Craft foam feather tutorial

*This video has annotations* It can be hard to find the perfect feather that’s the right size, shape, and color for your costume. It’s a lot easier to just make your own! Craft foam is cheaper and more durable than real feathers. This feather is made from 2mm foam and took about 10 minutes. You’ll need a pointed tool for the texturing. Anything will do as long as it’s not so sharp that it cuts the foam. You could use a kabob skewer, a pen that’s out of ink, a pointed nail file, etc. For a thorough explanation of how to shape the feather to make it look realistic, click here: For a tutorial explaining how to turn these into wings, click here: I highly recommend looking at some photos of feathers, for example on the Feather Atlas website (), and really check out the shapes. Look at the way the notches and curves form around the edges, in particular. Try to tr
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