Foamiran is a decorative material made of foam, which contains vinyl acetate and ethylene. It has many advantages, for example, such as softness, ductility and non-toxicity. The latter circumstance allows you to use it in the manufacture of crafts along with children.
Flowers from foamiran are widely used to decorate hairstyles and clothes, as well as for the manufacture of wedding accessories. They do not fade and look very natural. For example, roses from foamiran are suitable for creating a groom’s boutonniere, as well as for decorating pillows for rings, champagne bottles, etc. Wreath-rimmed hairpins or hairpins decorated with rosebuds or already blossoming flowers also look beautiful.
Making roses: what you need
To work with foamiran no special tools or devices are needed. It’s enough to have at hand:
- several foamiran plates of the desired colors;
- iron;
- ordinary scissors;
- a ruler;
- glue gun;
- scissors with a curly edge (not zigzag!).
Rose from foamiran: a master class on making petals
The manufacture of a half-opened bud without a handle and leaves is performed as follows:
- a strip of 4 cm wide is cut from a foamiran sheet using scissors with a curly edge;
- 4 cm lengths are measured on a workpiece with a ruler;
- cut the strip into squares with ordinary scissors;
- we warm the iron to 110 degrees;
- apply squares of foamiran to it and gently stretch it;
- the edges of the resulting petals are twisted with the thumb and forefinger.
Next, you should assemble the roses from foamiran. For beginners - a brief instruction:
- apply glue from the gun to the petal and twist it into a tube;
- paste a series of petals at the base of the first preform (tight to each other);
- continue to do the same, revealing a flower.
The result is a rose from foamiran, which can be fixed on a hairpin for hair decoration. Such a flower is also suitable for decorating the rim.
Complex roses from foamiran: tools and materials
When the technique of making simple flowers from this material has already been mastered, you can try to collect a bouquet.
This will require:
- PVA glue;
- sponge;
- iron;
- glue gun;
- foamiran vanilla and green;
- acrylic paints or dry pastel;
- polymer self-hardening clay, which is required for the manufacture of the basis for roses from foamiran;
- templates for petals made of cardboard (large petal measuring 5 x 6 cm, small - 4 x 4.5 cm, sheet - 4.8 x 6.3, gluing - 7 x 6.5 cm);
- toothpick;
- wire for stems and for leaves (No. 24 and No. 20);
- nippers and pliers;
- special mold for giving texture to leaves;
- scissors.
Creating petals and the basis for a complex rose from foamiran
The work on creating a bouquet begins with the manufacture of blanks of different colors for three roses. To get a petal that resembles the real one as much as possible, the following actions are performed:
- templates are applied to foamiran sheets and circled with a toothpick;
- cut the right amount of leaves and petals;
- made of polymer clay ball;
- form from it a droplet base with a length of about 2.5 cm;
- Using pliers, make a small loop at the end of the wire;
- stick to it a blank of polymer clay;
- by means of a sponge dipped in water, the petals are tinted with acrylic paints;
- apply each petal to a hot iron;
- stack it with an accordion until it cools down;
- wrap the petal like candy in a candy wrapper (to the middle) so that it takes on a wavy shape and becomes slightly thinner;
- with two thumbs give it a concave shape.
In total, 20 large and 7 small petals are prepared in this way.
Leaves and stickers
When the petals are ready, move on to creating other details.
To make leafs and glue for roses from foamiran, templates must be applied to the surface of a piece of such material and circled with a toothpick. Then:
- 5 such parts are cut out;
- apply leaflets to the iron and immediately to the mold so that the veins are printed on them;
- fingers stretch the edges so that the parts become wavy.
Cut out the gluing from the green foamiran, heat it with an iron, twist it in the hands like petals, and, slightly spreading, give them a shape.
Assembly
The creation of the flower itself is carried out in the following order:
- wrapped in 3 small petals the basis of polymer clay;
- cut off the excess parts of the petals from below and fix them with glue;
- give the base the shape of a bud;
- paste the second row of four small petals;
- slightly press them to the bud, leaving only the tips free;
- 5 large petals are trimmed a little and glued to the flower;
- fixed on the back with a gun;
- paste the next row of seven large petals without cutting them;
- do the same with the last ten blanks.
Stalk decoration
When the rose itself is ready, they proceed to create the stem and sepals.
To do this, a rather large drop of glue is made on the stem at the base of the flower and allowed to cool well. Strips of 0.5 mm thick are cut from green foamiran. Cut the end of the tape at an acute angle, apply it to the end of a piece of wire, lubricate it with hot glue, bend it and wrap it so that a flower stalk is obtained. Further:
- glue the first leaf to the wire, on top - the second, so that its tip is not visible;
- in this way 3 branches are made;
- apply gluing to the base of the flower;
- the resulting cup at the base is wrapped with a strip of foamiran;
- stick the twigs with glue from the gun.
A rose from foamiran, the master class on the creation of which is presented above, as part of a bouquet will decorate any interior.
Bud
To make the bouquet as natural as possible, several large flowers should be added to large roses. Rose buds from foamiran are made as follows:
- at the end of a piece of wire make a loop;
- if there is a ready-made rose pattern from foamiran, then use it only by reducing it by a factor of 1.5; otherwise, 2 “droplets” of 15 mm and 4-7 mm wide, respectively, are cut from a sheet of this material;
- each petal is heated with an iron and gives them a convex shape;
- Pinch 2 blanks, after holding the edges on the iron;
- wrap the loops on the wire with scraps of foamiran, trying to get a drop;
- glue two pinched petals;
- create a second row of the remaining four parts;
- glue is applied to the end of a thin strip of green foamiran and wrapped;
- with the help of a hot gun, 3 leaflets are fixed at the base;
- wrap the junction of the bud and the stem.
Simple decorative rose
Even those who first decided to make a flower from foamiran will cope with the creation of a rose according to the pattern presented below. To do this, it must be transferred to a sheet of this material with a toothpick and cut out all the details. The ends of the petals are heated with an iron and with their fingers give them a convex shape. Then a loop is made at the end of the wire, wrapped with cotton wool and wrapped with blanks. Two thin strips of green are cut from foamiran. One of them is wrapped in wire. Apply glue to the base of the flower from the side of the stem and wrap this place with a second strip.
Now you know how to make roses and buds from foamiran, from which, in turn, you can make a variety of compositions.