Isn't it interesting to know what can be made of foil. Make a flower, basket, snake, snowflake, icicle, dress, dishes and even a tent from this material with the children. Foil? lightweight, inexpensive and malleable material. You can make interesting crafts from it. They look, literally, brilliant. Such products are quite durable, so they will serve you for more than one year.
DIY foil crafts - master class
If you want to decorate a summer cottage for the New Year or decorate a tree during a period when it is not blooming, then look at what wonderful silvery icicles you can make.
This is required for work:
- aluminum foil;
- special glue;
- paper clips;
- sequins;
- scissors.
Instructions for creating:
- Cut strips 15 cm long from foil. Each such blank should be wedge-shaped, so at the bottom it will measure 7.5 cm, and at the top 11.5 cm.
- Roll an icicle out of such an element. To do this, you need to rub it between your palms to make a tight tube. Lubricate it with glue and attach glitter.
- Pass a paperclip through each icicle. Straighten the wire slightly on one side and hang from this hook on the branch.
If you want to decorate the tree in winter, then foil snowflakes are also perfect for you.
Take:
- metal baking sheets;
- scissors;
- thin brush;
- glue gun.
It is necessary to cut long strips of aluminum material along the entire length of the baking sheets.
Handle the aluminum foil with extreme care so as not to cut yourself on the sharp edges. On a piece of paper, draw the outlines of the future snowflake in order to attach elements here and be guided by this template.
Now the quilling technique will come in handy. To make the elements, wind strips of aluminum foil around the tassel.
Press on one side with your finger to get these blanks.
Using a glue gun, hold the elements of the snowflake together, and then you can place it on the tree or decorate the room with such work. A foil picture will also look great here. To do it, take:
- canvas or plywood, which needs to be covered with light-colored paper;
- glue;
- foil;
- scissors;
- foam brush.
Turn the matte side of the foil towards you and draw petals on it with a pencil. Cut them out.
Glue the core of the flower, also cut from foil, to the canvas. Using a suitable glue and a foam brush, attach not only it, but also the petals to the center of the flower. They should be located around the core. Here is such a wonderful picture made of foil.
Also, from this material, you can make a panel similar to chasing.
To create something like this, prepare:
- a sheet of cardboard;
- PVA glue or acrylic;
- shoe cream black;
- aluminum foil;
- glue stick;
- cotton swab;
- paper towels.
Draw the future landscape on a piece of cardboard. Go over his lines with glue. When it's dry, cover the entire drawing with a layer of glue stick. Place the foil on top and smooth it with your finger or fingernail. Be careful not to tear it.
Now you need to lightly press down on the material using a cotton swab. A drawing will appear. You can add strokes to it. Apply them carefully with a simple pencil, but without a lead.
Using a foam sponge, cover the embossing surface with shoe polish.
If you liked it and want to know what can be made of foil for the home, watch the next master class and step-by-step photos to it.
How to update furniture with your own hands using foil?
If you have an old nightstand, the foil will add shine to it and save it from being thrown away.
These are the wonderful interior items you will have if you take:
- foil;
- foam sponge;
- suitable glue;
- paper towel;
- black acrylic paint;
- polyacrylic primer.
Apply glue to the surface of the cabinet and attach small pieces of foil here. Wipe it with a piece of soft cloth or sponge to expel air.
When the glue dries, remove its remnants from the surface to be decorated with a damp cloth. Now you need to apply literally a few drops of paint and rub in gently using paper towels. When the paint dries, you need to apply three layers of polyacrylic primer to the already renovated furniture, letting each dry. This is how you can update your furniture.
If you want a new outfit to shine in it at the holiday, then you can also create a new outfit from foil.
Foil dress - master class
To do it, take:
- dress available;
- foil;
- a piece of soft material;
- scissors.
Take enough foil to cover the front of your dress. Now gently wipe the top with a soft cloth to get an imprint of the seams. Cut with seam allowance.
Fill in all parts of the garment in the same way. Now you need to put two parts of the shelf next to each other so that you get a one-piece part. Bend the seams so that the two parts of the shelf become one. Now, using the same technology, connect the front of the dress with the back, and then connect the bodice of this product to the bottom.
Wrap each seam several times so that the parts are well connected in this place and do not come apart. You can additionally glue the seams. If you have a beautiful dress of the desired style or even just a combination, you can turn each such item into a charming evening outfit.
To do this, on top of this base, you need to put foil parts and firmly connect them with glue. You will complete the petticoat if you glue a foil ruffle onto double-sided tape.
And the next new thing is created even faster. Wear a dress with thin straps, and decorate one with a foil bow. Wrap the rest of the foil around your body and fix the pieces by twisting them. In these places, just make naughty bows.
There are other techniques that will tell you what you can do with foil. If you like to weave from this material, then the next master class is just perfect for you.
How to weave from foil?
See what an interesting shiny snake you get. It does not need special equipment and materials, take:
- aluminum foil;
- two beads;
- sharp scissors.
For weaving, use regular soft foil, as hard foil can hurt your fingers. Cut about 35 strips from it, each 3 cm wide. Now you just need to crumple everything in turn along with your hands.
