Foam Facts: Choose the Right Foam for Your Project

Foam Selection Guide

Genuine STYROFOAM^TM Brand Foam

• Craft Projects - STYROFOAM Brand Foam is an ideal base for many creative craft and floral projects. From Christmas ornaments to topiaries, you'll find that STYROFOAM Brand Foam adapts to endless techniques, like painting, shaping and decoupaging. Use where you’d like a high-performance product that is versatile, creative, lightweight and long lasting.
• Floral Arrangements - STYROFOAM Brand Foam holds even the thickest silk flower stems firmly in place, with a grip that never shifts. Use it when arranging thick stemmed or heavy flowers, such as silk sunflowers or poinsettia bushes, or when it’s imperative that your flowers remain in place. Wire more delicate stems onto floral picks for easier insertion. Use a serrated knife to trim the foam to fit your container. Adhesive-backed floral arrangers make it even easier.

Dry Floral Foam

• Select dry floral foam if you are arranging silk or dried flowers with delicate stems.

Wet Floral Foam

• Use a floral foam that states "for fresh flowers" and "water absorbing" when arranging fresh flowers.

(Note: Today, Dow does not make a dry or wet floral foam.)