Foamiran dolls: patterns with photos and video master classes

In this article I would like to talk about such a type of needlework as a foamiran doll. Such a doll will be a great gift not only for a child, but also for an adult, because it is truly unique.

Have you heard anything about foamiran? It is no longer new to Russia, but if anyone doesn’t know, we’ll explain - this is a material that is a porous colored rubber, which is great for handicrafts
Supplied from Turkey, Iran and China. Fofucha (the so-called foamiran dolls) are especially popular in Portuguese-speaking countries, but this beauty is also in good demand here
Let's see how to make such unique toys yourself

Do-it-yourself foamiran dolls: master class

So, what will you need to make a doll?

First of all, of course, foamiran . It is easier to buy Chinese and Iranian. The first one is distinguished by rich, bright colors. But Iranian sheets are more muted in color, but at the same time they are preferred by craftsmen - smooth shade transitions are ensured

IMPORTANT: As for the thickness of the sheets, Chinese ones are thicker than Iranian ones, but the latter is noticeably more pliable when working. But in any case, choose thicker sheets, since thin sheets are more suitable for making flowers.

Foamiran dolls will be made from such colorful sheets

Scissors. There is no need to worry - they cut foamiran perfectly, even folded in several layers. It is recommended, if possible, to stock up on several types of scissors: in addition to regular ones, you may need curly ones to create the effect of torn edges and openwork, as well as manicure ones for miniature details

For foamiran dolls, curly scissors can be useful.

Skewer or toothpick . It can also be useful for transferring the pattern to foamiran. The fact is that it is not recommended to do this with a pen, pencil or felt-tip pen, since the traces will then be impossible to remove
Glue . The one that is marked that it is suitable for processing rubber products is suitable. PVA and any other product containing water are not suitable. It is ideal to purchase a glue gun

A glue gun is very useful for making foamiran dolls

Paints. It is recommended to give preference to oil and dry pastels, gouache, oil and acrylic paint. All this is necessary for additional coloring of the dolls and their decoration.
Iron . Without it, there is no way to heat foamiran, and the plasticity of this material is achieved only when heated. In principle, you can heat it with your hands, but using an iron set to medium temperature will work better
Felt for sewing doll clothes. But, in principle, if felt is not found, you can use another material
Powder
Wire
Foam blanks
Marker

A foamiran doll will be colorful along with markers.
So, we have everything prepared - now we can get started!

IMPORTANT: Whatever kind of doll you want to make, keep in mind that all parts are made separately.

Let's start with the head.

Take a foam ball and foamiran in a shade that is closest to flesh-colored
Heat the foamiran in your hands or by holding it on the sole of the iron for no more than 2-3 seconds.
Holding for too long leads to loss of plasticity.
After heating the foamiran, stretch it onto the foam, trying to make sure that the attachment points are nearby
Then these fastenings can be disguised with the doll’s hair.

To make a doll's body from foamiran, it is better to use not a bright pink material, but a flesh-colored sheet.
Now let's move on to the hair .

Cut a circle from foamiran, warm it up and attach it to your head. It is preferable to treat the joints with glue
Take the same sheet of foamiran that you used in the previous step and cut a long strip from it
Make cuts and heat the material with an iron. It is advisable to twist the stripes onto a skewer or toothpick - this will give you the doll’s curls.
Glue the resulting hair to the side . Separate them and transfer part to the other side, not forgetting to treat the junction with the head with glue
If you want your hair to be the same length, cut it. If desired, decorate your curls with bows or flowers

This is the kind of hair a foamiran doll can get

Now let's start drawing the face . To do this, you can use markers, paints or even blush - at your discretion

Faces of foamiran dolls can be very diverse

Well, now let's make the body. As a base, you can use either polystyrene foam or some suitable shaped object - for example, a jar or deodorant cap.
Now cut out the hands . Glue the arms to the body

IMPORTANT: If you want your arms to not bend, make them from thicker material.

Choose your favorite clothing template. Transfer this template to fabric and then sew the outfit.

