out a blue glitter strip 0.7*9 cm (Photo 20).
Glue one edge of the strip, retreating from the pendant, at a distance of 3 cm and then twist it (Photo 21).
This will be the lower part of the New Year's toy (Photo 22).
We glue it into the hemisphere (Photo 23).
To make this part look neat, glue a decorative tire in a circle (Photo 24).
Three parts are ready (Photo 25).
We glue them together. Our New Year's toy is ready. The toy turned out to be very interesting and unusual (Photo 26).
Children's crafts
Looking at children's crafts made from foamiran at an exhibition of children's creativity, you are delighted with the beauty and variety of types of crafts. Some of them have practical applications, others are interior decoration, and others are toys for children.
In all crafts you can feel a piece of the child’s soul invested in the creation of their creation.
Volume appliqués made of faux suede look unusual and chic.
How many ideas for creating souvenirs, gifts and luxurious jewelry are demonstrated by the exhibition participants.
Hair clips with flowers from foamiana
To make hairpins from foamian you will need:
- foarmian of two colors;
- comb;
- glue;
- cardboard;
- a simple pencil;
- crayons;
- iron.
On the foarmian it is necessary to outline a template for future colors. Roll into a tube shape and secure with glue. Heat the large petals at the lowest temperature from the iron and give the already hot petals the required shape. The main thing is to do everything smoothly, then there is no possibility that the safety of the petal will not be damaged. Collect all the flowers together and glue them onto a headband or comb, pre-lubricated with glue.
Even the most avid fashionistas will like these hair clips and decorations, because they are so realistic that it seems that real fresh flowers are woven into the hair.
Craft templates
These are essentially patterns used to create crafts. Templates for crafts can be printed from the Internet, or you can draw them by hand if you are confident in your talents and have considerable experience in needlework.
The template is used to transfer the figured pattern of the craft onto a sheet of porous rubber. It could be a flower petal, an element or part of a car, a Christmas tree toy, or a doll.
To economically cut all parts of a craft from one sheet, they all need to be placed as close to each other as possible, outlined with a pencil or pen, and then cut out. You need to cut it carefully, slowly, following all the tips given in the diagram and instructions for creating the craft.
Suspension
Christmas decorations made from glitter foamiran are becoming fashionable, they do not break, hold their shape well, shine and can last for a year if used correctly. Let's start preparing for the new year now. After all, autumn flies by so quickly.
For work we will need:
- Glitter foamiran of golden color with a thickness of 2 mm on an adhesive base;
- Glitter foamiran of purple color, 2 mm thick;
- 2 white beads with a diameter of 8 mm;
- Gold cord;
- Golden hug bell;
- Tire with white half-beads with a diameter of 2 mm.
Additional materials: a piece of checkered paper, a pen or pencil, scissors, a ruler, a glue gun, a toothpick and a lighter.
Step by step description:
First, let's draw templates for the New Year's toy. To make this easier, we will use a piece of checkered paper. One blank will be 10 cm, and the second 8.5 cm. The shaded middle will be the place where the blanks will be glued in the future (Photo 1).
We cut out the parts and transfer them to cardboard, this will make it more convenient to work and can be used in the future (Photo 2).
We cut out two blanks from gold foamiran on a large size adhesive base (Photo 3).
Peel off the paper and glue it to the back of the purple fom (Photo 4).
We cut out two blanks (Photo 5).
From purple foamiran we cut out two other smaller pieces (Photo 6).
Now let's start making the pendant. Cut out a rectangle of purple fom measuring 4*5 cm. Cut thin fringe (Photo 7).
Cut off a small piece of gold cord (about 6 cm) and take a hug (Photo 8).
Glue the lace to the back of the fringe, apply hot glue and twist it into a tube. In order for the tassel to fit into the bell, you need to trim a little at the base (Photo 9).
Now apply a drop of glue and put on the bell (Photo 10).
Glue the purple part onto the 10 cm piece (on the yellow side) using hot glue (Photo 11).
From the tire we cut two strips with half beads. We singe along the edges to remove threads or small fibers (Photo 12).
Glue the strips onto two blanks (Photo 13).
We glue the two blanks together with the wrong sides (Photo 14).
Glue a tassel with a bead to one edge (Photo 15).
Glue both edges together (Photo 16).
Take a gold cord 20-23 cm long, fold it in half and string a white bead (Photo 17).
Glue it to the second blank (Photo 18).
All that remains is to glue both edges together and our New Year's toy is ready (Photo 19).
Glitter and beauty
Shiny foamiran is a chic, sparkling material for crafts, generously endowed with a sprinkling of sparkles.
Crafts made from it are distinguished by sophistication and extraordinary charm. It is used to make decorative bows for girls, to create Christmas tree decorations, fantastic flowers, butterflies, hearts, decorating hairpins and headbands.
As an addition to an evening dress, flowers made of shiny synthetic suede are distinguished by their beauty and grace.
