How to Make a Bowl from Melted Army Men

To make a bowl out of melted army men, it's very important to get good quality soldiers. Generic ones can sometimes turn black in the over, so make sure you test out one of your army men before beginning your bowl.

Heat your oven to 300 degrees. Arrange a layer of army men on the bottom and along the sides of a bowl. Use a Pyrex bowl, any size you want, or something similar that can go in the oven. Carefully put the bowl of soldiers into the over so that you don't knock any of the soldiers off the side of the bowl.

Watch the army men melt in the oven. The ones around the top will get deformed quickly so do not panic when you see this. Once these ones have melted enough that they no longer resemble army men, take the bowl out of the oven. The army men near the bottom will not be very melted and most likely won't even be stuck together.

To melt the army men on the bottom, hold the bowl over a low flame, letting them melt until they are just a green mass. I do this on a gas stove, but it might work on an electric range as well.

Once all your army men are just a melted green blob of plastic let the whole thing cool for 20 minutes or so and then place it in the freezer for an hour. This will help the men unstick from the sides of the bowl. Run the bowl under cool water and slowly remove the army men.

Once you have removed your men, dry both them and the bowl and put them back in it. Next you will add a new layer of army men. Try to place them to cover and big holes left by the previous layer and completely cover the bowl.

Put the bowl back into the oven. Just as the army men at the top of the bowl start to melt, remove it from the oven. Using an oven mitt, press down on the top layer of men to stick them to the bottom layer. If you have to, hold the bowl over the stove again to soften the men on the bottom.

Let the bowl cool again and put it back in the freezer for an hour, run it under cool water and pop the plastic out.

You can add a third layer of soldiers if you want a thicker bowl or there are too many holes in your two layer one. But if you are happy with two layers then you are finished!