pouches


Here are the supplies I gathered when I went to start the project. Everything here can be bought at a craft store, grocery or home depot (glue).	First, measure your foam around the box base you will be using. I used juice boxes for the smaller pouches, and a home made box for the bigger one.	Then heat up the foam and pinch in where the indentations will go. Heat the foam, do not melt it. Heating also seals it so it looks more like leather.

If you don't like the first attempt, you can reheat and reshape. Hold it utnil it cools and it should keep the shape.	Once you like the 'dents' glue the foam to your box.	Use paper first to get the right shaped template, then use the paper to cut two identical shaped pieces of foam and glue them to the box

Model Magic is one version of paper clay that works really well to stick to foam. It is very light weight and takes paint well.	It also smooths very well with water over the foam so that you can barely see the edges.	Here is a shot of the vinyl back I used. I made it in vinyl so I could sewthe strip that the belt goes through. I believe the original pouches have clips. Either method should work

I used three shades of paint. Brown, Black and orange.	The original pouches photograph sometimes light in color, sometimes dark, sometimes very orange. So I just painted mine a color I liked.I	All done!