Trash To Treasure: Faux Bread Loves From Old Spray Foam

This is one of my most favorite projects ever - not only did I gain a few more faux food items for my collection, but it was completely unplanned! Read on to see how this project came about:

Note - this is my last post for 2023. I'll be taking my holiday break for the next couple of weeks, but you can expect a new post January 5th!

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You might remember from this post where I made some faux fruit trees, that I recycled the greenery from baskets purchased at the thrift store.

Once removing all of the greens from my baskets, I could see that they were filled with this spray foam. I couldn't help but think that the foam looked like large loaves of bread and decided to see what I could do.

Here is the foam after I pulled it out and removed as much of the Spanish moss as possible. I wasn't able to get all of it off because some of it was stuck into the foam, but I figured I could use paint to make it look like seasoning.

If you want to make similar loaves of foam I think you could do so by applying spray foam into a long basket. Just line the basket with plastic first so that you can remove it later. Here is a post where I made spray foam bread in actual loaf pans.

I decided to use one full length and one that I cut in half. It cut very easily with this foam cutting knife.

There were a lot of holes from where the greenery had been poked in.

I filled those using hot glue and let dry.

Then I used a combination of acrylic paints applied with a sponge to completely cover the loaves. I first applied the darker color (cinnamon) and then went over again with the golden sunset, dabbing it here and there so that the cinnamon still showed through.

After that I dabbed on another shade - coffee latte - to add just a bit more dimension.

Using English Ivy Green and a small brush I highlighted the 'seasoning'. Most of the time I painted the Spanish moss, but sometimes I just made little markings to look like bits of greens.

Here is how the two half-loaves looked. Because I planned to wrap them in paper I didn't bother to paint all of the way to the end. You can see the original coloring compared to the painted ends.

For the larger loaf I followed the exact same steps but using different colors - Light Mocha combined with Khaki first and then a little Cinnamon. The seasoning color was also English Ivy Green.

Here is how the two color combinations compare. Not drastically different but enough to add variety.

Using craft paper and hot glue I wrapped them up as though they are ready for sale. The smaller ones I wrapped at one end while the larger loaf I wrapped on the bottom.

And there you have it - faux loaves of bread from recycled materials!

The cheese wedges and crackers were found at garage sales, but you can find similar on Amazon. Just search "fake cheese wheel" or "fake crackers" and you will find a lot of fun options.

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Interested in more fake bake crafts?

Check our these posts:

Faux Cupcakes

Faux Cupcakes: Candy Series