Fun With Expanding Foam! 7 Awesome Tricks That Will Show You Just How Cool It Is

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Introduction

Let’s be honest: when you’re working on home improvement projects–or even just plain ol’ craft projects–it rarely occurs to you to use expanding foam. But you should! Expanding foam offers a ton of opportunities for fun and creativity, whether you’re looking to make your own Star Wars lightsword or build a giant pillow mountain in your living room. And best of all, if something goes wrong (like if, say, you accidentally set the entire thing on fire), it’s not going to break the bank. So let’s get started with these seven super-fun things that completely transform expanding foam from an everyday material into a playground full of possibility!

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1. Craft a lightsword

  • Get a pool noodle.
  • Cut it into a sword shape.
  • Draw on the sword with a Sharpie, if you like.
  • Glue the sword together with a hot glue gun, if you like (be sure to use good quality glue).
  • Insert battery powered lights into the end of your lightsword, and have fun with your new lightsword!

2. Build a pillow mountain

You can use expanding foam to create a mountain of pillows. These mountains are great for sitting, sleeping, climbing and jumping on. The best part is that you can have fun with them! If you want to have a pillow fight with someone, just grab some expansion foam and start building a mountain of your own!

3. Make faux glass rocks

You’ll need:

  • A can of expanding foam (the clear stuff)
  • A few rocks or other objects that would look good as faux glass. You can use anything you have lying around the house, but if you’re not sure what to use, try looking for some fake plants at a thrift store or flea market. They often have just the right amount of detail to make your rocks look convincing!

To apply it:

Cut off a small piece of foam and cover your object with it. You’ll want enough to coat the whole thing, but not so much that there’s too much extra foam left over on top when you hold them up to the light! The trick is getting just the right amount down before applying more layers of coating!

4. Create your own landscape

If you enjoy playing miniature war games and are looking for a terrain to create, expanding foam can provide the perfect material. By mixing in some paint or food coloring with your expanding foam, you can create a realistic scenery for your game.

Your dollhouse can also benefit from using expanding foam. You can use it to make walls and ceilings look like real brick or stone, even if they are made with plastic! If you would like to build an entire city skyline, consider using this product.

If you have a model train set up in your home, there are many ways that it could be enhanced by adding some expanding foam. One idea is to fill some areas of land with water so that boats or ships could float across them as part of their journey through time periods such as Ancient Egypt or Medieval Europe! There isn’t any limit on how creative you get when working with these materials because at the end of the day they’re just toys after all!

5. Build a floating platform

Don’t have a boat? Don’t worry—you can make one with expanding foam.

Just pour some expanding foam into a shallow container, add water and stir until it starts to expand. Pour this mixture onto the bottom of your pool or pond, then use more expanding foam to build up vertical surfaces. Add some furniture and you’ll have yourself a floating dock!

6. Build your own terrain for gaming

For example, you can use expanding foam to make terrain for a game of Warhammer.

The first thing you need to do is build your base. You can use a box or anything else that will hold the terrain in place while it dries. Then cover your base with expanding foam from the center outward until you reach the edges of your container. You want to be careful not to get any on yourself or let it drip down onto other surfaces nearby; this stuff sticks like crazy and could stain anything it comes into contact with! Be sure to wear gloves and safety goggles as well! Once you’ve got everything covered, let sit overnight so it has time dry completely before removing from its container and painting up however you like!

7. Make giant bubbles!

  • Make giant bubbles!

A fun way to make large bubbles is using a straw and expanding foam. You can even make your own bubble wand by attaching a long pipe cleaner to the end of it, which will allow you to blow giant bubbles with ease.

To create the perfect solution for making giant, lasting bubbles you’ll need:

  • 4 cups of water
  • 1 cup of corn syrup (found at grocery stores)
  • 1 tbsp dishwashing liquid * Optional: food coloring or shimmer powder

You can have a lot of fun with expanding foam!

You can have a lot of fun with expanding foam! There are so many ways you can use it, and they’re really easy to do. If you have an idea in mind, the best thing to do is just give it a try. Don’t worry if it doesn’t work out exactly as planned; even when things don’t go perfectly, they often turn out better than expected!

It’s also important to keep safety in mind as well. You should always wear gloves when handling expanding foam and make sure that nothing catches fire or explodes (which would be bad).

Here are some ideas for how to experiment:

Conclusion

We hope you enjoyed this article and found it useful! We love getting creative with this stuff and seeing how far we can go with it. If you have any ideas of your own, don’t hesitate to reach out and let us know what they are! We’d love to hear from you. In the meantime, check out some of our other articles on DIY projects with expanding foam—you might be surprised at all the cool things you can do with it!

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