EVA Foam Fabrication Must Haves & Tutorials - Cosplay, theater, props, Halloween 
All the necessities to craft items out of EVA foam and make them look real! This is used a lot in cosplay for armor and props, theater productions, movies, and Halloween displays.
The building blocks of your EVA foam project
My go to foam brand for EVA foam work. SKS props is a great brand that is made special for cosplay uses. It comes in a variety of thicknesses and shapes to accommodate different uses. But it is great for heat treating/ warping/ sculpting and takes we...
An affordable form of EVA foam you can use for “bases.” It comes in a variety of thicknesses. I recommend using this more affordable EVA form to create the base form for your project, then a use EVA foam clay, or SKS HD foam, or worbla over that to a...
A cosplayer's best friend! This is heat morphable thermo plastic sheets. You use a heat gun and tools to shape it into anything you want. This material is commonly used on top of eva foam bases to add really complex details to things like armor or we...
Ultra thin worbla with small grain & texture. This is heat moldable plastic sheets that are used for very fine details.
A FANTASTIC product to add detail & organic shapes to your EVA foam base, or to create wonderful stand alone pieces. This is air dry clay made to adhere to EVA foam. It dries and can be sanded, sealed, and painted just like EVA foam. Keep in mind... paint up just like EVA foam. You can also use this foam clay to cast things. Just squish it into flat molds, pop them in the freezer, then pull them out and let them harden. You will get a pretty good cast!
Necessary tools to work with EVA foam and stay safe
Wax paper sheets you put your acrylic paint wells & mix on. This goes inside a palette keeper box. This is what I use to dip my brushes into and paint EVA foam. You could use a tray or open faced item. Just as the acrylic dries you will get a mes...
Proper PPE is NOT an option. Your lungs & long term health are VERY important. EVEN if you are outside working with glues, aerosols, and sanded particles is very harmful. Whenever I am heat treating EVA foam, spraying glues or paints, or sanding ...
Safety glasses that keep things from getting in your eyes and protect them from damage. I wear these when sanding EVA foam so I don't get itchy particles in my eyes.
You put your palette paper in here and your acrylic paint wells stay wet! If you seal it up correctly it is air tight and will keep your paints wet for 7-10 days!
The most necessary tool for working with EVA foam! This is how you cut the foam! I highly recommend a knife with a wheel that allows you to grow & shrink the blade. This will allow you to make different depth and angled cuts.
Want to learn how to craft with Eva foam? I've done my research & these tutorials have helped me the most.
My EVA foam playlist where I document from start to finish how I make a Viking EVA foam shield, seal it, and paint it!
Great tutorial by SKS props that shows you how to use premade patterns, cut eva foam, layer it, sculpt on it, sand it, and paint it.
All about EVA foam! How to use the foam, what products you need and how you use them on eva foam. GREAT vid
An EVA foam professional! Her work is NEXT LEVEL! She has fantastic tutorials but this one is the best for learning how to master proper cutting techniques for EVA foam. Angles, smoothness, etc
Tutorial about all the basics of EVA foam: types of foam, sizes, how to cut, heat treat, seal etc!
Proper glues to use on EVA foam that create solid bonds AND don't melt the foam
Hot glue is an okay option for attaching edges of eva foam together. It holds really well but it can be difficult to work with. However, its uses in creating small adornments both with flat molds, dotting, drawing lines are extremally valuable in the crafting world.
The best glue to adhere EVA foam together! You paint the glue on both surfaces, let them dry, then stick them together. It holds long term and once dry, most normal heat situations will not cause the bond to lift (unlike hot glue which is easily melt...
Sometimes, contact cement isn't enough! If you are making something that has a small surface area but needs to hold up to a lot of abuse, use super glue! This type doesn't eat the EVA foam.