Make Your Own Fun DIY Stamps

Foam is often viewed as a material used to get the job done, but there are a couple uses for foam that are less work-focused. With its various textures and the ability to be shaped into many different patterns and designs, foam has become a very useful material in the realm of arts and crafts; particularly as hand-crafted stamps and for use in painting. Custom DIY foam stamps can be a fun hobby, an enjoyable family activity, or even an affordable and effective way to decorate your home.

Clean and smooth cuts in closed-cell foams like neoprene or cross-linked polyethylene are very easy with a sharp, non-serrated blade. The consistent structural makeup of these materials allows them to be made into incredibly detailed stamps, with one-of-a-kind patterns perfect for home projects or crafting.  A foam exercise mat is often made out of closed-cell foam, to offer perspective on foam’s consistency and structure. Stamping is also an excellent way to get children involved in a fun activity by letting them cut and create their own stamp patterns. Additionally, stamps are a great way to decorate a nursery without painting an entire room or dealing with wallpaper. Stamps can turn a boring room into a fun, bright one just by creating a border around the room.

Open-cell foam is a good stamping material for recreational or casual patterns. Its cellular structure leaves a sponge-like appearance when stamping. Open-cell foam is pre-cut into many fun shapes and patterns for toys or other purposes, but these also function wonderfully as a pre-made stamp as well. For detailed room-painting, little pieces of open-cell foam are great for fitting into nooks and crannies when corners, jambs, and other hard to reach places aren’t getting the needed coverage from a bristled brush. Squishy foam scraps can be trimmed to the shape of the area they need to fit in for painting even the tightest spaces.

Whether it’s a detail-oriented DIY home redecoration project or just a fun activity with the family, foam stamping is an easy and effective way to enjoy the creative side of this versatile material.