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faux wood foam state art

This month for the Make It Fun®’s creative holiday team, we were given several sheets of foam, lots of ideas came to mind.  I loved the deer head pallet that looked like wood from last year’s challenge.  It’s so fun what a little paint can do to foam, right?  The same week I received my foam, we attended our church Christmas breakfast and we assigned names families to serve.  Ideas to serve them could be as easy as a treat or to mow their lawn for them, etc.  Luckily my twin did a little spy work and found out the young couple I chose likes to decorate, score! And she likes trendy home decor projects so I thought this would be a great time to try my free hand at state art.  Really hoping she loves the final outcome, I personally love handmade gifts versus store bought (:

DIY | How to turn foam sheets into faux wood state art! Fun handmade gift idea for the hard to shop for person! Cute home decor idea!

Supplies:

  • 1 FloraCraft Make It: Fun® Foam® sheet
  • Make It: Fun® StyroCutter® Plus
  • FloraCraft® Smooth Finish
  • FloraCraft® Shaper
  • 3 acrylic paint colors: brown, gray, tan
  • sanding block
  • marker

Directions: 

Trace your state onto foam with marker.  I free handed mine but you can print out a silhouette that you google and print it bigger, cut it out then trace it onto your foam. (Pretty sure the great state of AZ is missing a little land on the west end, oopsie!)

DIY | state art decor directions

I’ve seen a lot of hearts in place of the city you live in other versions of state art but how about a cactus for The Valley of the Sun!

DIY | state art decor, cactus cut out for the city you live in

Apply 2 layers of Smooth Finish, it’s like putty but not as thick.  

DIY | state art how-to, foam to wall decor

Let it dry overnight.

DIY | state art how-to, foam to wall decor

Sand it down to your desired finish.  I left mine thick to add dimension with paint later on.

DIY | faux wood state decor

I copied the same painting tutorial I shared on the faux deer head art:

Faux barnwood painting tutorial! So easy! #barnwood #palletart #diy

And there you have it, an easy handmade gift idea, quick home decor, a fast wall art idea…wherever you put it, you’re sure to smile at the personalize touch it’ll bring to your space.

DIY | how to turn foam sheets into faux wood state art! Fun handmade gift idea for the hard to shop for person! Cute home decor idea!

DIY | How to turn foam sheets into faux wood state art! Fun handmade gift idea for the hard to shop for person! Cute home decor idea!

DIY | How to turn foam sheets into faux wood state art! Fun handmade gift idea for the hard to shop for person! Cute home decor idea!

DIY | How to turn foam sheets into faux wood state art! Fun handmade gift idea for the hard to shop for person! Cute home decor idea!

Check out all of our FloraCraft projects like our foam laurel wall decor,

DIY project |Make this pretty monogram sign out of a surprise material: foam! Cute home decor that's easy to make!  So cute with mixed media felt flowers and coffee filter leaves. A great how-to on lollyjane.com

plus all of our Christmas ideas like our peppermint wreath,

Pretty striped peppermint wreath, easy to make!! Full tutorial at lollyjane.com

and our yarn wrapped cones.

Yarn wrapped trees! Great for party decor, would be a fun centerpiece! Love the different colors and the wrapped lights! (lollyjane.com)

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