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- 5 pots all the same size
- paint
- ribbon
- belt
- hot glue
- wooden base (we used the top of a stool)
- epoxy glue
1: For the base, we used the top of an old stool, and painted it black. Paint one pot black too.
2: Paint the rim of the second pot black and paint the below the rim blue.
3: Paint the rim of the 3rd pot black and paint below the rim red.
4: You do not need to paint the rim of the 4th pot. Paint below the rim a skin color.
5: You do not need t o paint the rim of the 5th pot. Paint below the rim black.
6: After allowing the pots to dry, it is time to embellish 
We added a real belt around the waist, 6 gold buttons and we used ribbon to connect.
The face is very simple. We used a sharpie for the eyes and mouth. Painted a simple triangle for the nose. The rosy cheeks and almond eye are felt. We used fake fur around the the rim of pot to embellish the hat. We put gold ribbon above the fur to fancy up his hat. The hat topper is actually 2 gold Christmas ornaments we found at Hobby Lobby for 1$.
7: The pots are heavy and only glued together with an epoxy glue. Moving them is difficult. We use a little red wagon to move the soldiers from place to place!
I think mini clay pot soldiers would be just as cute and way easier to handle!
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My mom had one of these when I was growing up. I am thinking I am going to have to make one this year to add to my Christmas deco!
This is unbelievably cute! Thanks for sharing!
Super cute. My mom has one of these from back when I was younger and I haven't seen them made it a while. He looks so great.
Oh my goodness this is so super cute! I am totally going to make one of these for our front porch. Thanks for sharing!!
I stumbled over from Be Different..Act Normal. This is fantastic. I love, love, love Nutcrackers. I don't think I'll be able to pull this off this year but I'm definitely putting this on the "to do" list for next year. Thanks for sharing!
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How adorable! i love it!
These look amazing outside your house. Too adorable. I think I'll be making a mini-set of my very own. Thanks for the great inspiration!
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Wow this is super cool
My friend and I want to make these! I need two for my mantel base. These would be perfect! I am a new follower. Follow me!!
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Wow! These look great. You do have to have an impressive sized house to display them. They look great on your porch.
That is AMAZINGLY cute! And I love the way the look in front of the door! I am going to have to find a way to make them more secure because I am sure my kids would knock that guy over!
Lovely, and easy to make ♥ I am a new follower lol. Going to check the rest of your blog now.
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My MIL was just telling me that she wanted to find some toy soldiers for her front porch but couldn't find anything affordable.
I wish I could think of a way to make them easier to store… but can't come up with anything!
for a second there I thought your mom lived in my neighborhood because I've been eye some soldiers just like that! Super cute!
Another awesome creation, I bet those were heavy, and yeah little ones would be cute too, but these are just so BOLD, and DEMAND attention, so cute, guarding the house like that.
Girl, please come share, **Amaze me August** or even my Christmas party **6 weeks 2 JINGLE**, I would just really love to have you.
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That's awesome! Thanks for sharing.
Nice work,inspiring…
Fabulous ,,,Can’t wait to make it ..Thanks for sharing am making big and small ones
Any tips on what type of paint to use? Also did you seal with something after painting? Thanks!
I love this!!
I have been looking how to make these! Could you forward a pic of the top? Did you use one gold ball per soldier hat?
Thanks so much!!
Elizabeth
That is SO cool! I want to make one. Thanks for the tutorial.
This is so cute. Thank you for sharing how you made it.
Love this. I make the little ones every year to give as gifts to different people. Yours is definitely bigger than mine. They look great!
This is adorable. My mom goes all out every year to decorate. She is always looking for something new. I’m thinking I will try with the plastic pots because of the weight and use velcro to hook them together so they can be taken apart and stored.