I am addicted to redecorating, remodeling, and rearranging my furniture and rooms. I rarely stay satisfied with a room for over five years or so. But this remodeling hobby of mine can get expensive, so I don’t purchase pricey wall art to match every color scheme that I’m rocking during that particular stage. This weekend I pulled down a set of those wall stickies that had been in the kids’ playroom for four years. Then the space looked bare, which was blah, so I took a naptime opportunity to make this fun DIY Pinwheel Wall Art for the playroom! Thanks to this neat-o design foam from Foamology, I was able to customize my empty playroom wall quickly and easily!
Here are the supplies needed to complete this project:
- Scissors
- Fabric- 4 16″x16″ squares for the background. 6 10″x10″ squares, each of different chevron fabric. A half yard of green fabric.
- A striped straw
- A large craft button
- Hot glue and hot glue gun
- 1 Set of Pull-Apart 12×12 Soft Tiles from Fairfield Foamology
- 1 Set of Design Foam 12×12 Tiles from Fairfield Foamology
Begin with the set of 12×12 tiles.
Take one 16×16 fabric square and place it on a flat surface with the sticky side up. (Psst…at the end of this post is also a video tutorial for applying the fabric. Be sure to check that out if you learn better by watching a craft in action!)
Remove the sticky adhesive back from the tile.
Wrap the edges of the fabric around the foam and apply them to the sticky back. Wrap the corners as you would a present.
Repeat with the other three tiles. Set these tiles aside.
Now grab the set of Pull-Apart tiles. Find the tiles that have the smallest triangles. Separate 6 of the smallest triangles from the tile. See the smallest triangles on the top of the others in the below photo.
Using the chevron fabric, cut a triangle that is 2″ larger than the triangle itself. Place one foam triangle down on the fabric, sticky side up. Remove the sticky back adhesive from the triangle.
Wrap the fabric around the foam and apply the edges to the sticky back. The triangles are trickier than the squares. I used hot glue in a few places to secure the fabric, and I also trimmed the fabric where there was extra bulk.
Repeat with the other 5 tiles, using different color chevron for each one. Set these tiles aside.
To make the “grass”, select additional triangles from the Pull-Apart pack and cover them in green fabric,using the method above. The choice of sizes and number is totally up to you.
Now comes the fun part- assembling the Pinwheel Wall Art!
Begin by placing the four background tiles on the wall. Simply stick them and done!
Arrange the chevron-covered triangles on the background in a pinwheel formation.
Hot glue a large craft button to the center of the pinwheel, and glue a striped paper straw in the center as the pinwheel stick.
Now arrange the green “grass” triangles on the background.
Additionally, place any extra green triangles as “grass” on the sides of the wall art to extend the design! Add a monkey. Or don’t.
A special thanks to them for supplying the foam for the kids’ playroom, and I’m excited to explore more ideas on the Fairfield Pinterest Board, Fairfield Facebook page, and Foamology Facebook page. Want to try Fairfield Foamology Design Foam Tiles? Visit their website for a complete selection of products and tutorials, and get 25% off when you use the promo code 14FOAM25 at checkout. The products may also be found at one of my favorite fabric and craft stores, JoAnn’s!
Ready to tackle your own project? Be sure to watch this five minute video that I put together. It has Fabric and Application tips for using Foamology Design Foam!
I LOVE that this is 3D! Really cool idea to use foam. And I love seeing you on video!
I love the bright colors and the fun design.
Fun idea, I love your fabric choices. Redecorating rooms is one of my favorite things to do too.
That is super cute. I would love to make one for my kids room!!
Oh my goodness, this is so cute! How adorable!
Super cute DIY project! Thanks for sharing 🙂
That is so cute! It would be perfect in a child’s room. Thanks for sharing
Super fun idea!!!!
That is such a creative and fun pinwheel. I wish I was more creative sometimes!
This is absolutely darling! It would be perfect in my daughter’s room!
Fun craft and a great video!! You timed it perfectly!
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That is a great pinwheel.. It looks like it would work great for a kids room!
Looks like the perfect accessory for my girl’s room!
Adorable craft! My daughter would love to try this! ~Christy
That’s a great point. I could see tweens and teens being able to use this without any problem.
I have never heard of design foam! That makes crafting something like this something even I can do lol!
It really was so easy!
That is so cute. My daughter would love on in her room.
That is adorable! And so easy to make with the sticky foam board!
Oh my goodness I love this so much! It’s great that the foam is sticky and you don’t have to glue or sew! What a great project! 🙂
Thanks, Kadie!
Wow! That looks pretty cool! I have to get myself some design foam!!
That foam is so cool! I love your project, it is absolutely adorable!!!
Too cute! I need some of that foam!
Debbie
That is super adorable. Would love to try this!
This foam looks awesome! And your project is too cute!
Thanks so much!
This is adorable!
Oh man! This is so cool! I have not seen this craft foam before! So cool!
That’s really cute! I’ve never seen that sticky-back foam before.
Summer vacations makes kids all the more naughty. Now I know how to keep them busy… Yooooooo!! Thanks for sharing PInwheel wall art 😀
That is just the cutest little art piece and so easy to make. Awesome!
What a fun craft for summer. Will brighten up the room. Easy enough to do too!
What a fun project! I’ll have to try this with my niece!
This is so precious. I love that it’s new-sew!
This is SO creative and just absolutely darling!
What a cute and simple idea for a kids room!
These are so cute! Thanks for the step by step tutorial as well!
Oh my gosh, I totally need to try that foam!
Really cute and love how easy it is to do. This stuff looks so fun – definitely need to check it out!
This is so cute for summer, I never would have thought of this, thanks!!
That is pretty cool stuff.. I love how it looks so easy to do!
Melanie – this is lovely! I know that my girls would love art like this – the 3D part of it is too awesome – in their rooms!
Pinned!
This idea is genius {and super cute}!! Pinning 🙂
That is really cute and clever.
So cute! How fun for a kids’ room!
Love the pinwheel! Great job!!
Melanie, I love it! It looks so cute and easy! Great job!
LOVE this and especially love that the foam is sticky! So cool!
I love that this is made from fabric and it’s 3D! Thanks for sharing at Monday Funday link party! I have it scheduled to be pinned and shared! ~ Heather