After reading That Artist Woman’s post about Stamping With Foam, we decided to give it a try. Â We have stamped with foam stickers, but I love the idea of using the foam to create your own design. Â She has an excellent tutorial on what she did. Â We made a few changes just because of the supplies we had on hand.
To make your Foam Stamps, you will need:
- Craft foam sheets
- Milk jug or bottle top lids
- Scissors
- Pen ~ to make the impression in the foam
- Paint
- paper
We pushed the milk lid directly into the foam so the girls had a guide to cut out the right size of stamp.  I was surprised how easily the foam took the imprint.
The girls loved designing their stamps. Â They found it easiest to draw the design with a pen and then cut out the circle to fit on the recycled lid. Â Â They went over the lines a few times with the pen to get a deep impression, just to be safe.
After the girls drew their design, they cut the foam to fit the back side of the milk lid and taped it on. Â We put arrows on the inside of the lid to show which way was the top of their design. Â If you are looking to save your stamps, you may want to use glue instead of tape.
Using our homemade stamp pad, the girls chose a few colors of acrylic paints.  We use our stamp pad quite often.  I love that you don’t have a stack of store bought stamp pads to store, plus depending on the paint you choose it is fully washable.
I love the negative image the stamp creates. Â The cards that the girls made turned out so cute!
We love stamping, here is a few of the stamping projects that we enjoyed. Â (just click on the red link)
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