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Draw a 1 cm wide strip spanning the length of a craft foam sheet. We want the strip to be really long so the bigger your foam craft foam sheet, the better. |
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Cut out the strip. |
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Make another strip from a second color of craft foam. |
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Apply glue dots along the length of each craft foam strip. You can spread the glue with your finger if you happen to put on too much on certain areas. |
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Align the two strips together, with the outer strip positioned about a half inch higher than the inner strip. |
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Fold in the end of the outer strip. |
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Start rolling the craft foam tightly into a spiral. Keep the spiral fairly flat by steadying it with your thumb as you roll. |
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You can also stop for a moment to flatten it against the table. |
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Once you've finished rolling the entire length, hold the coaster for a minute or so to allow the glue to set. You may also put the coaster in between two fairly heavy objects. |
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If you think your coaster isn't big enough, cut an additional length for both colors of craft foam and apply glue on each one. |
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Position each new craft foam strip at the corresponding end of the spiral and continue rolling until you reach the end of the craft foam strips. |
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Hold the ends in place for a while to allow the glue to set or put the coaster in between two heavy objects like in Step 9. For a quicker drying time, use glue gun to fix the ends of the spiral in place. Also note that you can trim off the excess length of the inner craft foam strip like in this blue and purple coaster. |
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Once the glue dries, you can use your craft foam coaster. |
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