We create an autumn mood from foamiran with our own hands

Many needlewomen prefer to work with foamiran, because it produces incredibly beautiful products

Thanks to foamiran, masters of artificial floristry can now create an autumn mood in their works, because foam is not afraid of moisture, holds its shape well and takes on almost any terrain. A wide range of colors and shades of foamiran allows you to get the most natural, effective product. How to make autumn leaves from foamiran and how to assemble an original and attractive craft from them - read the article!

Making autumn leaves from foamiran

The main element of any autumn craft is foliage. In order to make autumn leaves from foamiran, we will need the foam itself (of various colors in the autumn range), leaf templates cut out of cardboard or tin (you can draw it yourself or find it on the Internet), acrylic paint (green, burgundy, yellow, dark purple ), textured leaf molds, floral wire, tape (olive, brown), toothpick, Secunda glue, regular and shaped scissors, foam sponge, iron.

You can decorate the interior of your apartment in the autumn with interesting leaves, which can be easily and simply made from foamiran.

Let's get started:

1. We attach the templates to the shape, trace them with a toothpick and cut out the leaves along the contour.
2. Depending on the type of leaf, we process its edges (for example, with curly scissors you can give a natural relief to the leaves of chestnut and birch).
3. To make the foliage look more realistic, we break a toothpick unevenly and in some places pierce the fom blanks with it.
4. We take a foam sponge, dip it in paint and tint the leaves in random order (you can be inspired by the look of natural foliage or photographs on the Internet).
5. Using a lighter, we make an imitation of withered foliage (scorch the edges of the leaves in some places).
6. Apply dark purple acrylic to a toothbrush and, using your finger, spray the paint onto the workpieces.
7. Place the workpiece on the iron and heat it well (to a temperature of about 60 degrees).
8. Press the mold tightly against the heated sheet (so that the middle vein on the mold is located in the middle of the sheet). If there are no molds for chestnut leaves, then you can use a birch mold, applying it to each part of the leaf separately (you also need to warm up the leaf in parts).
9. We cut the wire into small pieces (cuttings), bend one end into a loop and glue the other to the leaf.
10. We wrap the cutting with tape of a matching color and bend it randomly in any direction to make the product look more natural.

Autumn foliage is ready! Such leaves are perfect for creating autumn ikebana, garlands, panels, hair accessories, clothing decorations, children's holiday costumes, and themed photo shoots.

Chrysanthemum

You will need: glitter foamiran, scissors, glue gun, soft green wire.

Master Class

1. Fold the foamiran sheet in half lengthwise, then cut it.
2. Take one piece and apply glue along the edge.

3. Fold in half and glue the workpiece.
4. Cut the fringe along the entire length of the strip.

5. Apply glue and twist the strip to form a bud.
6. Apply glue to the back of the bud and insert a soft wire as a stem.

The orange foamiran chrysanthemum is ready!

Collecting autumn bouquets from foamiran

An autumn bouquet is not only colorful foliage. To this assemblage you can add flowers of autumn shades (these can be chrysanthemums, dahlias, roses, gerberas, physalis), ears of corn, straw, grass, rowan branches. It has been very popular lately to use artificial fruits, such as apples, in flower arrangements. Jewelry can be bought in handmade shops or made yourself. The main thing, when making elements for bouquets, is to leave their stems and cuttings long enough to put them together.

An unusual and fashionable autumn bouquet of foamiran in a pot can be an excellent decoration for the kitchen.

The shape of bouquets can be completely different, as well as their design. Tall, classic bouquets can be tied with twine, woolen threads, ribbons, or wrapped in craft paper. Low assemblages - plant in a hat box, wicker basket, wooden, decorative box. A composition of autumn flowers decorated in topiary will look especially impressive.

Ranunculus

You will need:

• red foamiran;
• scissors;
• foil;
• glue gun;
• wire for the stem.

Master Class

1. Cut out red petals of different sizes. To make the flower lush, it is better to make as many petals as possible.

2. We twist a small ball of foil or other material and attach it to the wire.
3. Next, we form the flower: starting with the smallest petals, glue them one by one, overlapping. Before doing this, give them a wavy shape.

Ranunculus from foamiran is ready!

How to make autumn wreaths from foamiran

Particularly popular today are autumn wreaths made of foamiran leaves and flowers. To make a wreath, we will need a multi-colored fom (burgundy, yellow, green), curly and regular scissors, floral wire, hot glue gun, iron, foam balls (3-4 cm), olive tape, acrylic paint to match the fom's color, foam sponge, satin ribbons to match the main color of the composition.

Stylish wreaths with beautiful flowers, which you can make with your own hands, remain popular and in demand today among needlewomen.

