Tutorial: Foam Koozies

Brought to you by Ms. EatyrSpleens off of the bss board!

What you’ll need:
craft foam sheets
needle and thread
measuring tape/ruler
super glue (optional)
scissors/xacto knife

i searched around for a template and found this one:

http://www.makethemyourself.com/s_koozie.html

but i didn’t have a printer, so i just measured a can myself. the measurements i got were approximately 4″ high (koozie height, not can height!), 2 5/8″ diameter, and 8 1/4″ around.

after you cut out the template, i sewed one side together, each foam piece flush with the other (not overlapping like when you sew other materials!) and then i put the can back in to make sure it evened up on the other side. i had to cut a piece off to make it flush with the other side and then i sewed that together. now here is where you could just stop and have a perfectly good koozie, but i kept going.

i then super glued another piece of foam around the koozie. then i cut out different patterns on a piece of sticky-back white foam and stuck onto the koozie. super glue might be better because it sticks really well, but it’s very messy and will show up!

that’s it. here’s how mine turned out:

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