This document provides instructions for making foam craft shapes using various materials. The shapes include a circular bowl and rectangular or boat-shaped boxes. Materials needed are foam sheets, fabric remnants, spray adhesive, paper brads, and paper for templates. Templates are made by tracing circles. Fabric is adhered to foam using spray adhesive and allowed to dry. Circles are cut out 1-1.5cm larger than the template. Brads are inserted at quarter points to form the bowl. For boxes, fabric is adhered to foam sheets and cut. Fold lines are measured and cut on rectangles. Flaps are folded and braded to form boxes. Different sized circles and brad placements create variation.

2. Materials and Equipment
A4 size foam sheets 2mm,
3mm or 5mm thickness (from
Bunnings, craft stores, dollar
shops).
Fabric remnants (from your
home stash or fabric shop).
Spray adhesive (if you have
adhesive foam, you won’t
need this).
Paper brads (pins 20mm
long from office supplies or
craft stores).
Sheets of paper for
templates (can be
newspaper).

3. Cut out template
Take a piece of paper and a
round bowl. Trace around
it, cut out the circle. Fold
the circle into quarters.

4. Adhere fabric to foam sheet
Use spray adhesive to stick
the reverse side of fabric to
the foam. Follow instructions
on the can and keep the
space well ventilated or
spray outside. Allow to dry.

5. Cut out foam circle
a) Trace template onto
fabric/foam sheet.
b) Cut the shape 1-
1.5cm larger than
template.
c) Line up template on
foam circle, mark the
quarter points onto
foam.
d) 2.5cm in from the
marked points, pinch
the foam and insert a
brad 0.8-1cm from
the fold.
A B
C D

6. Insert brads into foam
Continue to insert
brads by pinching the
foam at 2.5cm in from
marker point and 0.8-
1cm in from the fold.

7. Make the foam box
No template needed for
this shape. The
rectangular box is an A4
sheet. The boat shape
box is half an A4 sheet.
Cut the remnant fabric on
the bias grain. This
minimises fraying. About
1.5 cm larger than the
foam. Use spray
adhesive to adhere the
fabric to the foam sheet.
When dry, cut off excess
fabric .

8. Measure fold points
At the short end of
the rectangle, mark
5cm in from each of
the sides and 5cm
deep. Do this at the
other short end.

9. Cut the foam along the 4
lines which have been
marked. 2 at either end
about 5cm long.

10. Assemble the box shape.
For the rectangular-
shaped box, fold the side
flaps in first, then centre
panel up at right angles,
insert the 2 brads into the
double layers. OR, for
alternate version, fold the
centre panel flap up first,
so it is at right-angle to
the base, fold the side
flaps around, doubling
over the centre panel flap.
Insert 2 brads into the
double layers.

11. Ta! Da! Rectangular box and circular bowl

12. Try different sized
circles, pinning together
the foam at different
points to get different
shapes. The boat
shaped box (pink and
green ticking shown
here) is made from half
an A4 sheet with panel
flaps of even width.