Foamirana crafts for beginners - features of the choice, preparation and use of the material

Foamiran is a relatively new material for crafts, which has become widespread among needleworkers. It is plastic, it can be easily used in the manufacture of bouquets, hair accessories, jewelry, toys.

Another name for this new material is plastic suede, revelure. These are multi-colored sheets, with a width of 0,5 to 1,5 mm, taking any shape when heated and fixing it when cooled. It is this property allows to create bouquets, decorations and to use them for scrapbooking.

Roses out of resilient chamois

Flowers are the most common product of this material. Foamiran has a lot of colors in its palette, which makes it possible to create any kind of flowers: roses, peonies, lilies, anything for what only the imagination can.

Among the products of foamiran with his hands for children, you can highlight the creation of the rose. It is suitable for beginners, as it does not require complex skills. To do this, you need:

Cut out of revelure petals.
Warm them with your fingers, you can use a battery or an iron for a stronger effect.
Make a "popsicle" out of foil, glue petals around it.
Then you will need to remove the foil and leave the stick.
Glue green leaves from foamirin to the base of the piece or simply wrap with absorbent cotton.

Plastic Suede Lily

For the lily you will need:

Revelour sheets.
Glue.
Toothpick or wooden stick.
Tight paper.
A brown shade of felt-tip pen.

To make a lily, you need to cut blanks of elongated paper, then cut pieces according to the blanks, heat them with an iron and give the shape of the petals. Use a toothpick to press through the veins, so that the future flower looks like a real one. Paint dots on the petals with a felt-tip pen. From small pieces make pistils and stamens. Make leaves in the same way as the petals. Assemble all the parts in the shape of a lily, put stamens in the center, glue the leaves.

Bouquet of foaming paper

For beginners, it is better to find ready-made templates, on which you can cut out the petals and leaves. For the bouquet you need:

Foamian in different colors.
Foil.
Wire.
Ribbons.
Iron.
Tight paper.
Glue gun.
Toothpick.
Scissors.

On heavy paper you need to draw several rose petals, different in size. Cut blanks, put them on a sheet of revelour, trace with a needle. Make small drops of foil, fix them on a wire.

Put the petal to the iron for a few seconds, stretch it in the center and shape it into a rose petal. Repeat the same with the others. Attach drops of foil to the petals. These will be the unopened buds. Do the rest of the roses in the same way.

As with the petals, draw the leaves on heavy paper, cut them out and trace with a needle on a sheet of reveller. Attach the finished sheets to the wire.

Done buds, leaves, flowers gather together, fasten with glue and tie with ribbons. Ribbons hide flaws. Flowers of foaming paper will be suitable as a craft for Easter or any holiday.

Foamirin dolls

Foamiran dolls are considered popular products, although they are more difficult to make than flowers.

The dolls require the following resources:

Foamiran sheets, in various shades.
Styrofoam billet.
Markers.
A simple pencil.
Wires.
Glue.

Cut 5 strips from the material. Let the width of each be 3 cm, length 15 cm. Glue 3 strips into rings, glue 2 strips so that you get a bow.

Cut out a circle, a diameter of 10 cm, wrap them around the blank polystyrene foam. Use markers to draw eyes, mouth and nose.

From wire make a frame for the future doll. Wrap the frame in foaming flesh-colored fabric. Connect the frame with the head. For clothes take foamiran of pink or blue shade. Cut out the back and front part.

Is it left to make the hair? For this you need material of yellow, brown or black shades. Cut out several strips of different lengths and attach a bow.

Those who already have experience working with this material can try the second option. The head of the doll is created from foil, which is stuffed with cotton. A circle of plastic chamois is heated and wrapped around the head blank, a seam is made at the back.

Foamirn make hairstyle: from a material of a different shade of cut strips and twist them or braid them into braids. Marker is used to draw the eyes, make blush with rouge. The body is also made from a frame, which is then covered with reveller.

Handicrafts for dolls

As handmade crafts from foamiran can be not only bouquets and jewelry, but also cute costume jewelry and accessories for dolls. Accessories include shoes, handbags, hair ornaments.

To work we will need:

1.Plastic suede.
2.Templates from the Internet.
3.Various straps, bows, beads, beads or rhinestones.
4.Scissors.

Revelure hair ornaments

Flowers from plastic suede can be not only a souvenir, but also a decoration of various hairpins, combs, elastic bands, hairbands and invisibles. A headband with flowers from revelure can be a good accessory for a wedding and a stylish summer decoration.

To make a flower on a hairpin, you will need:

A sheet of foamir.
Hairpin.
Iron.
Scissors.
Hot glue.
Cardboard.
Pencil.

On the cardboard, mark the future blanks, cut out petals from plastic suede according to the blanks, heat with an iron and give them the desired shape. Then the petals are glued to give the shape of a flower. The finished flower is glued to the hairpin with hot glue.

For a hairpin or a small hairpin a small flower will be enough, and for a headband you can use flowers of different shapes and sizes. To the hairpin, comb and headband you can add twigs to give the product a finished look.

Plastic Suede Christmas Tree" product

This material is suitable for New Year's Eve decorations. Foamir will make a nice Christmas tree. For the Christmas tree you will need:

Foamiran of green color.
Various beads to imitate Christmas decorations, red, gold or silver colors are preferred.
A sheet of cardboard.
Iron.
Pencil.
Stapler.
Glue.

Such a handicraft even a beginner can do, since it is very easy to create. To perform the craft, you need to cut several strips, about 2 cm wide, notch them, thereby making a fringe out of it. Make a cone of cardboard, stapling the corners with a stapler.

Then glue the resulting cone and decorate with beads. The product is ready!

Foamiran as scrapbooking material.

It can be used to decorate albums, diaries, postcards. Various photos of cards you can find on the Internet, as well as step by step products. Revelura can be made not only flowers for scrapbooking, but also various geometric shapes and forms. This material combines well with other elements such as beads, rhinestones, lace and ribbons.

In addition to all the above advantages of revelure, it is also safe, non-toxic, and easy enough to use. Even a beginner can make beautiful things out of it.

Products from this material can bring needlewomen not only pleasure, but also a good profit, because revelure is in great demand. A gift made of plastic suede will definitely not go unnoticed.