Foam rubber flowers

Do you want to decorate your home with a touch of spring or create a personalised gift?
Then these DIY instructions are just the thing for you! Learn how to create beautiful daisies and calla lilies from colourful foam rubber. These little works of art are not only a great eye-catcher, but also a perfect project for relaxed craft afternoons.

Foam rubber daisies

Cut strips 2.5 cm wide from the yellow foam rubber. Cut these strips in half so that you have several even pieces. Take the white foam rubber sheets and divide them into four equal strips. Now cut small fringes into these strips. These steps will give your daisies a realistic look. Use two plug wires and carefully wind them together to form a sturdy flower stem. Place the stem on one of the yellow foam rubber strips and roll it up tightly. Fix the beginning and end of the strip with hot glue to ensure a secure hold. Now glue one of the white foam rubber strips to the end of the yellow strip and wrap it tightly around the stem. The end should also be fixed with hot glue. Turn the flower over and gently blow-dry it so that the heat bends the foam rubber outwards.
This gives the blossom petals their characteristic shape.

Calla flowers made from foam rubber

Download the template and transfer it to the foam rubber. Cut them out carefully.

Use matching colours to create a soft colour gradient on the flowers. Use dusky pink for the white flower, mix orange and yellow for the red flower and use pink for the purple flower. These colours will give your flower depth and vibrancy. Cut the chenille wire into six equal pieces. As with the daisies, wrap two pieces of wire together to form a sturdy flower stem. Apply a strip of hot glue to the centre of the bottom end of the flower and attach the stem. Then fix the end of the chenille wire with hot glue too. Glue the sides of the flower together in the centre to imitate the typical calla shape. Carefully blow-dry the flower from the back so that the heat bends the foam rubber slightly outwards and gives the flower an elegant curve.