A foamiran doll can be dressed in the brightest and most unusual outfits

To make legs, sticks can be covered with foamiran. The legs are attached to the body either with glue or wire
And the final stage is shoes . But we'll talk about it separately
By the way, you can also make all sorts of additional things that will surround the doll

A foamiran doll can be surrounded by some things

Here is a swimmer doll made from foamiran

Building a circuit

Before you start, you will need the following materials and tools:

Foamed rubber of different shades;
Glue gun;
The toothpick is long;
Marker or thin pencil;
Foam balls;
Bamboo stick;
Hairdryer or any other heating object;
Acrylic helmet.

The first step is to make a pattern. You can view the details below:

It is advisable to repeat everything as in the figure above. Start working from the head of the product.

Take a large foam ball 7 cm in diameter. Place the foam ball on a stand in the shape of a bottle neck and now proceed to the hair of the toy. To do this, cut out a rectangle with a suede plate, apply heat with a hairdryer and cover the prepared circle for the head. Strengthen with glue.

This picture shows how to make shoes for a doll:

Cut a semicircle from the shape and shape it into a cone. Then insert a four-centimeter plastic ball into the cone and cover the part with a natural cream-colored revelour. The body is ready. It's time to start the next stage.

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In order to make the lower limbs of the toy, you need to wrap bamboo sticks with a piece of foam.

Assembling all parts and decorating the product:

Glue the leg blanks to the plastic oval for the body.
Attach the head in the same way.
Put a dress on the toy and glue the hands.
The hairstyle will be in the form of a ponytail; to do this, fold the black piece in half and cut it into strips, then glue it to the upper part of the body.
Cut out small decorations for clothing, such as butterflies and asters for sundresses and shoes.

Foamiran dolls: patterns

It is more convenient to make dolls from foamiran using patterns. Especially at the initial stage. And even if you cut out the details of the dolls themselves without patterns, you will probably need them for the dresses.

Pattern of a dress for a doll from foamiran

And here is the pattern of the doll itself from foamiran

Another dress pattern for a doll made from foamiran

Fofucha doll face painting

Usually the face of such dolls is drawn as simple as possible. You can use black acrylic paint and draw two eye circles, a nose point and a smile line. Draw eyelashes and white dots of highlights on the eyes. You can brown the doll with real blush using a sponge or brush.

In general, you can draw absolutely any face: joyful, embarrassed, sad, dreamy, whatever. Here are examples of faces for a foamiran doll; you can simply copy them.

These are the dolls made from foamiran; a face painting master class will help you finish the job.

Shoes for dolls made of foamiran

Foamiran dolls are distinguished by two large details - the head and shoes. Plastic rubber, which has a suede-like feel, makes for great, bright shoes that will add personality to the toy. So, shoes are made as follows:

Take two foam balls that are approximately the same size
Cut the balls in half. Then you will need to cut a piece from each half, but this time vertically

IMPORTANT: Cut off approximately 1/6 of the diameter of half the foam piece.

Now glue the halves together so that they form a pair. Basically, this step is optional if you don't want the boots to fit together
Place the resulting blank - this will make it more convenient to bring it to final design. It is advisable to make sure that the edges of the foam hang from the stand - this will make it more convenient to cover them with foamiran
Actually, now we can take on the foamiran itself - we will need rectangular pieces of flesh-colored and several pieces of material of the color that the shoes should be. Heat flesh-colored pieces with an iron

This is how you need to warm up foamiran to make a doll from foamiran

Now place them with the heated side to the foam blanks . Apply glue to the edges and cut off the excess
We also need to attach a track . Thick cardboard or thick foamiran are suitable for this. It is advisable to choose white color
Well, now warm up with an iron those colored pieces from which you plan to make shoes. Pull them onto the workpiece
Cut out several strips of foamiran , then glue them to the perimeter of the shoe
Then it’s all up to you - decorate the shoes as you want . You can use beads, sequins, ribbons

These are the beautiful shoes a doll can get from foamiran

The soles of the foamiran doll's shoes are sometimes very similar to real soles

A foamiran doll may also have such interesting lace-up shoes

Or maybe a foamiran doll also has simple shoes?

