STYROFOAM brand foam crafts

School Time Memories

Time to go back to school so soon? Why not photograph all your new friends and create a cool collage with STYROFOAM™ Brand Products? Better hurry: you don't want to miss the bus - or the fun - on this project!
   Completion Time - 
1-2 hours
   Designer - 
Kathleen George

Materials

STYROFOAM Brand Foam
  • 1-12" x 18" x 1" sheet
Other Materials
  • Acrylic paint - yellow
  • Acrylic paint - black
  • Colored paper
  • Color copies of school pictures
  • If Desired:
  • 2- Black primary pencils
  • 4- Crayons
  • Large pink eraser
  • Pencil top eraser
  • Colored push pins
  • Large star paper punch or star stickers

Tools

  • General Tools and Supplies:
  • Shape scissors
  • Utility knife
  • Rubber Cement
  • Hot-melt glue

Instructions

  1. Print pattern to cut out school bus with four wheels from sheet of STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam. (Two wheels will be enough if the bus will be displayed against a wall.)
  2. Paint the bus yellow and the wheels black.
  3. Mount color copies of favorite school pictures on contrasting paper. Cut edges of colored paper with shape scissors leaving a very narrow border around the photo. Choose one picture to highlight in the center of the bus and cut a slightly larger border around for enough room to frame it with crayons. Crop other pictures around shape of head or body for variety.
  4. Use hot-melt glue to attach two black pencils near the bottom edge of the bus to represent the stripe on a school bus. Glue a large eraser to the front edge of the bus to represent the headlights. Glue a small pencil top eraser into the back edge to represent the tail pipe.
  5. Arrange photos as desired in the remaining spaces and glue in place. Use hot-melt glue to frame the central picture with crayons. Glue on stars. Add push pins.
  6. Create a title for the bus with a marker, pen and ink, or a computer printout and attach underneath the center of the stripe.
  7. Last, use hot-melt glue to attach wheels onto the front and back of the bus so that the bus can be displayed freestanding. If the bus will be hung on the wall, glue wheels to the front only.