Creations of the Month

Materials:
Plastic Picture Frame (with the Glass removed)
Yellow, Pink, Green and Blue Floam

1) Mix new colors:

There are six colors of Jelly Beans on the Jelly Bean Frame:
Pink, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue and Purple.
Mix together equal parts of Yellow and Pink Floam to make Orange.
Mash together Blue and Pink Floam to make Purple

2) Roll the Jelly Beans:

To make a Floam bean, pinch a piece of Floam about the size of a sugar cube.
Roll it into a little ball with the palms of your hands.
Make ten beans of each color.

3) Floam It!!

Choose a color from your pile of beans and push it flat against the frame. Take a different color and mash it next to the first one. Keep going until the whole frame is covered with smashed beans. Flatten the colors with your palm, or roll across the surface with a rolling pin.

You’re done!

Making Crazy-Dot Pencil Holder

Materials:
Clean & empty plastic peanut butter jar
Yellow, Green, and Pink Floam

1) Flatten some Floam:
Mash or roll out yellow Floam to about the size of a piece of paper and the thickness of a mouse pad. You can use your empty peanut butter jar as a roller!



2) Wrap the jar in Floam:

Lay the jar at one end of the piece of Floam. Lift the edge of the Floam around the jar and roll it to cover the whole thing. Gently squeeze against the sides and bottom of the jar with your hands. Fold the Floam over the edge of the jar’s mouth and press it against the insides.

3) Decorate!

Now dress up the pencil holder however you like! To make polka dots, just push small balls of Floam against the jar in different places. Try using different sized balls to make different size dots.

You’re done! Set it upside down to dry completely.

Making Senor Frog

Materials:
Green,Yellow and Pink Floam
Aluminum foil
2 plastic google eyes (optional)

1) Make a Foil Skeleton:

Frog’s skeleton is made up of two main parts: his round body and his long legs.

Body:
Take a 12 by 12-inch piece of foil and mash it loosely into an egg shape, not too tight, about the size of an egg too.

Legs:
Loosely roll a 12 inch by 6 inch piece of aluminum foil into a long tube, then squeeze the middle of the roll to make a thin long stick with your hands, (not too tightly). Flatten just the ends of the stick to make his feet

2) Connect the pieces:

Fold the long stick in half. Place the egg-shape of foil at the middle of the stick, with the bigger side of the egg touching the folded part. Take a 3 inch by 12 inch strip of foil and wrap it around both pieces to connect them you can also use a rubber band Smooth the strip around the body shape, use another piece to make it stronger if you like.

3) Shape the skeleton:
Holding the body section carefully in place, bend both legs up at an angle. It may look more like a bunny skeleton at the moment. Don’t worry.
Bend the legs halfway between where they meet his body and where his feet begin. Do this to both legs. Now bend his feet out so you can flatten them against the table.
Squeeze the Frog’s body a little flatter, push his bottom flat against the table top and point his head up.

Now make adjustments to your Frog based on what you see in front of you. Is one leg sticking out farther than the other? Does his body need to be pushed back into the legs a little bit? Should his knees squeeze closer to his body? Take a minute to look at your construction and fix it how you like.

And now…

4) Floam It!!

Roll out some green Floam to about the thickness of a mousepad. Tear off small pieces and gently cover your foil skeleton. If the legs move while you’re Floaming, that’s okay, just move them back into position. Floam stays flexible while you’re working. Turn your frog upside down and all around to make sure he’s completely covered. Set him on the counter and mash his feet flat.

Next, take two small pieces of green Floam, each about the size of a dime. Roll them into tiny balls of Floam. These are his eye-bulges. Set them on top of his head where you think his eyes should be and gently press them into place.
Take two goggle eyes and push one into the front of each bulge.

Take two more small pieces and form them into small triangles for his front webfeet. Push these into the front of his belly where it meets the tabletop. Make sure they are sticking into his Floamed belly so they will stay put.

Now flatten a piece of yellow Floam to around the size and flatness of a quarter, This is his yellow chest. Press it against his front between his flippers. Smooth it into place.

The last part is his smile. Take a small piece of pink and make a long skinny string of Floam. Press it gently into place.

He’s done! Just set him somewhere airy until he’s dry.

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