How to make a doll from foamiran yourself schemes, templates

Foamiran has recently become popular among creative people and needlewomen. The name of the decorative material comes from the Iranian company that produces it – Foam Iran Company. It is a leader in the production of plastic suede, from which you can now create many original and safe products for children, if you follow all the points of the MK.

What is foamiran

Foamiran is a decorative foam material that people use in handicrafts, in particular to create toys. This material is also known under such names as plastic suede, foam rubber, EVA foam, revelour. The manufacturer makes it in the form of soft thin sheets 1-2 mm thick. There are only 24 colors in the palette.

By the beginning of 2020, several types of material already exist:

• Foam from the Iranian company "Foam Eva" resembles porous rubber in structure. Its sheets are 1 mm thick, the size of the sheets is 60x60 cm. Uneven thickness on one sheet is allowed.
• Turkish is sold in rolls, the edges and thickness of the sheets are uniform.
• The Korean manufacturer produces the material in standard sheets, the thickness of which is 0.6-1 mm.
• Chinese has a characteristic rubbery smell and its structure is hard.
• Chinese marshmallow has a low sheet density, its thickness is 1-2 mm.
• Shiny foamiran with glitter on an adhesive base and without it.

Advantages of the material when making toys with your own hands

One or another type of material may be appropriate for creating toys and their individual elements. Foamiran dolls are a real find for needlewomen. Before you start working with it, you should familiarize yourself with its positive qualities:

• Foam becomes plastic and pliable when in contact with objects that heat it. Most often, craftsmen use an iron or a hair dryer for these purposes.
• Foamiran can be easily cut out to size and complexity levels. No special equipment is needed for this, a home stationery or household knife will do. And also household scissors.
• The surface of the sheet retains its shape and the mark left by the object placed on it and pressed out.
• For children, dolls and other toys made of foamiran are quite safe, as the material is non-toxic, safe and easy to wash under water. When working with it, there are no harmful fumes in the atmosphere.
• Foamiran parts can be painted due to their porous structure.
• The sheets have water-repellent properties, due to which works made from foam serve for as long as possible.

What you will need for the work process

To create dolls from foamiran with your own hands, you should prepare a number of items that you cannot do without. Namely:

• To connect the elements, you need a strong-hold glue. The best solution is to buy a hot-melt gun. PVA glue is not suitable for working with foamiran, as it has too much water structure and weak effect for this material.
• Stationery knife or scissors.
• Simple pencil.
• Using a toothpick, you can trace contours and veins, and pierce the material in the right places.

You should also familiarize yourself with additional elements that are often needed when working with foamiran. So, you may need:

• Dry pastel, as well as oil and acrylic paints. With their help it will be easy to tint the decorative elements of the craft.
• Sponge or brush – for correct application of pastels or paints onto foamiran.
• Wire – for connecting the elements of the toy.
• Tape tapes will be needed for wrapping the wire.
• Molds and veiners are great tools for creating shape and texture.
• A hole punch and decorative scissors will be needed if you need to make several identical elements or complex relief edges.

Toys from foamiran: master class

For creating a doll from foam, material with a thickness of 1-2 mm is more suitable.

Step-by-step master class on creating toys from foamiran:

1. To create the head, use a foam ball, which needs to be covered with beige, pre-heated foamiran. The excess parts and seams should be pulled together at one point, which can be easily covered with the hair of the future doll.
2. You need to cut out a small circle from a yellow sheet or another shade. This is necessary to make hair for the toy. The circle should be glued to the head with hot glue - this will be the basis of the hairstyle.
3. Next, you need to cut out a new piece - a long strip of the same color as the circle. You need to make cuts on it and wind it onto a wooden stick, after heating it up first.
4. This lock of hair needs to be glued to the side of the head and divided in half, one part needs to be thrown to the other side over the forehead. The lock should be glued in the bangs area.
5. Using scissors, you need to trim the hair, making it the same length on both sides.
6. Using a marker and blush, you can draw the toy's facial features. Even a novice needlewoman can do this.
7. Then you should cut out flowers and bows to decorate the doll's hair. To do this, you should use special templates or draw the figures on a sheet of paper by hand.
8. The doll's body can be made from a foam blank, which is then wrapped with foamiran.
9. To make the legs and arms, you need to wrap pieces of wire with flesh-colored foamiran, having first heated the elements.
10. For sewing clothes, it is recommended to use felt or other fabric, possibly with various prints. First, you need to think in detail about what the clothes should be. Then you should make a pattern and transfer it to the material, sew the thing.
11. In some parts of the dress you can add decorative elements at your discretion in the form of bows, beads, rhinestones.
12. The doll looks original and stylish with massive boots. To create them, you should use 2 foam balls, the diameter of which is 30 mm and 50 mm. On one side of each of them, cut off 1/5, on the other - 1/3. The foam should be glued to get a flat sole of the shoe. The sole can be cut out of foam of a different shade.
13. For the upper part, you should draw a diagram, cut it out, heat it up and glue the resulting triangles onto the lower parts of the craft.

A doll made of foamiran can also be useful for decorating a Christmas tree. To do this, you need to attach a loop on top so that you can hang it on a branch. The doll can celebrate the New Year holidays as a Christmas tree toy or simply standing under the tree. The outfit for the New Year doll can also be made in the form of a Christmas tree or use other images.

Working on a doll is a fascinating process. But the main condition for creating original and high-quality products is the correct choice of material and the method of connecting all the parts together.