Strawberry Soda Can Paper Squishy Template

This paper squishy soda can is a little different from our flat squishies: it is a 3D net that rolls into a real can. Print the strawberry soda label with its tabs, tape it, roll it into a tube, close it with the top lid and the bottom circle, and fill it with a little stuffing. The finished can is 5.6 cm across and 10.5 cm tall — about the size of a mini soda can — and it squishes when you squeeze it.

The download comes as a color net, a black-and-white net to color yourself (any flavor you like) and an assembly guide with six steps. The net keeps its exact size on the page, so print it at 100%.

How to make the soda can

1. Print the color or the black-and-white net at 100% (“actual size”) on Letter or A4 and check the 2 cm guide.
2. Tape the printed side with clear tape, then cut the wall with all its tabs and both circles on the solid lines.
3. Roll the wall into a tube: fold the side seam inward and tape the 8 mm flap inside.
4. Bottom: fold the lower tabs in at the dashed line and tape the BOTTOM circle onto them, picture out.
5. Fill with a little stuffing, fold the upper tabs in and tape the TOP circle on.
6. Seal both rims with short strips of tape and squeeze.

Ideas

• New flavors: color the black-and-white can as grape, lemon, cola or blueberry soda and line them up like a shop shelf.
• Play café: pair it with our food squishies for a pretend snack bar.
• Summer craft: a good rainy-day project for older kids who have already made flat squishies.

The artwork is drawn by us and free for personal and classroom use — please link to this page instead of re-uploading the files.