Cardboard Tube Soldier

Step 1. Gather your supplies.

Step 2.

Cut approximately 2” from one end of the cardboard tube.

Step 3.

Starting from one end of the cardboard tube, paint 1/3 Blue, 1/3 Red, and then about ½ of the remainder,  tan mixed with white. Leave the last bit of the tube unpainted. Paint (2) clothespins red and blue, and leave the tops unpainted, as shown. Let everything dry.

Step 4.

Download, print and cut out the template for the hat. To download the template, click the “Template” button above.

Step 5.

Place the template on the blue foam and trace with a pencil.

Step 6.

Cut out the blue foam piece and glue around the cardboard tube, as shown, to form the hat.

Step 7.

Decorate the hat with a yellow fuzzy stick, white feather, an acrylic jewel and small white poms.

Step 8.

Glue the painted clothespins on the soldier’s body to make arms.

Step 9.

Decorate the body with a white fuzzy stick and some yellow poms.

Step 10.

To complete your soldier, glue on wiggly eyes. Add a face, hair and other details with black paint.