Then work with your hands again so that each of your workpieces turns into such an even strip.
Now you can start weaving. Bend the first piece as shown in the following illustration.
Attach the next one to it.
Now start filling this template with flakes by bending this work wire.
Perform the next row in a checkerboard pattern with respect to the previous one. The red arrow shows where to move the working thread.
Here's what you get.
And here's how to continue to weave from foil. Repeat such loops until the entire contour of the snake is filled. Now you will need to intertwine two wires as shown in the next photo.
This technique is needed when you need to connect two wires if the working one ends. Here's what you should get for now.
Continue to weave to fill the entire snake head. Bend the two halves of this blank in half to make the head of this reptile.
We continue to weave from foil. Do this with a working tube in a circle. When the snake's body is about 40 cm, begin to narrow it. First, make one less scale, weave another 25 cm.
Now, every three or four rows, subtract one scale. When there are 3 of them, then you need to fix the foil wire here. To do this, it is necessary to thread a working metallized thread through the lower three scales and rewind it several times here as in the photo.
Here's the snake you get. But you need to complete it.
To do this, it is necessary to string on two wires along a bead.
Thread them so that the eyes snap into place, and the ends of each wire must be connected in pairs to form the sting of the snake.
Here's what you can weave out of wire to make this interesting piece.
If you like newspaper weaving, then you will definitely love foil twisting as well. This metallized material holds even better than paper blanks. Therefore, you can do without glue here. If you want to teach your children such an interesting lesson, then you can create the next piece of furniture with them.
How to weave a foil basket?
You will take a minimum of auxiliary things, these are only scissors and foil. Cut the starting material into strips about 4 cm wide.
Now they need to be crumpled between the palms, and then twisted between them to get such even tubes.
Take two similar blanks and connect them crosswise, twisting once here.
They will be the main ones for now. Take another twig of foil and braid the first two tubes with it in a circle.
Let this auxiliary twig also become one of the main ones. Add one more twig in the same way, continue to weave the basket, but in a circle. Gradually give it the desired shape.
When you reach the desired height, weave three additional twigs into the top edge of the basket, fix them here and weave a pigtail out of them, which will become a handle.
Fix the handle on the other side, hide the deprivation of the tips and you can admire such a wonderful basket or donate it.
Foil flowers are also wonderful.
To make a lily, take the following sizes of foil strips in the following quantities:
- 25 by 2.5 cm? 6 pcs.;
- 15 by 2 cm? 3 pcs.;
- 10 by 10 cm? 1 PC.;
- 10 by 2.5 cm? 3 pcs.;
- 25 by 8 cm? 1 PC.
Take strips measuring 20 by 2.5 cm and twist tubes from them. And from the part, which is made in the form of a square with sides of 10 cm, roll a ball.
To make the foil flower further, place a 25 x 8 cm rectangle in front of you and place the shiny ball you just made on it. Wrap this piece so that it turns into a tube with such a circle at the end. Bend 6 blanks so that they become flower petals.
Take that blank with a ball and start fixing these petals around it. Secure all six in this way.
Roll the tubes from strips measuring 10 by 2.5 cm. Connect them on one side and on the other to form such a leaf.
Secure it at the bottom of the flower.
If you have to spend the night in the forest, then also stock up on foil. The roll of this material is light, so it will not be difficult to carry it, but it will help out outside the city more than once.
How to make a tent, foil dishes?
If spending the night in the forest is unavoidable, then find some fairly strong sticks there, for the walls of the tent you will need 4 pieces. Tie them with a rope at the top, and put the lower ends of the sticks at a sufficient distance between you. You will end up with a tripod-like device, but only consisting of four elements.
Now you need to wrap this frame with foil so that the front wall remains free. This is where you come in. If you need to spend the night in the forest in the cold season, then first light a small fire next to the tent, and so that warm air goes inside the temporary shelter, hang a door here, but place it horizontally, not vertically.
To do it, fold three sticks into a triangle. Secure this frame with rope or wire. Wrap it in foil. Lay the door horizontally on the roof of your building so that it creates a small canopy at the top. Fix it in this position with a wire hook or a branch of this shape.
When the fire starts, the foil canopy will serve as a reflector. The inner walls of the tent are well warmed up. When you want to rest, you will need to put out the fire, climb inside on dry foliage or grass and close the door behind you.
This is how you can make a tent and stand if you had to spend the night in the forest. As you can see, the snow that fell during the night settled on the walls of the tent, but did not go inside.
Therefore, if you go to the forest, hike, pick mushrooms or just take a walk, be sure to take a couple of foil rolls with you. She will help out when you need to boil water to cook food.
To do this, you must first tear off one piece of foil and give it the shape of a bowler hat, then strengthen it with several more canvases of this material. Make a sturdy handle for these utensils and slide them back into place.
If you need to melt the snow, do not lay it in a dense layer, as this process will then be very slow. Stick a few snowballs, put the pot first with one on the fire, then, when it turns into water, gradually add each additional snowball.
We suggest you learn more about this from the video. The brave traveler Timofey Bazhenov will show by his example how useful foil is in the forest.
The second video will teach you what you can make of foil useful for yourself and for your home.