These are the shoes the foamiran doll has with bows

A foamiran doll may even have boots

Foamiran doll with bright shoes decorated with patterns

Sometimes the shoes are almost half the size of a foamiran doll

Sandals for dolls made of foamiran

You can even make high-heeled shoes for a doll from foamiran.

Tatyana Shmeleva dolls from foamiran

Yes, fofuchi is mainly common in Brazil and Portugal. But we also have our own masters. For example, Tatyana Shmeleva.

This creative person is a teacher. Tatyana loves not only to create dolls based on her imagination, but also to copy cartoon characters.

Angel doll from foamiran by Tatyana Shmeleva

Foamiran dolls by Tatyana Shmeleva

girl doll from foamiran by Tatyana Shmeleva

Here's a princess doll from Tatyana Shmeleva's foamiran

In order for everything to succeed, you will still need

A foam ball as the base for the head and smaller balls for the feet, a foam cone as the base for the body.
Quite a thick wire. It will serve as the basis for the legs and the fastening element between the head and torso.
Iron. You can’t do without it, you need it to heat up the foamiran and make it flexible and suitable for work.
Glue. It is advisable to have a glue gun and instant glue (Instant glue-gel “Crystal” is best).
Scissors. You will need regular scissors and manicure scissors (for small parts). It would be great if you have scissors with a raised edge; they can be used to make a beautiful edge of clothing or curls for a hairstyle.
Skewer or toothpick. They are convenient for transferring the pattern onto the foamiran.
Paints (acrylic) and pastels or blush and shadows. All this can be useful for drawing the doll's face.
For clothing details, you can use not only foamiran, but also weave, braid, lace, depending on what image is intended.
For those who are making a doll from foamiran for the first time - a master class.

Let's get started. The following is a detailed master class “How to make a doll from foamiran.” There's nothing complicated about it.

Evgeniya Romanova dolls from foamiran

Another fairly popular master in the field of making dolls from foamiran is Evgenia Romanova. However, this mother also does painting, glass painting. As for crafts made from foamiran, for Evgenia they are the materialization of positive energy using simple technologies.

Red-haired beauty doll made of foamiran from Evgenia Romanova

Boy and girl - foamiran dolls from Evgenia Romanova

Foamiran angel doll from Evgenia Romanova

The Princess and the Mouse - foamiran dolls from Evgenia Romanova

Doll in a green foamiran dress from Evgenia Romanova

A set of fuamiran dolls from Evgenia Romanova

Basics of making a foam doll

Fofucha or Evik are the names of dolls made from rivelure. Their distinguishing features are a huge head and rather large feet.

How to make a head and hair

At first glance, making such a toy is very difficult, but in reality it is not so. Even novice needlewomen can cope with this task. However, you will need a little patience and a detailed master class on patterns for dolls from foamiran.

To make a toy you will need the following materials:

foam of different colors (it is best to take the thinnest version of this material from 0.5 to 5 mm);
curly scissors;
hair dryer or iron;
heat gun;
markers;
wire;
blush;
foil and cotton wool or foam cone and balls;
brush;
toothpick.

To make a foamiran doll with your own hands, you should start with the head. The base can be a foam ball or foil stuffed with cotton wool.

It is better to choose a beige or light pink color for the head foam to make the toy look more realistic. We cut a circle out of it and heat it with a hairdryer or iron, and then stretch it onto the base. It should be remembered that foamiran is heated for no longer than a few seconds, so as not to spoil it.

The seam on the back of the doll's head will later hide her hair. They are also made from a circle of foam of the desired color, which is heated and glued to the back of the head. After that, a hairstyle is created from pieces of foamiran of the same color for the toy. For example, bangs are glued to the front, and a ponytail is formed from narrow strips of foam at the back. You can give your doll curls using a toothpick and wrap a strip of heated faux suede around it. The toy's hairstyle is decorated with flowers, bows or hairpins.

After the doll's head is ready, her face is drawn. To do this, you can use felt-tip pens, markers, gel pens or acrylic paints. You can also simply glue the face of the toy.