Things You'll Need:
- Empty cereal box
- Pencil
- Markers
- Scissors
- Masking Tape
- Straw
- Cotton ball and food coloring (optional)
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Step 1
Open your empty cereal box and lay it on the table so that the inner side of the box is exposed.
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Step 2
Draw your outline of the cardboard tank on the box with a pencil. On both ends you’ll have what looks like squared-off legs, with wings on the sides that you’ll fold down to make the sides of the tank’s tacks. Basically, try to imagine what a simple tank would look like if you viewed it from the top, and it was squished flat, then draw it. You want to include all of the fold lines in your design, so that you know where the folds will be located when you construct the cardboard tank.
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Step 3
Decorate the flattened tank with markers and your pencil. Add camo to the body of the cardboard tank, and the wheels for the tank’s treads.
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Step 4
Cut out the cardboard tank with a pair of sturdy scissors, then fold it into shape and tape it together. The long legs on both ends of the tank will form the treads, and will wrap around the “wings” that will form the side view of the cardboard tank’s treads.
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Step 5
Make a small rectangular box from the cardboard for the cardboard tank’s turret, and transform a humble straw by cutting it to length and affixing it to the front of the turret.
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Step 6
Add more decoration to the cardboard tank, such as cotton balls dipped in food coloring to simulate camo netting, and go to war. As General Patton once said, "Go forward until the last round is fired and the last drop of gas is expended...then go forward on foot!"
