Foamiran is familiar to many as a material for artificial floristry, but we will talk about its other application. Some needlewomen use it to make interior toys. In this article you will learn: what thickness is the material suitable for this, how to make a toy, and also see doll patterns. From foamiran, amazing, vibrant, and, very importantly, practical interior items are obtained. Caring for them is easy, unlike textile dolls that absorb dust. They are not afraid of moisture, do not fade, they can be wiped with a damp cloth. Products made from such material will last for many years.
Which foamiran is suitable for dolls?
"Foam" literally translates as "foam." Part of the word “Iran” appeared when this country launched mass production and supply of this material. The foamiran has synonyms: revolutions, plastic suede, foam rubber for crafts.
Meet Fofuchi!
Interior dolls from the revolver have the name "fofuchi". They can be recognized by their huge heads and characteristic feet. The products have bright outfits and beautiful painted faces. They paint their eyes with paints, helium pens or felt-tip pens.
As the basis for fofuchi use foam blanks: balls, cones. They make Disney princesses, heroines of Russian folk tales, ballerinas, gnomes, elves, fairies and other characters from foamiran. The fantasy of the master is not limited by anything. Naturally, patterns will be needed for work. Dolls from foamiran appear from under the easy hands of artists who draw beautiful models of products. Try it and you, inspired by the instructions below and patterns! In fact, this is not difficult at all, and even a teenager will be able to cope. No wonder foamiran is advised as a practical and environmentally friendly material for children's creativity.
Monofunctional foamiran: a master class on the manufacture of interior toys.
To create a doll you will need:
- a hemisphere made of foam (diameter 13 cm);
- foam cone 10 cm high;
- foam balls with a diameter of 6 cm and 4 cm;
- thick foamiran (2 mm) of different colors;
- foamiran 8 mm thick (green, yellow, red or your favorite colors).
Head
Work begins with making a head. Take a large foam ball and examine it. You will see a strip from gluing the foam blank. Take her by reference. With a pen on a ball, draw half the arc of a circle. Step back from the middle of 1 cm, draw a second arc. Both should converge at one point. Next, draw another arc so that it spans a quarter of the ball.
We carve part of the foam between the second and third marks. Now in the middle it is necessary to note the nose of the doll. In the upper edge, mow an acute angle - this will be the forehead of the doll. Take sandpaper and sand your face until the surface is completely smooth.
Feet
To make the lower legs, take a smaller ball. Cut off the side parts from it. Sand the workpiece with sandpaper.
Next we fit the product with foamiran. Work does not require a pattern. Foamiran dolls can be created with simple conditional patterns, since the material stretches well. To create a head, you need two pieces of thick beige foamiran. For the front of the face, you will need a piece four times more than a foam blank. For the nape of a smaller piece.
Place the foam ball on the glass or on the egg stand. A sheet of foamiran is heated with an iron. Pull it tightly onto the workpiece. This should be done with effort. The material perfectly takes the form of a workpiece. We are also working on the back of the head. At the same time, you need to hold the ball in your hands so that there are no traces of the stand.
We also fit the feet with a skin-colored foamiran and a foam hemisphere with green.
Light brown braid
The girl should have long hair. For these purposes, a fine foamiran of muted yellow color is suitable. Your doll can optionally be brown-haired or red. Cut the material into strips 4–5 cm wide. Each of them needs to be cut into two parts. Stripes turn into fringe. Each strip should be less than about 5 cm.
Glue the strands with instant glue in strips, starting from the bottom to the top of the head. Now you need to make the doll a bang from a strip of material 2.5 cm wide. We measure the length of the bang. Glue it and trim the hair with scissors. We will braid the hair in one or two braids and fasten it with strips of colored foamiran.
We make a handkerchief. It can be cut out by eye - without a pattern. Dolls from foamiran are bright and elegant due to the saturated shades of the material. Their heads can be decorated with hats, feathers, beautiful hairpins.
Outfit
On the example of our toy you will see how easy it is to make dresses for dolls from foamiran. This process is interesting in that there is no limit to creativity. You will need to choose the colors of the material, come up with a style and decor. Dresses for dolls made of foamiran can be made according to ready-made patterns, or you can design your own. You can be sure that this is not difficult at all by looking at the photo below. The outfit consists of simple geometric shapes.
So, what thickness should a foamiran be for a dress? For beginners, this is useful information. The main part of the dress is made of 2 mm thick material. A thin foamiran (0.5 mm) is best used on the sleeves. This will make them look more natural.
Master class: building a dress pattern
Take a piece of paper and wrap it around a foam cone. Mark the length of the outfit and the circumference in the place where the belt will be located. Cut out a semblance of a pattern from paper and transfer its outlines to foamiran. Optionally, the dress can be decorated with braid of thin material.
We turn to the manufacture of hands and sleeves. Take a thick wire and pierce the cone through. Attach flesh-colored foamiran hands to the ends of the wire. Hand blanks need to be heated on the iron so that the fingers are bent inward.
Sleeves are drawn on paper by eye. Cut them out of foamiran. If there is a desire, we decorate the sleeves with braid. The blanks, which are shown in the photo below, are folded in half and fixed in the area of the hands.
Foamiran doll face
The facial features of foamiran toys are drawn by hand. Below are the templates, taking as a basis, which, you can arrange the face of the doll.
Doll assembly
Now we need to attach our girl’s head. This can be done with a toothpick or wire. Stick one tip into the head and insert the second into the cone. Process the edge with hot glue from the gun.
Pattern doll from foamiran
Below is a pattern of Princess Sofia.
Making dolls from foamiran is a creative and exciting process. Not one doll is not like another due to the fact that faces are drawn manually. Try to create a unique interior toy for yourself or as a gift. Now you know what else the foamiran is suitable for. The master class in this article is designed for beginner needlewomen.