The practicality and pliability of the material makes it indispensable in use.
Applied creativity has attracted people's attention since ancient times. For some it was entertainment, an interesting way to spend leisure time, for others it became a hobby for life, which also brought additional income.
In any case, this is a useful and very exciting creativity that develops in people an aesthetic perception of the world around us.
Flashlight
You can decorate the New Year tree with handmade toys. For example, try making a flashlight from glitter foamiran using the suggested master class by Marina Vladimirovna.
To create such a Christmas tree toy we will prepare:
- blue and gold glitter foamiran;
- ruler with scissors;
- toothpick;
- chenille shiny wire;
- a piece of golden braid;
- glue gun Photo 2.
First we will make the central part of the future flashlight. To do this, cut out a 5x7 cm rectangle and a 1x5 cm strip from blue glitter foamiran. Photo 3.
Glue the strip to the edge of the rectangular piece. Photo 4.
Now using hot glue we connect the edges so that we get a cylinder. This is how we made the central part of the Christmas tree decoration. Photo 5.
We will cut out the next 2 blanks from golden and blue foamiran. They will have a size of 7x8.5 cm. Photo 6.
On the reverse side of these rectangles you need to make markings along the long side at a distance of 5 mm. On the other side, draw a line at a distance of about 7 mm from the edge. We do all this using a ruler and a toothpick. Photo 7.
Now we begin to cut the rectangle along the marked lines. In this case, we do not reach the edge by about 7 mm (for this we drew a line). Photo 8.
We proceed in the same way with a rectangular blank of a different color. Photo 9.
First glue a golden-colored blank onto the blue cylinder, securing it with a strip of hot glue from the edge. Photo 10.
On the other edge of the cylinder we glue a blank made of blue glitter foamiran. After this, we distribute the stripes, they should alternate (blue and golden). Photo 11.
Now we will attach the ends of the strips to the other side of the flashlight. Again, we use a glue gun for this. Photo 12.
First we glued all the blue stripes. Photo 13.
Then we attached the golden stripes. Photo 14.
Additionally, we cut out a couple of circles from blue foamiran that correspond in size to the ends of the cylinder. Photo 15.
On one of the circles we attach a loop made of golden braid. Photo 16.
We glue these round blanks on both sides of the flashlight. Photo 17.
It remains to decorate our Christmas tree decoration a little. We make circles from shiny chenille wire and glue them onto the craft. This is the Christmas tree lantern made from glitter foamiran.
Photos of crafts made from foamiran
Lily made of plastic suede
For the lily you will need:
- Revelure sheets.
- Glue.
- Toothpick or wooden stick.
- Thick paper.
- Brown marker.
To make a lily, you need to cut out elongated blanks from paper, then cut out pieces from the blanks, heat them with an iron and shape them into petals. Use a toothpick to press through the veins so that the future flower looks like a real one. Use a felt-tip pen to draw dots on the petals. Make pistils and stamens from small pieces. Make the leaves using the same principle as the petals. Assemble all the parts in the shape of a lily, place the stamens in the center, and glue the leaves.
Exquisite peony
You will need: foamiran in light pink, dark pink and green, scissors, tape, acrylic paints in yellow, green and pink, thick and thin floral wire, glue gun, thread, tassels, foam sponge, foil.
Master Class
- Take a close look at the pattern of the flower details presented below.
- Prepare foamiran and cut out the blanks according to the pattern: A – 10 light pink petals; B – 10 light pink and 5 dark pink petals; C – 10 light pink petals; D – 5 dark pink petals; E – 5 dark pink petals; Z – 3 green leaves; M – 6 green leaves; K and L – 5 green sepals each; F – 1 light pink blank in the shape of a sun.
- Tint the petals with pink paint.
- Draw the structure of the leaves using green paint.
- To give a realistic shape to the petals, take blanks A, B and C.
- Fold the petal into an accordion, twist and unfold. Do this process with all petals A, B and C.
- Take petals D and E, then give each of them a concave shape. To do this, place your thumb in the center of the petal and stretch the foamiran along the edges.
- Fold the sheet in half, then accordion-fold and unfold. The edges can be curled. Give a realistic look to each leaf in the same way.
- Roll out a circle of foil with a diameter of 1.5 - 2 cm.
- Make a small hole in the balls, fill them with hot glue and insert a thick wire as a stem.
- Place the sun-shaped blank F onto the stem and tie the rays with thread.
- Paint the tips of the rays yellow to create the stamens.
- Glue 10 petals A with a glue gun. It is worth noting that the petals need to be glued in a circle, placing them in a checkerboard pattern.
- Glue petals B, then C, D and E.
- Glue the sepals L and K.
- Glue thin wire to all the leaves.
- Connect the leaves together and secure the tape with tape, making branches.
- Glue the branches to the stem.
The foamiran peony is ready! I recommend watching this video!
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