Making a wreath:

1. We prepare the leaves (see the first master class), making cuttings of the same length as the leaf blade.
2. We prepare rose petal blanks: we cut multi-colored squares of the same size from foamiran.
3. Using curly scissors, we process part of the square with a corner and two adjacent edges and tint it with paint using a sponge (for example, burgundy petals with yellow acrylic).
4. We heat the pieces on the iron and shape them with our fingers, crumpling and stretching the edges.
5. We string a foam ball onto a wire and overlap the petals onto it.
6. We decorate the bottom of the bud with two green petals.
7. Wrap the stem of the rose with tape. The flower is ready!
8. We cut 50 cm from the wire and make loops at the ends of the piece, which we wrap with tape.
9. We begin to wrap autumn elements to the segment: take 2-3 leaves, apply them with cuttings to the segment and secure with tape.
10. In the same way, we attach the rose, the rest of the leaves and flowers (about 5-7 roses and 20-25 leaves per headband).
11. We thread satin ribbons through the loops (with their help you can securely fix the accessory on your head).

The autumn wreath is ready! Additionally, you can decorate the product with straw, tree branches or vines, spikelets, artificial fruits and vegetables, acorns and pine cones: the more diverse, small decorations, the more interesting and expressive the work will be!

Useful tips

Foamiran is used in many areas. Each time, needlewomen try to expand the range of its capabilities by carrying out additional manipulations with multi-colored sheets. When working with this material, you must follow a number of simple rules - they will help you create a high-quality product:

1. Application of paints. Despite the rich color palette, sometimes there is a need for an additional shade. It is best to use pastel, acrylic paints. Foamiran can be painted with gouache, watercolors, crayons, and glitter. It should be remembered that after changing the color, the craft becomes disposable . It is impossible to wash it from dust - the colors will run.
2. Connecting parts. You cannot secure a foamiran product with regular PVA or an adhesive pencil. For this purpose, they purchase a “Moment”, a special pistol .
3. Glue drying. The bonded parts must be given time to dry. After using the glue, you should leave the product for approximately 24 hours . Only then continue working.
4. A similar option for fastening appliqués is to sew them together with a needle and thread . Neat stitches are in no way inferior in strength to glue.

What other autumn crafts are there from foamiran?

Autumn leaves from foamiran can be used not only for making attractive bouquets and original wreaths. So, a garland of withered leaves can create an autumn mood. The scheme for assembling such a garland is quite simple: leaves are attached to twine, at equal distances, using glue. Such garlands can be attached to a decorated surface individually or combined with a horizontal element (twine, twig) into one composition and hung together. In addition, the leaves can be glued to a regular Christmas garland with warm light!

Multi-colored autumn leaves made from foamiran can be used to decorate any thing, including accessories.

A brooch made from autumn leaves will be attractive and original; to make it you will need:

1. Make 3-4 (depending on size) multi-colored autumn leaves from foamiran.
2. On the largest sheet, on the back side, glue a pin to size using a hot glue gun.
3. Place the prepared leaves in random order and secure with glue.

You can additionally decorate the brooch with artificial berries (for example, St. John's wort, blueberries), jute twine, and spikelets.

creative flowers

You will need: textured foamiran in bright colors, glue stick, glue squares, cocktail tubes, shaped hole punch (optional).

Master Class

1. Cut the foamiran into 12 strips of the same size.
2. Glue the ends of each strip together to form a drop.

3. Glue 12 droplets together to form a flower.
4. Prepare 2 circles of different diameters of foamiran of a different color. For convenience, use a figured hole punch.
5. Glue a larger circle as the core, and attach a smaller circle on top, through a glue square.

6. Glue a tube on the back of the flower as a stem.
7. Seal the place where the tube is attached with a circle of foamiran.
8. Cut out leaves from green foamiran and glue them to the stem.
9. Make a few more daisies in the same way.

Creative foamiran flowers are ready! I recommend watching this video!

Hair bands Simple Flowers made of foamiran

Sunflower

Using foamiran you can create a wide variety of flowers. Hydrangea and sunflower also turn out great. They are made approximately according to the same principle, the only difference is the color of the foamiran. We invite you to create a sunflower using our recommendations.

You will need:

• foamiran (white or yellow, black, green);
• thick paper;
• paints (can be acrylic);
• green floral ribbon.
• toothpick or wire.

Master Class

1. We cut out petals from foamiran in four different sizes, 12 pieces of each.
2. If you use white foamiran, then you need to paint all the petals with yellow paint. To skip this step, you can take yellow right away.

3. We make green leaves: either from white foamiran followed by painting, or directly from green.
4. We twist the black strip of foamiran, having previously cut the edge along the entire length, and glue it together. The length of the strip is about 1 m and the width is 2 cm. The result is the core of a sunflower.
5. We heat all the petals and then glue them around the center. We complete the process by gluing green leaves.

The foamiran sunflower is ready! I recommend watching this video!

Foamiran flowers, elastic band with chrysanthemum / DIY TSVORIC

Recommendations

It is important to take into account some nuances that will help you achieve the greatest skill in working with foamiran.

Tips for working:

1. Take precautions when handling hot or sharp objects.
2. Do not overheat the material. 1-2 seconds are enough to achieve the desired effect.
3. If the glue is hot, do the work as carefully as possible so as not to damage the product.
4. Make preliminary preparations.

Experiment with different types of foam: shiny, multi-colored or printed. And remember that the main thing in work is imagination!