How to Make Foam Minecraft Sword DIY Make a Minecraft sword out of fun craft foam and a few popsicle sticks! There are Minecraft swords made of foam for sale...and they are about $20. Here's the DIY for $6. (I'm too cheap to throw down $20 for foam) You'll need large sheets of fun foam. I got mine at Hobby Lobby. The black comes in a much thicker option for $1.27 each...I used 2. I used 2 gray as well for $.87 each. And 3 inches of brown and 1 additional thin sheet of black. I printed off this iron sword the size I wanted it...taped it together and cut it out. Then used it as the pattern. I traced it on 2 layers of black and 2 gray. (I cut them all out separately...and trimmed them up at the end) I used a hobby knife to cut them out. Once I got my layers cut, I cheated and used Sticky back foam. You can just use regular foam and your hot glue gun. Cut 1 inch strips of black, gray and 3 squares of brown. Then I just peeled...