Christmas pallet wood

Toy Soldier DIY | TOY SOLDIER DIY pattern in video | By The Shabby Shack | Hey, guys and welcome back to The Shabby Shack. In this video, I'm going to show you how we made our Toy Soldiers using a 2 by 12 by 8 piece of wood and 22 by 4s. I used four of the two by eight by 12s because I made 4 toys Toy Soldiers. First thing we did was we marked our board at six foot and cut. Hi Then, we marked six inches for the boot and made the cut on the scrap piece that we're using for the stand. We marked our two by fours at 23 inches and cut em 23 inches long and rounded off the ends. We painted the back of the two by eight or I'm sorry, two by 12. We painted it black on the back and the sides. Okay, on the side we measured for our paint. We measured 14 inches down for the hat, then 10 inches down for the face, then 20 inches down for the torso, twelve and a half inches down for the leg, leaving the rest for the boots. We marked an inch below the hat line for the piece of wood for the bill of the hat and then we measured down for where we wanted our belt on the torso and then we made a mark for the trim for the boots. So now we're going to draw out our lines. And these are the marks for our paint. So, once we had our lines, I measured what each was for. The face, the hat, the torso, and I wrote it on the board so I would know which color to use. Okay, I painted the area for the boots and the hat first. And I painted my scrap pieces that were left over for the stand. We cut small pieces of wood for our trim. We made eyebrows. We made mustaches and we also cut out ovals for the eyes. So, now that the black paint was dry, it was time to do the red and I used an art brush to do my cut in. To make sure that I stayed within the lines and then I used the foam roller and rolled the rest of the color. So, once I had my colors on the boards, It was time to do the blue for the legs. I also marked on the two by fours where I wanted the sleeves for the arms and I got those painted up. Here are the ovals that I painted white for the eyes. I used gold spray paint and I spray painted a couple of the Dollar Tree cookie sheets and this is what I'm using to make the design on the hat and to make the belt buckles. So, here's our wood all painted. Now, I'm using furniture tags and some thin tinsel to make the chains on the jacket. And they're just little furniture tags. I ordered these from Amazon and I got em in different sizes. We also use the smaller furniture tax to do the boot laces and I'm just using some gold cord and the furniture tax to make the boot laces. And you can see the thin tinsel. This came from the Dollar Tree. So, once I had that done, it was time to glue the face. We're going to glue and then brad nail the mustache, the eyes, and the nose. The nose is just a or just wedges of wood cut. And I also took black paint and painted the little triangle for the collar and for the bottom of the jacket on my wood. So, once I was done, it was time to put the arms on. I also used a little furniture tax on the sleeves of the arms and I mounted the arms on flush with my board from the back. I used the cookie sheets and just cut em in little shapes and I used E6, 000 to glue them on and then I put little furniture tacks at the bottom and at the tops of the the little leaves to attach em. I did use a board to hold them down a little while the glue dried. Here are little boots mounted on and our board for the stand You can see they're screwed in from the bottom. And here are our guys standing up y'all. These were pretty easy to make. I made four of em for less than 100 bucks. I hope you enjoyed this and I hope you'll come back to the Shabby Shack for more videos. Also, if you'd like, take a screenshot so you can copy the pattern. And here's the hubby moving em around just to give you guys an idea of the height of em. They're over six-foot tall. Thanks for watching.