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Old 22-10-2013, 01:25 PM #1
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Anyone have any idea what I could use as an alternative to florist foam, like this..



I need A LOT of it and it's pretty expensive really just for chunks of foam, I thought about polystyrene but nah that's not 'heavy' enough..

So any suggestions?

Edit: Forgot to add I wont actually be using it for flowers so the water thing doesn't matter...
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Have you looked on Amazon?

Currently doing 20 bricks for 14 quid instead of 22?

Also save-on-crafts.com seems reasonable, depends how cheap you need it to be?
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Looked on both amazon and ebay, I wouldn't be fussed about that price if I didn't need 100+ blocks.

Thanks though Kate I will have a look on save-on-crafts.com.


At this rate I think I'm going to have to make do with polystyrene.
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What on Earth are you making Josy?
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There's loads at home bargains for really cheap.
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you can't just not say what you're doing you horrible woman
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I'm building a foam house.


Not really it's for making table centre pieces for a friend

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Really Cuda? the same as in the op?
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Looked on both amazon and ebay, I wouldn't be fussed about that price if I didn't need 100+ blocks.

Thanks though Kate I will have a look on save-on-crafts.com.


At this rate I think I'm going to have to make do with polystyrene.
Can you use plasticine or playdough or that kind of substance Josy? right scrub that.loo I see you are building a foam house,what about large seat sponges,you can cut them up.
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The "wet" one is slightly cheaper, but not much.

> http://www.homebargains.co.uk/catego...ts-crafts.aspx
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Can you use plasticine or playdough or that kind of substance Josy? right scrub that.loo I see you are building a foam house,what about large seat sponges,you can cut them up.
Kazanne I was joking about building a foam house, it's for making candy bouquet centre pieces, I had thought about play dough but then I thought that might make the skewers all dirty/sticky.

So I'm just going to buy the floral foam and cut them in half length ways to save some money.

Thanks Cuda I saw the boxes of it on Home Bargains website.
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> http://www.homebargains.co.uk/catego...ts-crafts.aspx
That's the ones i'm going to use, don't think there is much difference between them for what I'm using it for anyway.
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Think this is cheaper

> http://www.floralsundries.com/store/...l-foam-blocks/
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So I'm just going to buy the floral foam and cut them in half length ways to save some money.

Thanks Cuda I saw the boxes of it on Home Bargains website.
that foam house was looking promising too Josy
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what the hell is a candy bouquet centre piece and why does he need foam
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And you need the foam to stick the skewers into
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Playdough would make the skewers all sticky and a potato? just no Nathan.
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..could you not use polystyrene Josy...I think that's used for the same things anyway..the garden centres sell it for different displays...
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..could you not use polystyrene Josy...I think that's used for the same things anyway..the garden centres sell it for different displays...
I was thinking about it Ammi but it's not really sturdy enough for holding all the skewers.

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