As a blank, I again used a plastic bottle, which I foamed on all sides, and to give it stability, I inserted this foamed blank into plastic container(you can use an old pan). I secured this foamed blank with polyurethane foam. Then the fun begins; you need to shape the approximate figure with foam. As a sample, I buy a small toy or figurine in a store, and additionally download pictures from the Internet.

Be sure to allow some drying time after each layer. So, gradually, layer by layer, a figure is created. If you missed somewhere, you can always trim it, cut off the excess with a sharp stationery knife. If something still doesn’t work out, this applies to both large and small parts... we spray the place (from a sprayer, for example) where we want to apply foam, then we foam a small layer (about 4-5 cm), after a minute, we again spray the fresh foam with water. Now is the moment - the main thing is not to miss the moment so that the foam does not have time to dry, and form wet hands intended bend, shape, etc. (I do this without gloves). So you can proceed layer by layer, achieving the desired shape. When the figure takes on its shape, we cut off all unnecessary bumps with a knife; the holes (airs) can be foamed again. There are small air holes, there is no need to foam, then everything will be puttied with tile adhesive.

How to make paws, tail... I take the wire, give it a bend, and also foam it layer by layer using the building method, giving it time to dry. I made the ears of a hare from aluminum tape 7cm wide, which I cut across (like a Christmas tree), set a bend, and foamed it gradually.

New Year is just around the corner and, therefore, it's time to prepare New Year's gifts and decorations. Who is the main character in New Year's Eve?

That's right, even children know this. It's Santa Claus! And so I decided to make a figurine of Santa Claus for a child in the garden, so that it would stand on the street, on the playground. I’ll say right away that I made this sculpture last year and it has already successfully passed the test of winter, frost and children, and this year it will delight us with its presence again :)
What I would make the figure of Santa Claus from, I knew right away: from polyurethane foam. Firstly, it is quite inexpensive (considering the size of Moroz - 115 cm), secondly, it is fast enough, since the foam dries in 15-20 minutes and the next layer can be applied, thirdly, products made from polyurethane foam are lightweight and are not afraid of any weather conditions, with one caveat - the foam must be well insulated from sun rays and moisture. Under the influence of direct sunlight, the foam turns yellow and collapses, and if water gets inside the figurine, then in cold weather it crystallizes and the figurine can “tear”. I will tell you below in my master class how to avoid all this and make a figurine that will last for many years.
So, be patient and use a vacuum cleaner, as the work is quite dirty and dusty.
First, I found on the Internet a picture of the Frost we will make. We need general view, we will make our own details.

As a base, I took a plastic bottle that I had on hand, poured sand and stones inside for stability (in fact, I didn’t have to do this, it stands great anyway) and inserted a wooden stick from a children’s shovel on top.
The result was the frame of the future figure.

Then we take newspapers and begin to add volume to our workpiece. We fix the newspapers with paper tape.

When we have collected the required volume with newspaper, we cover the entire workpiece with craft paper on top: this will make it easier to apply foam later.
When everything dries, we take the foam and continue to add volume to our Grandfather. When working with foam, I advise you to use gloves, since the foam is very difficult to wash off the skin and cannot be washed off clothes at all. The floor also needs to be covered with newspapers or film.
When working with foam, I use a special gun (pictured), which allows you to regulate the supply of foam and reduce its consumption. You should apply thin layers of foam: this way they will dry faster and you can apply the next layer.


We continue to apply the foam layer by layer. Try to have as few gaps and voids as possible. If you apply a lot of foam at once, then greatly increasing in volume, it becomes empty inside. And when we then cut off the excess foam, we will have to fill these holes with fresh foam.
At the bottom of the sculpture we glue cardboard and also foam it. Unfortunately, I didn’t film this moment, but I think that everything is clear. If it’s unclear, ask, I’ll be happy to answer.

Having gained the required volume on our Frost, we begin to move on to the details. We outline the face, very approximately, the place of the hat and begin to make the collar of the fur coat. To do this, take thick cardboard or, as in my case, a calendar cover, and fix it in place with masking tape. After this, we begin to apply foam to the cardboard collar.


When all areas of the figure are completely filled and look a little like Santa Claus, we take a breadboard or construction knife and begin to cut off all the excess. Knife blades must be sharp to make clean cuts. Foam dulls them very quickly and therefore they need to be changed quite often. If suddenly we cut off too much or didn’t like something, we can always increase the volume again and cut off the excess again. This work is not very fast, but very creative.


We gradually move from the general to the specific. We draw out the details, paying special attention to the face of Santa Claus and his beard. Large cavities are filled with foam.

