Aluminum Foil Sculpture!

I was watching the great and mighty television when what should appear but an ad for Reynolds’ Wrap. It was chock full of aluminum foil sculptures, and it reminded me of how we occasionally break into making cool things with foil.

foil creatures

foil guys

This is a GREAT way to keep your kids busy when you are making a delicious amazing dinner, (or slurping a glass of wine while you dial for pizza).

Fen made a foil-bead bracelet straight from the pages of Kid Made Modern,

foilbracelet

I attempted to create a foil bird, but it ended up looking like a lumpy dinosaur. (No photo included.)

E cast his foot.

scary.

foilcoil

foil spider

Foil is a diverse art medium. It’s not only sculptural, it’s great for drawing on, printing with, using as a painting surface…

foilscribbles

…or just balling up and whipping at your brother.

Quick survey: Do you call it tin foil or aluminum foil?

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07/16/2012

Kids Crafts

Joanne Gonzales

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15 responses to “Aluminum Foil Sculpture!”

Heidi Myers

07/16/2012

LOVE these sculptures. So much fun!

My default is tin foil. I’ll call it aluminum foil if I’m really paying attention to what I’m saying.

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PragmaticMom

07/16/2012

Wow, those sculptures are quite amazing! Who knew that aluminum foil was so perfect for sculpting?

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twisterfish

07/16/2012

Love the mask.
Aluminum foil. I didn’t think you could call it “tin foil” unless you were at least 65 years old?

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Vanita

07/17/2012

Wow, this is so cute. I love the foil-bead bracelet and the creatures.

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Ann

07/18/2012

Trying to remember where I saw painting on foil recently… Very cool, I wonder if you use acrylic.

I don’t ever remember telling my kids about “tin foil” as a sculpture medium, I think they figured it out on their own. They have made some pretty awesome blobs!

Cool commercial and love the bracelet!

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Krista

07/18/2012

…AND it is recyclable!

Love this post. I am inspired to do some foil sculpting with Simon.

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Holly

07/22/2012

I love that commercial. The foil sculptures are great. What a fun thing to do with your kids.

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Jeanette Nyberg

07/22/2012

I grew up calling it tin oil and find myself slipping back to that sometimes, so I’m in the same boat as you!

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Jeanette Nyberg

07/22/2012

The best part about it is that it’s so easy, because you just have to pull it out of your cabinet, and you don’t need any other materials.

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Kirsten

07/24/2012

I am so glad I discovered your site today… Subscribed to your RSS feed so I won’t miss anything. Brings me back to my youthful art days… And it’s always been aluminum foil, unless talking about making anti-alien hats.

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Jeanette Nyberg

07/26/2012

Hey! Thanks for subscribing. Your comment makes me want to make a bunch of anti-alien hats now. You know, just to be prepared.

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peggy

01/18/2018

Cool stuff! Foil here in the US, but aluminIUM foil when I was in England and feeling pretentious.

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1. Jeanette Nyberg
  
  01/19/2018
  
  Thank you! Foil is fun to make stuff with instead of using it for food. Unless you’re baking cookies, then it’s fun again. And I just said aluminium out loud in a very high pitched British accent. 🙂
  
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  1. peggy
    
    01/20/2018
    
    People say that when I returned from England for the last time… the moment I stepped off the plane, I lost the any vestige of the accent I had acquired in the 10 years I was living there. I still use words and phrases that confuse people. However, I hasten to say that I NEVER had that high-pitched voice, thank goodness.
    
    You know I have to say I love you for this!
    
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