Polyurethane foam, a universal sealant, is one of those building materials that, as they say, “everyone has been waiting for a long time,” and which one day came into our lives seriously and for a long time. IN Western Europe it began to be widely used in the eighties, in our country - in the second half of the nineties. This application has become so commonplace that it is difficult to imagine how construction used to be done without such a convenient sealant.

And our craftsmen demonstrate non-standard use polyurethane foam. As a material for creating magnificent sculptures to decorate areas. As raw material for manufacturing original crafts. Take a look, maybe this experience will be useful to you too!

An aerosol that can be an excellent material for a sculptor.

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Effective and spectacular! Thoughts arise in my head that, for sure, complex things are happening here. chemical reactions, described by long equations that you don’t even want to delve into. But everything is much simpler. Add food coloring, soda, detergent. And then we'll pour...

Target: Increase professional competence teachers in the field non-traditional forms works - drawing on shaving foam. Tasks: Introduce teachers to techniques unconventional drawing, using the example of performing work using the monotype technique, using shaving foam; ...

Polyurethane foam. Master classes, crafts made from construction foam - Scenario of a master class for parents on unconventional drawing “Miracles of Foam”

Publication “Scenario of a master class for parents on non-traditional drawing...” Goal: creating a festive mood, forming positive parent-child relationships. Involving parents and children in joint creative activities Objectives: 1. Introduce parents to the techniques and methods of non-traditional drawing with shaving foam 2. Develop...

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Master class using shaving foam and obtaining a drawing “Unusual in the ordinary” for teachers Relevance of the chosen topic of the master class: In classes on creative development The tasks of comprehensive development of children, which is necessary for successful learning at school, are solved. In the process of work, children develop mental operations(analysis, synthesis, comparison, etc., skills...

Topic: “Drawing using the monotype technique, using shaving foam” Goal: to expand the knowledge of teachers in the use of non-traditional techniques in the visual arts of children. Objectives: - to introduce teachers to the techniques of unconventional drawing, using the example...

Summary of educational activities on drawing “Balloons” using shaving foam Abstract educational activities on drawing using unconventional technology(shaving foam. Goal: 1. Development of children’s communication skills at the level of intergroup communication between children of different ages Tasks for children senior group 1. Ensure that you receive a positive...

Polyurethane foam. Master classes, crafts made from construction foam - Master class “Magic foam. Using non-traditional materials in working with children"

Master class of the participant of the municipal competition “Teacher of the Year - 2018” Yulia Ivanovna Golubeva Master class summary Slide 1: Dear members of the jury, dear colleagues, I am glad to welcome you to our meeting. To organize a master class, we need 4 people from the audience. To...

I wanted to try a recipe I wrote down a long time ago. artificial snow made from shaving foam and soda. How to make artificial snow from shaving foam and baking soda? To make artificial snow, I used Nivea shaving foam in a can. I chose foam for...

Of course, everyone who often spends time in the garden wants to decorate and diversify the space around them. The easiest way is to purchase professionally made animal figures in a store. However, you have to pay for them, and it’s hard to resist the desire to create something unusual with your own hands. Very interesting option– make a craft yourself from polyurethane foam for the garden.

Crafts made from polyurethane foam: what is good and what is bad?

Foam is a special material. You can make figures of any size from it. The work does not require significant physical activity and subject to female hands. When working with the material, it is easy to remove excess or add missing details, and correct errors. A well-made craft looks professional and does not bear the marks of recycling, such as crafts made from tires or plastic bottles. The foam craft is not afraid of rain and snow, but it will have to be protected from exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation.

There is another side to the coin. First of all, you should understand what foam is made of volumetric figures, which are not easy to copy without having a sense of proportion. It’s even more difficult to create something new with only a flat picture in front of you.

If you have not yet appreciated your abilities as a sculptor and do not have experience working with construction foam, it is better to start with a simpler craft and create a bun, a mushroom or a ladybug.

The material hardens in air long time, so be patient while waiting for the next layer to be ready. It will take a week to build a large craft. Foam gets very dirty, and it is better to carry out work with gloves, in a special place and on outdoors.

The most interesting and characteristic foam figures

Of course, first of all, you need to “get acquainted with the assortment.” By carefully studying samples of existing creations, we can conditionally divide all crafts into two groups. Some have a smooth surface, others have an almost untreated surface.

Using the leveling of dried foam, you can make the figure of any animal and many other crafts. In this option, your work is well protected from ultraviolet rays sun. At the same time, a lot of time and materials are required.

Particularly interesting is the imitation of animal fur using raw foam. This type of texture is difficult to produce from any other material. When done carefully, the animals literally come to life. In this option, you do not need to spend a lot of time leveling the surface.

Making non-living objects from polyurethane foam is less popular, with the exception of imitation mushrooms. However, as follows from the photo below, using construction foam you can make a flowerpot, garden lantern and flower pots different types.

