2007-11-26 10:58:55 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Sculpture
yup yup!!!!! go to hobby lobby they have it there in awsome colors some neons too! =D
2007-11-26 11:16:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
How to color styrofoam balls
There comes a time in every parent’s life when they must help a child assemble a molecular model of methane gas.
Naturally, styrofoam balls hooked together with lollipop sticks are the material of choice. The sole reason styrofoam was invented was so elementary school children could do science projects, bring them home, and put them in the back of the closet to be crushed under a dollhouse and a wad of dirty clothes. But how do you color the balls? Styrofoam is notoriously hard to work with. It melts under the weight of spray paints. Coloring balls with markers or crayons only leaves a little pile of white gritty foam on the table.
After a lot of trial and error, I found a great solution. I mixed about a tablespoon per ball of Elmer’s School Glue with a few drops of food coloring gel. I rolled the balls around in the dyed glue until fully covered. Then I skewered each ball with a plastic knife and drove the knife upright into small slits I made on the lid of a shoebox so the glue could dry overnight.
In the morning, the glue was dry and the colors were opaque and jewel-toned bright. The balls retained their shape. They were still porous enough that it was easy for my daughter to stab the lollipop sticks into the balls, hooking them together.
Methane was never more beautiful.
Thanks to Shannon for hosting WFMW. I am posting this at the very end of Wednesday, so as not to sully her nice tradition over there with trite and virtually useless advice. If I can help one parent and child who are out there, Googling like crazy in the waning hours of the evening, madly looking for styrofoam ball help and on the verge of a meltdown because IT’S DUE TOMORROW, then it is worth
2007-11-26 21:01:19 · answer #2 · answered by colin m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only colored styrofoam i have seen is the foam insulation they sell at hardware stores. I have seen it in Blue and Pink. Saw some really neat sculptures out of it in Chicago
2007-11-26 20:05:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before you take the first answer on faith, call Hobby Lobby. Their online operation, Crafts, Etc., shows only white and other than that awful green florist's foam which is a different plastic, I have never seen other than white except in pink and blue bead board insulation
2007-11-28 03:06:48 · answer #4 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't think so. They are mostly in white only.
To get colours you simply add colour by painting over etc.
2007-11-26 19:29:47 · answer #5 · answered by Tee O UU 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