What is marshmallow foamiran, what can be made from it, and how to use ready-made crafts? You will find the answers to these questions in the article.
What is marshmallow foamiran?
This is a synthetic material created by foaming rubber. It is sold in rolls of 1 x 2 m. But some manufacturers cut it into smaller sheets, 50 x 50 cm each. The thickness of the marshmallow foamiran is approximately 0.8 mm, but sometimes material up to 1.2 mm thick can also be found. The main production of this synthetic material is in China. It is the products of this country that are of high quality. Chinese marshmallow foamiran is a thin material with a velvety surface and a rather porous structure. Foamed rubber has no smell. The price of foamiran is quite acceptable for needlewomen. One sheet of 50 x 50 cm on average costs 40 rubles. But, of course, the price in stores varies depending on the company and margins.
What is the difference between marshmallow foamiran and standard Chinese material?
The main difference is in thickness. Foamiran marshmallow is two, or even three times narrower than its usual counterpart, so it is more difficult to work with. The main feature is that you need to be very careful to heat the marshmallow foamiran on the iron. Otherwise, the material will foam and, as a result, will be damaged. The same goes for processing it with fire. Singeing the edges with a lighter, it is very easy to burn thin rubber and get a burn. But still, the marshmallow foamiran has its pluses. Parts can be glued to each other without heating with an iron. It will be enough to hold the workpiece for a second above the flame, and until the rubber cools down, stick it in place.
What is the difference between marshmallow foamiran from ordinary, except for thickness? The grinding method does not work on this material. Yes, of course, you can stretch marshmallow foamiran up to almost 0.2 mm, but the next day, synthetic rubber will absorb moisture from the air, and as a result, the edge of the product will swell again.
What crafts can be made from foamiran?
What do needlewomen come up with! From marshmallow foamiran they make flowers, jewelry, decor items, and even panels and paintings, but first things first. Most often, plants are made of foam rubber. It can be all kinds of flowers, buds, leaves and berries. Most often, craftswomen make roses. This is because these flowers are popular all over the world, and compositions from them are easiest to sell. In second place are peonies, they look like roses, in a bouquet they look spectacular and are often used in interior compositions, replacing fresh flowers.
Roses from marshmallow foamiran often adorn photo frames and caskets. Needlewomen can decorate in this way both purchased products and products of their own production. Crafts look interesting, where two or more decoration methods are combined, for example, a decoupage box decorated with small flowers made of foam rubber.
Foamiran is often used for children's crafts. Therefore, parents and kindergarten teachers come up with new and interesting projects every year. For example, on the eve of the New Year, small creators make all kinds of Christmas trees from foam rubber. It’s easy to work with, and the result is excellent.
Jewelry from foamiran
Most often, decorative rims are made from this material. Girls do not wear this type of jewelry every day, but wear it on holidays or for a photo shoot. They are usually decorated with flowers. It can be small spray roses, cornflowers, chamomiles, forget-me-nots. Large flowers for the decor of the rim are rarely used, since it is difficult to find suitable clothes for them.
Of the jewelry, bracelets made of foamiran are also popular. They are a ribbon, the front of which is decorated with flowers. But there are more original variations, where abstract forms are used as an emphasis.
Often you can see flowers from marshmallow foamiran on the heads of brides. All kinds of hairpins, hairpins and scallops girls love to decorate with artificial flowers. They are incredibly similar to real ones, but they only cost less, and even they can be reused.
Workshop on making roses
It is very simple to make flowers from marshmallow foamiran. It takes only a little patience and, of course, dexterity. How to make roses from marshmallow foamiran? The workshop below will help you make stunning flowers. To make them, you will need the material itself, pastel and iron.
Cut petals from white foamiran. They should be in the form of drops.
After they are ready, paint over their bottom with pink pastel on one side and the other. Next, in pink pastel, gently process the edge of each petal.
Now we make a small circle out of foil, it will be the base of the flower. We pierce the wire into it, which subsequently becomes a leg. Each petal needs to be slightly stretched and bent.
This can be done by hand, without additional devices. Wrap our foil blank with several petals.
We will fasten them to each other using a lighter. We heat the base of the petal, and when it melts a little, glue to the workpiece. So we will gradually form a flower.
We attach the petals row by row until an open rose is obtained. Now it remains to make leaves. We will make them in the same way as the petals. Only they need to be painted not with pink, but with light green pastel. If you have a special form, then you can make streaks by impression. Now you need to make a leg.
Wrap the wire with a green ribbon and seal its tip with glue. It remains to attach leaves - and the rose is ready.
Peony making workshop
By the principle of roses, you can make any flower. How to make peony from marshmallow foamiran? First we need to cut leaves and petals.
The pattern is attached above, print it and cut out all the necessary details. Each petal needs to be slightly heated with an iron and make it a wavy edge. We color our blanks with pastel in pink. If you want to make a white peony, then pastel need not paint over the entire petal, but only draw thin veins on it. To do this, grind the chalk into powder and draw thin lines with a brush dipped in water. Now you need to make a blank of foil in the form of a ball. We pass a wire through it, which you can immediately wrap with a green ribbon. And now it remains only to collect the flower.
We will glue the petals to the workpiece and to each other. We collect the flower and attach leaves to the leg.
Where can I use flowers from foamiran?
Compositions from artificial plants are very fond of photographers. In their studios, they often use marshmallow foamiran flowers as decorations. Such bouquets are not very different from real ones, but they are cheaper and cost much longer.
Flowers from foamiran are used to decorate wedding cars. Such decorative elements look beautiful both in life and in photographs. Their main advantage is that such flowers do not fade and do not fall off during the trip.
As mentioned above, many needlewomen make jewelry from all kinds of plants. They are used to decorate rims, studs and bracelets.
Many entrepreneurs like to decorate their trading pavilions with foamiran flowers. They put them in the form of bouquets on the seller’s counter, and also hang them on the ceiling or decorate windows with them.
Where can I buy foamiran?
Foamed rubber can be purchased at needlework and craft stores. There it is sold both in rolls and in an already chopped form. If you are just starting to make flowers, then it would be wiser to purchase a set of several sheets of marshmallow foamiran at once. You can also buy synthetic rubber on the Internet. But the network does not always sell quality products. So it’s better to sometimes overpay, but order marshmallow foamiran on trusted sites. Indeed, for the manufacture of beautiful flowers you will need a thin material that will easily yield to deformation. The price of foamiran is different everywhere. Be aware that the average cost of the material, as mentioned above, will be an average of 40 rubles per piece of 50 x 50 cm.