Using this scheme you can build any craft

Almost any craft from polyurethane foam for the yard and garden can be built using general rules. Below is a set of basic tools. Note that you can use regular cans with a straw or pistol foam. Working with a pistol is much more convenient. When making a complex figure or a large number of products, it is better to purchase a pistol.

Material happens different quality, and cans provide different amounts of foam, which is directly related to the price of the can. The materials you will also need are paint, varnish and putty for external use. A variety of auxiliary materials are suitable for making the frame: plastic bottles, wire, pieces of wood, etc.

When making almost any foam figure, you will need a frame. How more shape frame corresponds to the appearance future crafts, the better it will be final result. It is convenient to use tape to mount the frame. Individual frame parts can be added to the structure sequentially as the next layer is applied. In addition to the above material, you can use a roll of paper, fabric or foam rubber wrapped in tape for the frame.

The foam craft weighs very little. To prevent the wind from knocking it over, you can pour sand into plastic bottles. To attach the figurine to the ground, you can also provide thick wires that will protrude from the legs of the animals.

Before starting work, be sure to read the instructions for using the foam on the can. It is highly recommended to purchase a polyurethane foam cleaner to quickly solve “dirty” problems. Work should be carried out at positive temperatures in the open air or in a well-ventilated area. Use gloves. When working, it is convenient to use a bedding made of polyethylene film, to which the foam does not stick.

In the can, the foam is in the form of a liquid. When exposed to air, the material hardens. The container should be shaken before use. During operation, keep the can with the cap down. If this is not done, all the gas will escape and some of the material will not be usable. The foam gains sufficient strength within one hour. The material hardens completely in approximately 10 hours.

Do not attempt to apply immediately a large number of material, as the foam will fall off. It is better to apply a layer of foam on horizontal surfaces, let it harden for half an hour, and then turn the workpiece so that when applying the next layer the foam again lies horizontally.

If possible, apply foam evenly to the frame, taking into account the shape of the future craft. To get a good result, it is useful to read the contents of the article

After the material has hardened, you can add foam to those places where it is missing in accordance with the outlines of the craft. Excessively protruding parts should be cut off sharp knife, which will not tear the material. Smooth surfaces can be provided with sandpaper wrapped around a block.

A layer of putty for external use will improve the protection of the craft from solar radiation and will provide additional alignment. Now you can paint the craft.

Please note that paint can spoil the surface of insufficiently hardened foam!

It is recommended to use paints for external use and paint in two layers. Convenient to work with acrylic paints. For additional protection the figure is coated with varnish, preferably “yacht” varnish. Please note that varnish will give white paint a yellowish tint. The finished craft can be further decorated various elements decor: buttons, glass, cord and other products of rich imagination. Pay attention to the fungus, which is made of polyurethane foam,

Don't limit your imagination when decorating

Master class: making curly lamb together

The foam lamb seemed to me the most suitable for the first experience of working with the material:

• the figurine is relatively uncomplicated, but not small in size;
• the curls of the lamb look very much like frozen foam;
• I can decorate what I made with my own hands with a new element and make lamb hooves from small brown plastic bottles.

The sequence of actions of the master class coincides with the sequence of the photo:

Concluding the description, I would like to add that the DIY manufacturing process garden figure turned out to be very exciting for the dacha. I wish you the same result! Perhaps a video will help your work.

Kolobok, Kolobok, I'll eat you... A fairy tale in the garden

The stork is still single, but soon he will have a girlfriend

Well, there are already two of them

For work (to make a swan) you will need:

1. plastic bottle (size depends on what size figure you want to get in the end)
2. rubber or cotton gloves
3. actual mounting foam (the simplest)
4. gun for polyurethane foam (expensive, about 500 rubles min, but it is necessary)
5. sharp knife (cut off unnecessary things)
6. gun flush
7. desire and fantasy...

Let's take it plastic bottle we fill it with sand so that the figure turns out heavy and does not blow away in the wind. We make a small cut for the neck. The neck is a hose into which a wire is inserted; we give the neck the desired bend.

We begin to foam... Layer by layer, allowing each layer to dry for 15 minutes, otherwise the foam will settle and fall off. We leave the place where the legs should be, we only foam the neck and torso on top. On the sides, where the penim wings should be, we make additional layers, giving the desired shape to the wings. We dry the swan figurine so that the foam hardens, after which we begin to make the legs...

My legs are two tubes, d=1cm (you can take a ski pole and cut it in half or something similar), twist the two halves with wire and again foam them ("stick" them to the body) layer by layer with drying!!!

Don't forget that foam tends to expand! After applying the first layer, you will see how much it increases in volume...

After the figure has dried (30 minutes, after all the layers have been applied), cut off with a sharp knife what seems unnecessary to you.