When you are satisfied with the result, you can sand the Frost sculpture a little: the foam sands beautifully.
Then we apply acrylic putty. You can apply it with a brush, but I applied it directly with my hands: it turns out much faster. We applied one layer, dried it, sanded it a little and applied the second layer. It's hard to close all the holes in the foam the first time. It is very important to isolate the foam well from direct exposure to light and water, as I said above.
We sand the second layer more carefully. We still won’t be able to achieve perfect smoothness, but we don’t need it. After painting, the irregularities on the fur coat and hat look like scribble. The face should be given more attention: fill all the unevenness with putty more thoroughly and sand it well. Using a toothpick, draw hairs and strands on the beard and mustache.

It's time to paint. First, I painted all of Santa Claus with white acrylic paint. Then I sealed the places that should remain white with masking tape. To color the fur coat and hat, I used auto enamel in a spray can. I didn’t really like it: it has a fairly strong smell that takes a long time to dissipate and plus it takes a long time to dry. Longer than just acrylic spray paint. I usually paint with Bosco paint, which I like better.
One can of auto enamel was enough for me to cover 2 times.
The only plus of this paint: rich red-cherry color. Another important point: it didn’t fit well on white acrylic paint and went craquelure. Of course, it turned out to be original in the end, but unplanned. This has never happened with Bosco.

This is such a beautiful craquelure.


This is what Frost looks like after painting.

Now we need to embellish it a little. We take a white varnish marker, acrylic paint and a thin brush, or outlines, and begin to apply patterns to Frost’s fur coat.


Then I started painting my face. First I mixed umber + pink + ivory and applied it to the face. I covered the mustache, beard and edges on the hat and fur coat with pearlescent silver color: it turned out to be real frost. The photo doesn't convey this, unfortunately. Then I applied a little black acrylic, diluted to water, onto the beard and mustache. I wiped off the excess with a dry cloth.

Then I drew the eyes and applied blush to the cheeks. True, I got carried away again and did not photograph the intermediate stages of the work.
When everything was dry, I covered it in several layers with aerosol acrylic varnish. special attention focusing on the bottom.


Grandfather turned out to be quite weighty and stable and we had to take him to the garden by car :) The children were happy!

This year I plan to make a figurine of a deer and a sleigh so that grandfather can safely travel and deliver gifts to the children.

Free translation of a master class on making a snowman. .
I've only seen snow a few times in my life. This is because I live in Florida and anyone who has ever been here knows that we don't have much of it. Or not at all. This means that I never took part in such children's activities as sledding, snowball fights and building a snowman. (Although I recently went ice skating!).
This year I decided to make a melting snowman for the front yard - Christmas decor.
I needed to find some material suitable for open areas, so I immediately rejected the idea of ​​a papier-mâché snowman. (Although if you want to make indoor Christmas decorations, this method is cheaper.

I used following materials for making a snowman, although you can replace or exclude something. Everything I bought was from Walmart and Dollar tree.

3 balls different sizes(large, medium, and small)
-Spray paint (I used blue, orange, and white),
-Shine
-Black buttons/pebbles (I used those sold in florist shops for decoration),
- Expanding polyurethane foam
- Cone (for carrots) (Used for flower arrangements)
- Red ribbon
- Two branches for hands
- Hat (carnival)

The first step is collecting the base. If you don't want to spend forever scrubbing foam off your garage floor, I suggest laying a large sheet of cardboard on the floor. Also keep in mind that foam cannot be wiped off from clothes, so wear something you don’t mind ruining.
Start with a large sword - place it on the cardboard. It will stay in place if you attach it to the cardboard with double-sided tape. Make the base of your snowman using foam. It's easier to work by starting to make a snowman from the base.
You don't have to perfect everything at once. You can return to the first layer after the foam has dried. It expands when it dries and appearance snowman may change. After you have thoroughly strengthened the first ball. you can move on to the other two.
Place two others on top of the first ball and secure them with tape to prevent them from moving.
Foam the joints of the balls. After the foam has dried, you can remove the tape. Or use double-sided tape.

After the base has dried, you can proceed to further actions. Add some foam to the balloons to create a melting snowman effect. Attach your arms. To do this, attach them to the balls with tape and foam the top so that the tape is not visible.
If you want to smooth out the foam a little, use a spatula.

Now comes the fun part of the project! Snowman coloring time! Start creating. There are no clear instructions for painting with spray paint. But I can give you some tips to achieve the best result.
* Start with dark paint first and then move on to light paint.
The right one white It will be quite difficult to achieve if the top is covered in places with dark paint. Therefore, you first need to cover the entire surface with dark paint, in my case it was blue. Don't let it show yellow color foam.
*Lighten the right places lighter paint.
You need to cover with white paint the places that in your opinion should be light.
I also added a little glitter. It's Christmas! Everything should glow!
I also wanted to attach a flashing LED display to the snowman with wishes for a Happy New Year, but I couldn’t figure out how to do it without piercing the balls.

