Materials and Equipment

A4 size foam sheets 2mm,

3mm or 5mm thickness (from

Bunnings, craft stores, dollar

shops).

Fabric remnants (from your

home stash or fabric shop).

Spray adhesive (if you have

adhesive foam, you won’t

need this).

Paper brads (pins 20mm

long from office supplies or

craft stores).

Sheets of paper for

templates (can be

newspaper).

Cut out template

Take a piece of paper and a

round bowl. Trace around

it, cut out the circle. Fold

the circle into quarters.

Adhere fabric to foam sheet

Use spray adhesive to stick

the reverse side of fabric to

the foam. Follow instructions

on the can and keep the

space well ventilated or

spray outside. Allow to dry.

Cut out foam circle

a) Trace template onto

fabric/foam sheet.

b) Cut the shape 1-

1.5cm larger than

template.

c) Line up template on

foam circle, mark the

quarter points onto

foam.

d) 2.5cm in from the

marked points, pinch

the foam and insert a

brad 0.8-1cm from

the fold.

A B

C D

Insert brads into foam

Continue to insert

brads by pinching the

foam at 2.5cm in from

marker point and 0.8-

1cm in from the fold.

Make the foam box

No template needed for

this shape. The

rectangular box is an A4

sheet. The boat shape

box is half an A4 sheet.

Cut the remnant fabric on

the bias grain. This

minimises fraying. About

1.5 cm larger than the

foam. Use spray

adhesive to adhere the

fabric to the foam sheet.

When dry, cut off excess

fabric .

Measure fold points

At the short end of

the rectangle, mark

5cm in from each of

the sides and 5cm

deep. Do this at the

other short end.

Cut the foam along the 4

lines which have been

marked. 2 at either end

about 5cm long.

Assemble the box shape.

For the rectangular-

shaped box, fold the side

flaps in first, then centre

panel up at right angles,

insert the 2 brads into the

double layers. OR, for

alternate version, fold the

centre panel flap up first,

so it is at right-angle to

the base, fold the side

flaps around, doubling

over the centre panel flap.

Insert 2 brads into the

double layers.

Ta! Da! Rectangular box and circular bowl

Try different sized

circles, pinning together

the foam at different

points to get different

shapes. The boat

shaped box (pink and

green ticking shown

here) is made from half

an A4 sheet with panel

flaps of even width.