Homemade jewelry looks especially magical. The figure of an angel will become a good decoration for many holidays. The product from foamiran can be decorated for every taste. It is interesting to make such toys with the children, and it will take a little time to make.
Features
Foamiran is a decorative material, it is a flat sheet 12 mm thick. It is soft and ductile, easy to work with. The range is quite wide, so any angel can be made. The product from glitter foamiran looks particularly impressive, it shimmers and glitters.
The material is also called plastic suede, leather, foam rubber. Properties of foamiran:
- feels like suede to the touch;
- it is quite plastic, stretches and restores its former shape;
- the material can be easily cut using a figured hole punch, a breadboard knife and scissors;
- foamiran can be stretched, twisted and slightly heated, as a result, it will lock in place;
- the material is glued with a rubber compound and a glue gun (PVA will not work).
The foamiran angel looks attractive and sophisticated due to the properties of the material. Making decor is easy; you don’t have to spend much time. An angel will be a great holiday decoration that can be placed anywhere.
You can make several models in different colors according to one pattern and each will be special in its own way.
Tools and materials
Making an angel is easy if you prepare everything you need in advance. You should choose a foamiran of a suitable color. Parts will have to be cut out of the material, so we need scissors. By the way, it’s easier to work on prepared pattern. You can circle it with a simple pencil.
Glue gun help to fasten all the details together. It will be easier to place the angel itself in the desired place if you make an eyelet from a thin ribbon.
Beads of various sizes will allow you to diversify products.
How to make?
Making an angel takes about 30 minutes. The process is so simple that even children can handle it. However, in this case, it is better to cut out the details in advance. DIY Christmas angel - instructions.
- Prepare a template and transfer it to foamiran. Cut 9 diamonds of 4 cm by 5.2 cm from a sheet of material, 1 circle with a diameter of 2.5 cm, 1 triangle with sides 1.5 cm and 1.9 cm, 1 half circle 8 cm by 3.5 cm. Last detail will be the wings of an angel.
- Glue the rhombuses so that they fold the skirt. To do this, combine the corners and apply glue on top. It is necessary to glue all 9 parts together. Now the blank must be wrapped, forming a skirt, and then glued.
It is important to apply a small amount of glue so that it is not visible on the finished product.
- Glue a round blank to the bottom of the skirt. Now the angel can be delivered.
- Take a bead of a suitable size and fasten a ribbon, rope on it. The result should be a loop. To assemble a semicircular workpiece with an accordion in the middle. Foamiran will become like wings. This place must be glued with high quality. Glue the bead to the wings from above, it will be the head of an angel.
- Fasten the skirt from below. At the back, stick the triangle onto the wings so that the corner looks up.
On the front, for decoration, you can glue additional rhinestones or small beads.
Subject to all sizes of blanks, an angel is obtained with a height of 7 cm.
You can choose more intricate patterns. For example, a skirt can be assembled from petals of different colors or simply additionally decorate. Angels with nimbuses look spectacular. It is enough just to cut an oval blank for the head and make a cut so that the rim remains on top. Step-by-step master class.
- To get started, prepare a template. The main blank looks like an angel's head and body (skirt). You can cut the product so that there is a halo on top. The second part is the hands, the third is the collar. You should also make a blank for the wings. Circle the template on the foamiran sheet with a simple pencil. Cut with scissors and work out all the details so that they are neat.
- From a thin strip of material make a loop for decoration. Glue it on the wrong side of the main part. On the first blank with a loop, fold the dress into a cone. Glue the joint with hot melt adhesive.
- Hands should be attached to the back of the angel. The collar is also fixed there. The wings should be glued at the seam of the previous workpiece.
- Now is the time to decorate the product. To do this, you can stick a small snowflake as if an angel is holding it in his hands. Rhinestones of a suitable size look good on the halo. You can collect the beads on a string and wrap them around the hem of the dress. In other words, there are no restrictions, the main thing is not to overdo it with a heavy decor.
Complex patterns and blanks are not always subject to children. If you want to make many products with the whole family, it is better to choose simple forms.
In this case, it is better to take a foamiran with glitter - the easiest production option.
- Cut from blank sheet: circle; a part that can be rolled into a cone; 2 identical triangles.
- All parts must be fastened. Glue the body into the cone with a small amount of glue. To fix the head from above with a loop from a thin decorative cord.
- Wings can be processed with curly scissors so that they are wavy. Glue them to the body.
Angels from foamiran can be used to decorate a table, curtains, rooms. Such toys are suitable for the Christmas tree. A variety of thematic decor options will make the products more airy. So, for Christmas you can use snowflakes.For Easter, this decoration should be supplemented with toys in the form of baskets with food, eggs and other attributes.
About how to make an angel from a foamiran on a Christmas tree yourself, see the video below.
