Cardboard Army

Ever since I was a child I've wanted to raise an army of soldiers. Imaginary soldiers, of course.

With a tiny bit of grit and effort, you can create a nearly never-ending army made 100% out of cardboard!

Using this guide you can actually avoid throwing away that cardboard box just laying at the hallway, and transform it into warriors, marines, zombies or alien-like figures!

Cardboard

Pen/Pencil/Marker/Crayons

Scissors

Super-glue

First, we want to mark the outlines for our soldier, and we'll mark them with any writing device (pen/pencil/etc).

Draw a simple human shape, as most details will be drawn later.

Make sure to draw straight lines and avoid curves (it will be hard to cut them properly)

Use your scissors to crop and cut the figure from the cardboard.

Make sure you leave margins, we will fix them too, don't worry.

Then, cut a 4x6 (cm) rectangle shaped cardboard.

Cut off unnecessary margins, try to work as close as you can to the outlines of your soldier with the scissors.

Cut a 1x10 (cm) thin stripe of cardboard.

Draw the outer and inner lines of a sword, then cut the margins to the outlines in order to create a pointy edge.

Apply a thin layer of glue at the bottom of the soldier. Then, attach the soldier to the "floor" 4x6 rectangle and hold them closely for 3-5 seconds.

After they stick together, do the same at the bottom of the sword and attach it to the soldiers hand.

Now that you have a cardboard figure of a soldier, all that's left is to fill it with your imagination.

Use your pen/pencil/etc to draw the soldier of your dreams.

Now that you know the secrets to raising a cardboard army, remember what Uncle Ben told Peter Parker (Spiderman): "With great power comes great responsibility".