With good reason, foam rubber is one of the most popular, inexpensive craft materials. Its smooth and moss-soft surface makes it particularly popular among children. Foam rubber is light, soft and has no sharp edges and fits young crafters well in the hand. The light foam panels are very easy to work with and even beginners can effortlessly achieve perfect results. You can use it to make a wide variety of things for different occasions. Crafting with foam rubber for Christmas, for example, would be a great idea for young and old. Below you will find some Christmas craft ideas for jewelry, decorations and gifts that can be made in no time and without any effort.
Make a tea light holder with foam rubber
You are welcome to involve your children in the craft projects that we have put together for you in this article and let the Christmas anticipation grow. There are no limits to your imagination when crafting with foam rubber for Christmas. For example, you can create a beautiful, festive tealight holder from the practical foam. Think about a color concept for the Christmas table decorations and cut out stars in different sizes from foam rubber. A template would be helpful for perfect results. Now cut a hole in the middle of the smallest star. Then stick the stars on top of each other and the festively decorated table will sparkle.
Make Christmas tree decorations for Christmas
An authentic Christmas tree definitely needs beautiful decorations. An infinite number of figures, motifs and ornaments for the Christmas tree can be cut out of foam rubber, which actually do not require any further processing. Even if you don't have much time available, foam rubber can be used to create great last-minute decorations. The execution doesn't necessarily have to be perfect, which is why you don't necessarily need foam rubber templates. When crafting, the stars can be cut out and glued together in no time. Let your children decorate the poinsettias with glitter or any other decorations they like.
Make your own Christmas tree
Pretty mini Christmas trees are always a welcome decoration on the table, on the windowsill or as a window hanger. The trees are also quickly cut out. Now your child can let off steam creatively and design a unique Christmas tree. The selection of decorative elements is huge. Beads, sequins, gemstones or various common items such as small buttons come into question here. White snowflakes, a tiny reindeer figure or a happy gingerbread man cut a fine figure on the homemade foam rubber Christmas tree.
If you would like to replace the traditional real Christmas tree with a homemade one this year, you can recreate this magnificent and decorative Christmas tree using foam rubber and a Styrofoam cone in the desired size. For this noble and elegant Christmas decoration you need foam rubber sheets in any color from which you cut out circles of the same size. Take the circle in your hand, squeeze it lightly between your fingers and dip the edge in some glue and then in glitter. Arrange the foam rubber circles as shown in the picture and glue them in place.
Making a snowman
As soon as the first snow falls, most children start talking about nothing but the snowman. But even if there is no snow on the doorstep, you can still make a cute one on a cozy afternoon of craftingMake a snowmanwith your children. You can create snowmen from a variety of materials. Anyone who wants to make the traditional symbol of winter out of foam rubber is spoiled for choice and has to choose between many different design options.
For example, you can paint a snowman directly on the foam rubber and have your child cut it out. Do not forget that the snowman needs a hat and a warm scarf in the coldest season. If you are looking for a more elaborate craft idea that encourages creativity in older children, you can recreate Santa Claus from the picture above at home. The individual parts are simply cut out of foam rubber and glued or sewn together. The pretty snowman can be hung anywhere.
Cute reindeer made quickly
If you would like to delight your child with a reindeer as decoration, you canthe cute even-toed ungulateMake a heart out of three foam rubber hearts. Cut one heart out of red foam rubber sheet and two out of white. All you really need are googly eyes and a small pompom for the nose. Depending on the size, this cute reindeer head can decorate the festive table or be a great party favor. But it can also decorate homemade gift packaging.
Craft ideas for loving gifts
Giving and receiving gifts is simply part of the most beautiful family celebration. Every year we are concerned with the question of how to surprise our loved ones with an original gift. How about a fun snowman hanger like this that makes a nice keepsake in addition to being a great Christmas ornament? With his arms spread, the little snowman looks like he's about to hug you.
If your friends and relatives are bookworms, they will definitely find out morea fun bookmarkbe happy. For people with this wonderful hobby, not only books are the ideal gift, but also other practical items. For the snowman bookmark, in addition to black and white foam rubber, you also need an ice cream stick or wooden stirrer and some sequins. Alternatively, you can add small buttons to the popsicle stick.
Simply make angels yourself
One of the positive properties of foam rubber craft material is that it can be combined with many other materials. Small,sweet angelsare simply part of the sensual festival and make almost everyone melt. To implement this beautiful craft idea you will need clothespins, feathers or fluffy garlands that can be quickly transformed into a dress and of course angel wings. You can make these out of foam rubber.
Make stamps
You can also use foam rubber to make beautiful stamps that you can use to decorate gift packaging or create personal greeting cards for Christmas. You can also personalize letters and textiles with such a stamp. Cut out Christmas motifs such as Christmas trees, snow globes or snowflakes using foam rubber templates and coat the motif with glue. Now you can press it onto a wooden block, cork or lint roller. Finally, apply watercolor and make a great decoration. A regular ink pad can also be used.