Nose
It's just part of a cone painted orange. I used a cool gun to attach it to the ball.
The buttons/eyes/mouth are just black pebbles that fit the shape.
They are sold in florist shops.
Instead of pebbles for the mouth, I would use a twig. It would be more elegant.
We put a hat with a red ribbon or a bucket on the snowman and the snowman is ready.

Crafts from polyurethane foam can be made with your own hands in just a few hours.

If you have a disposable bottle that hasn't run out yet, why not put it to good use? landscape design.

In this case, it is still better to resort to professional foam rather than household foam, since a small gun with a diameter of 2 mm is added to it.

Unusually simple and beautiful figures made from polyurethane foam will become the property of your site. They will not leave either neighbors or people simply passing by indifferent.

Materials for fakes made from polyurethane foam

You will need:

• gloves;
• sprayer with pre-prepared water;
• polyethylene;
• aviation kerosene.

Kerosene is needed so that upon completion of work with polyurethane foam, hands can be easily washed from building material.

It will also be useful to create a base for crafts made from polyurethane foam with your own hands.

You can take an ordinary plastic bottle, an old pan, or something else that you don’t mind.

With foam coating auxiliary material the creation of the craft will begin...

They need to be painted carefully, and before this procedure
dry thoroughly in the shade. It takes at least a week to dry, but if the layer of foam is large, it is better to wait longer.

The paint is applied to the foam craft with your own hands every spring. If this is not done, the foam may crack and the craft will be damaged.

Ideas for crafts made from polyurethane foam

If you have a small pond on your site, you can make a large green toad. This is especially true where there are many plants, especially large-leafed ones. In some cases it is easier to make a lizard or a crocodile - whoever succeeds.

In order not to make a mistake with the sizes and “get your hands on”, you can practice on plasticine. No matter how strange it may sound, it was after trying this simple material, you can make gorgeous crafts from polyurethane foam.

The same goes for dough - if you like to bake delicious buns, smack the animals - this will help you figure out what you can do better.

Great solution- make turtles from polyurethane foam. And it is not at all necessary to have a pond on the site. Besides, white paint Almost everyone has it, and it’s now cheaper than the colored ones.

Turtles are easier to paint; their shells can be alternated with natural ones. If, during the creation of a craft, bumps appear that should not be there, they can be cut off sharp knife.

The situation is similar with rounded parts - if they need to be sharpened, the excess is simply cut off.

Crafts made from polyurethane foam not only decorate outdoor spaces; they can also be made for the home. Funny frogs will make people passing by smile!

Yes, as original New Year's decor You can make a snowman out of foam, but you need to start creating it in advance so that the material has time to dry thoroughly.

If you paint the foam ahead of schedule, it will quickly crack.

Making figures from polyurethane foam is quite simple. Your summer cottage, garden or vegetable garden will look wonderful thanks to such interesting figures. Be sure to read the basic rules before starting work. In this article we will look at: how to do garden figurines from polyurethane foam with your own hands.

1. Prepare workplace, cover with oilcloth or newspapers.
2. Carefully read the foam manufacturer's instructions.
3. You cannot make a figure out of polyurethane foam on the street when sub-zero temperature air.
4. When working, use rubber gloves, as polyurethane foam is a toxic material.
5. The frame of the figurine must be heavy so that it does not get blown away by the wind. Sand, pebbles or earth are used as weighting agents.
6. Polyurethane foam completely hardens in 10 hours, it is sticky - so if you are working with it for the first time, purchase acetone or a solvent.
7. The finished figurine must be completely coated with clear furniture varnish. Thanks to this, the figure will be resistant to any weather conditions.

You will need: 2 plastic bottles (5-6 liters each), 4 plastic bottles (1.5-2 liters each), a plastic bucket (for example: ice cream), scissors, a stationery knife, sand or earth, isolon (linoleum backing), spray can polyurethane foam, tape, spray or oil paint, furniture varnish, brush, wire, pieces of linoleum for sheep ears, superglue.

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You will need: a can of polyurethane foam, a plastic liter bottle, a bucket, furniture varnish, oilcloth, a stationery knife.

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The polyurethane foam snail is ready!

You will need: an old saucepan, an iron can, wire, superglue, a can of polyurethane foam, oil paints, furniture varnish, button eyes, scissors.

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The polyurethane foam frog is ready!

You will need: can of polyurethane foam, 2 liter plastic bottle, sand, rubber tubes, bushing from toilet paper, scissors, wire, oil paints, furniture varnish, stationery knife.

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The polyurethane foam fox is ready!

You will need: a can of polyurethane foam, plastic pipe for the frame, rubber cord, stick or wire, superglue, oil paints, furniture varnish, stationery knife.

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The polyurethane foam lizard is ready!

And for the New Year garden plot you can install a snowman. Watch how to make a snowman from polyurethane foam in this video!

Absolutely any shape can be made from polyurethane foam. The main thing is to think through the frame and design. Imagine and create masterpieces with your own hands!