Child Painting a Nutcracker Soldier

A smiling child sits at a craft table, carefully adding details to a nutcracker soldier with a small brush. The figure has a tall round hat, big eyes, a curled mustache, a long beard, shoulder trim, buttons, boots, and a rectangular stand. Around the table are paint jars, cups filled with brushes and pencils, loose paintbrushes, curled scraps, two rolling-pin shaped tools, and a separate nutcracker-style head. A window, chair, and simple shelves fill the background. For a classroom or home activity, use this printable page to practice noticing shapes by finding circles, rectangles, and cylinders before choosing colors for the toy and art supplies.