I painted it with PF and NC paints, usual for exterior work, and it takes a lot of paint, because... the surface is not smooth. On the forum, which advised me to make similar figures, it was painted with acrylic paints and varnished on top, but PF and NC are cheaper. Probably convenient to use aerosol paints but it's a bit expensive...

Why do you need a gun? To make it convenient for them to apply foam, adjust the thickness of the jet.

This weekend I will make a girlfriend for a swan, I promise that I will film everything step by step with a camera and post a master class.

That's all! Go for it, everything will definitely work out!!! The main thing is not to be afraid to experiment. Foam is so comfortable material, you yourself will understand when you start doing it.

By the way, a bun is an old saucepan, a fox is an old 5-liter canister.

Turtle family

Master class on making figures from polyurethane foam

I took it for work plastic mold from under a cake, wire, an old hose, polyurethane foam, a foam gun, cardboard and tape (I used electrical tape to more clearly show which places to wrap with it)

The cake mold is filled with sand. In order to make the figure heavier.

We bend the wire and tape it with tape (electrical tape) to the cake pan. Let's fix it this way.

We foam the edges, thereby securing the wire and the mold.

For the neck and head: thread the wire into the hose and attach it to the form with tape. We foam it. We wait 15-20 minutes for the foam to harden.

We put the pieces of hose on bottom part the wires will be the legs.

Cut out a triangle from cardboard - this will be the tail. We apply it to the back of our turtle and foam the seam. Let it dry for 15-20 minutes.

We foam the tail.

We build up the shell, begin to foam the legs, neck and head. We dry each layer, otherwise the foam will “slide”... And the desired shape will not work out!!!

We get this turtle, all that remains is to color it. In the end, I applied three layers of foam, spent less than half a bottle of polyurethane foam, so I decided to make her girlfriends. But even for three turtles I didn’t use up the entire bottle.

Having the opportunity to travel outside the city is great, and if you also have a vacation at your own summer cottage, it’s generally great. But that's just standard dachas, on which we see only cucumbers, tomatoes, potatoes and other necessary vegetables and fruits, evoke melancholy more than the desire to relax. And I don’t want to work in such an atmosphere at all. What if you put in a little imagination and effort and turn your country cottage area a real miracle? Believe me, your household members will not want to return to the city after the transformation of the dacha. And for such a transformation to take place, you will need DIY garden crafts. What do we mean? Watch, read, choose and be inspired.

Original DIY crafts for the garden and dacha from scrap materials

Of course, today most farm stores and flower stalls offer various options garden sculptures, pots and other beauty. But this pleasure is by no means cheap: to completely transform your site, you will need to shell out a tidy sum. Do you want to spend money? No? Then you've come to the right place. We will tell you how to create all this beauty with your own hands from materials that almost every thrifty owner can find.
So, this section of our website contains ideas that are worthy of taking a place on your site. We invite you to get acquainted with the technology of making flower beds from tires, original flower beds from plastic bottles, bird figurines, animal gnomes from the same bottles and other materials. And with us you can create real castles for your children, small fountains, relaxation corners, etc.
In addition to “traditional” materials, we will also use completely unusual ones, for example, old typewriters, different housings toy cars, children's buckets and much, much more. In principle, from our articles you will learn that you can decorate your garden or summer cottage with anything, and such DIY garden crafts will definitely delight your loved ones and guests.

Collection of ideas for crafts

Our articles and reviews are devoted not only to materials from which you can create, but also to various ideas.
We will tell you exactly what you can create in your dacha. How do you like the idea of ​​such DIY garden crafts as:

• garden gnomes and other fairy-tale characters;
• children's slides;
• fountains;
• hammocks and loungers for relaxation;
• benches;
• swing;
• flower beds and flower beds;
• figurines from plants;
• Japanese stone gardens;
• original armchairs and sun loungers;
• play areas;
• houses and huts;
• birdhouses and bird pens;
• interestingly decorated booths.

Do you think this is the whole list? In vain! This is only a small part of what can be placed on your summer cottage.

Arrangement of crafts in the garden or on the site

It’s not enough to come up with and carry out a craft, you need to find a place for it on the site. Therefore, we have devoted a number of articles to how exactly you can place everything that you create.
In the articles there are many descriptions of different gardens and dachas with photographs in which you will see entire families of pigs walking in the garden, swans made of tires strewn with flowers, which are located near the porch of the house, and so on.
It is important when decorating the site not to overdo it and to correctly combine crafts for the garden with your own hands. The fact is that a large pile of everything will only repel.
How to combine different crafts, create entire scenes from them, organize a recreation and games area - all this will be discussed in our materials.
Creating with us will not only be easy, but most importantly, it will be interesting!

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, and not a household one, since a small pistol 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, sculpt animals - this will help you figure out what you can do better.

Perfect 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 with a sharp knife.

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

Not only crafts made from polyurethane foam street views decorate, they can be made for 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.