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Making a Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand


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November 18, 2019

Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - montage of the multi-purpose flower pen and standIt's really fun doing things that have multiple uses. Multipurpose - that's how I call it. So far, in my projects this is the one that has the most uses. At first you will see it as a simple table decoration. You'll see its transformation here.

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Supplies:

  • assorted foam sheets
  • scissors/cutters
  • hot glue or foam glue (less messy)
  • pen
  • plastic container/bowl
  • markers
Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - supplies
 

Steps:

  1. Take a green foam sheet and measure the size of the pen. Leave some extra space for the lid. Also leave 1/2 inch allowance on the other side.
  2. Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - measuring the pen prior to cutting the foam
     
  3. Roll the foam based on the pen's size. Just enough to fit it in.
  4. Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - rolling the foam strip
     
  5. Take a piece of scratch paper and crumple to form a small ball.
  6. Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - scratch paper ball
     
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  7. Cover it with foam.
  8. Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - cover the ball with foam
     
  9. Draw a face on it.
  10. Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - draw a face on it
     
  11. Now, let's get two other different colors of foam and cut out petal or oval shapes. One color should be shorter than the other.
  12. Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - cut petals from two colors of foam one being shorter than the other
     
  13. Place the shorter petal over the other.
  14. Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - shorter petal over the longer one
     
  15. Fold them together on the bottom. Make a short fold (see attached photo) like this. It should create visible layers of color.
  16. Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - fold up to create layers
     
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  17. Squeeze in the sides and glue them together.
  18. Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - squeeze in the sides and glue
     
  19. Make 6 or more of these.
  20. Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - six more petals
     
  21. Arrange the petals around the face you made earlier. Now, you have a smiling flower.
  22. Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - arrange and glue the petals to the smiling flower center
     
  23. Glue the pen case (rolled green foam) at the back of the flower.
  24. Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - glue the pen case to the back
     
  25. Insert the pen into its case. I added a pink bow on the top left of the flower face for some extra detail.
  26. Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - small pink bow added to the flower face
     
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  27. Cover the messy back portion with a round piece of foam.
  28. Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - glue a round piece of foam over the back of the flower
     
  29. For the vase or stand, I found an empty paste container. I covered it with blue foam sheet all over and filled with foam scraps inside.
  30. Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - cover a small container with foam to make the vase, add foam scraps
     
  31. Cut a circle for its lid. Make a hole based on the size of the pen lid. Glue it into place.
  32. Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - cut a foam circle for the top and cut a hole large enough for the pen/stem, glue in place
     
  33. Then I decorated the vase to cover up the obvious cut marks. (This one is optional, but looks better)
  34. Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - decorate the vase to cover the cut edges, if desired
     
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  35. Roll another piece of green foam, this time based on the size of the pen lid. Insert it into the hole.
  36. Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - roll another piece of foam based on the pen's lid and stick it into the hole
     
  37. I covered it with strips of green that looked like grass.
  38. Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - add bits of foam to create grass
     
  39. Time to put the pen into place.
  40. Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - add your pen/flower
     
  41. This is what it looks like. It's a writing tool and a decoration at the same time.
  42. Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - vase and pen on desktop
     
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  43. On the back of the flower, in the top portion, I attached a small metal binder clip using a piece of double sided foam tape so it's easy to remove anytime.
  44. Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - add a clip on the back if desired
     
  45. Now, it can be used to hold draft papers for easy typing work.
  46. Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - clip with papers attached
     
  47. You can stick notes on it's petals, too.
  48. Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - sticky notes will adhere to the petals
     
  49. Create your happy flower pen case stand now.
  50. Flower Foam Pen Case and Stand - happy flower in front of a computer screen
     
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