[Nfb-krafters-korner] fun with foam

[Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]]

Next year, you might want to get some one inch ones and string them,
like pop corn, for the tree.  You could even find stars and dots and
more to decorate the balls.

Terry
 

-----Original Message-----
From: tribble [mailto:lauraeaves at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 11:57 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] fun with foam

love it -- now could I ask a question to further challenge the
creativity on the list:

I bought some items from lacrafts.com (I think that was the name) and
was not going to, but saw these stirofoam  balls on sale and thought I
could do something fun for Christmas.  Now I'm sitting here amid a small
basket of stirofoam balls wondering why I ordered them... (I feel like a
kid in a candy store when buying crafty things, but usually limit myself
to things I actually plan to use...)

Does anyone have any thoughts of an easy craft using 3 inch balls?  I
only bought the one size.  I want to avoid spray paint, but glue and
pins and tissue paper are acceptable.  I'm out of ideas.
Anyone want some stirofoam balls for a good price??? j/k

TIA and happy crafting.
--le


----- Original Message -----
From: "joseli Walter" <joseli at thezoolady.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists"
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 6:33 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] fun with foam


I've recently discovered a new medium to work with.  I'm sure it's been
out 
there for a while, in fact, given the fact that I found it in the kid's 
crafting section, it's probably been around forever.  Anyway, I've
started 
making Christmas decorations our of sheets of foam rubber.  You can cut
it 
nicely and it really can be a nice creative medium.  I got several
Christmas 
themed sets that have pre-cut Christmas shapes such as snowmen,
Christmas 
trees, bows, gifts and even penguins for some odd reason.  These are
made 
into stickers, so you can just peel off the back and slap them on your 
project.  I also have enough foam alphabet stickers to last a century!
Oh, and if you get the alphabet stickers, keep the little dots that fill
in 
the letters with the back attached, they make grate little dots for
marking 
things.
I got 2 spools of thread, one silver, the other gold and marked the
inside 
of one of the spools with a foam dot.
I also got some glitter glue, haven't played with that yet and the old 
standby, tacky glue, never leave home without it!
I got all this at walmart.
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