25 interesting things from Matchbox

Suitcase

To make this miniature suitcase in retro style, need a dense brown paper (two-tone), an empty matchbox and cheerful pictures (it will be "icons"). Paste paper boxes, making handle "belts" and decorate retro "icons" - the suitcase ready.

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miniature photo album

You want to surprise and please the family? Then make them a gift that's a miniature photo album. To do this you will need: a matchbox, glue, paint, cards or scrapbook paper, scissors, brushes, and, of course, tiny photos. Otdekoriruyte boxes and put in it a miniature screen of photos. This album can always wear his heart - in your breast pocket.

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Book cover

By the same token, you can make a book, baby. Print a short little tale, think of illustrations make the screen and paste it into the box. Perhaps such an unusual form awaken in the child's interest in reading.

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Giraffe

7 empty matchboxes can make this cute giraffe. You just have to make the frame, pasted paper and decorate it. This is a great idea for a joint creative work with children.

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Mini-Zoo

From matchbooks can make not only the giraffe, but the whole zoo. Take the four boxes, paint them gray (Hippo), orange (the lion), light and dark brown color (the bear and the donkey). Glue on top of the respective muzzles. You will have a bright and original gift for a baby.

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Valentine

A declaration of love can (and should!), Not only on February 14, and all year round. Especially since it is so simple: take a matchbox, pasted his beautiful paper, attach a couple of hearts - and ready. Inside the same can (and should!) To put something delicious - you will get a very sweet acceptance.

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Garland Surprise

On New Year's Eve, as well as any other holiday we could have done such a bright garland with surprises. Cut out stars of glossy paper and glue them matchboxes with sweets, nuts and other goodies.

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Christmas calendar

In America and Europe on the eve of New Year holidays it is accepted to do the so-called Christmas calendars (Advent calendar). This kind of card, consisting of 24 "pockets" (the number of days before Christmas). Within these etui - sweets, small gifts, notes with biblical quotations or just kind words. The day opens one surprise, thus recharging the pre-holiday mood. You too can make a calendar. Simple but very beautiful way - a mosaic of matchboxes.

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Christmas decorations

Christmas toys in the form of a Christmas reindeer and Santa Claus - a matchbox, pasted paper, with rozhitsami of felt. If the show imagination, then your tree may also appear Maiden, Snowman and other Christmas characters.

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Gift wrap

In this original box can give a ring, earrings or other "stuff". And it is not clear what will be more valuable - a box or its contents. As it is known, the best gift - made with their own hands. To turn a matchbox in the original packaging, you need scrap paper and other decorative elements, as well as your imagination.

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Plane

Boys, for sure, like the idea of ​​making the plane with their hands. This will require a box of matches and colored cardboard. Cardboard need to cut the workpiece, two wide strips, narrower one long and two narrow little. And then, as they say, a trick.

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Robot

Another 'male' toys - robots from matchboxes. When this box is used as a designer piece. To get a real Iron Man, the main thing right glue and paint.

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Doll's furniture

Girls can be smart doll furniture. With a little imagination, and gray matchboxes are transformed into exquisite tables and desks. Detailed master class you will find by clicking on the link below.

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Computer table for dolls

No modern woman can not do without a computer, so your daughter's doll house just needs a computer desk. Come to the rescue again matchboxes. Glue them together so that they form a table with drawers, and zadekoriruyte it to your liking. "Computer", by the way, can also be made out of the box.

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dolls

From matchbooks can be done not only doll furniture, but also of the dolls. To do this you need to draw on the label or in the art to make scrapbooking a little girl, with matches sticking out of an open box, will play the role of her legs.

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Boxes Confetti

Arrange a holiday - it's easy. One of the recipes for a great party - it matchboxes + confetti. Zadekoriruyte boxes brighter and sprinkle them with confetti - it will be convenient to store and use.

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panel

If matchboxes (or rather, their "sliding" part) are glued together, to make the cells of different sizes, paint them or do decoupage, paste into pictures, decorate with flowers and other decorative elements, you get a very original and beautiful panels. Detailed master class you will find below. But remember: the meaning of any tutorial not to repeat it, and to get inspiration for your own creativity.

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Puzzle

Print out a beautiful picture, paste it on the "web" of matchboxes, and then carefully cut along the contour of each box to get the details of the puzzle. Thus we can also fotopazl - a great gift for loved ones.

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bricks

Matchboxes can not only be entertaining but also educational purpose. So if, instead labels pasted pictures of various animals with their names, one obtains a kind of "cubes". Of course, the subject can be any - fruit, color, profession, etc.

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Children's developing game

Another useful for the development of the child game called "Who lives where?". And it is also possible to make at home using matchboxes. To do this, the label need to paste a picture of a habitat of an animal (eg, tank), and inside the box - with the animal itself (fish). With this kid quickly and easily remember who lives where.

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Account and ABC

The child quickly learn numbers and the alphabet, try to invite him to these "scores" and "ABC." On matchbooks write 1, 2, 3, 4, etc., and put so much into the matches, as written on the box; or write letters, as inside paste pictures with words beginning with those letters.

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inspiration boxes

Dutch designer-illustrator Kim Welling (Kim Velling) sure to cheer up man, just a kind word or a smile. But what if no one is around? Make a "box of inspiration" - Kim said. This is a normal matchbox inside which encourages or farewell note and a sweet picture. You can carry it with you at any moment, from his pocket, improve your mood.

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nursery cards

With the help of matchbooks and beautiful paper, you can make original nursery cards for the wedding guests. All that you need to do - print the names of the guests and to paste over the box. Guests can pick up a match with such a souvenir will be a long time to remind them of your celebration.

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bonbonnieres

Bonbonniere - it's such a beautiful box, which put souvenirs and little surprises for guests at weddings, anniversaries, birthday parties or other celebrations. Initially, as the filling of boxes of candy used (even the word "bonbonniere" comes from the French "bonbon" - "sweet"). But now put into anything from trinkets to aromatic oils. Bonbonniere do, as you can see, simply, can only decorate an ordinary matchbox.

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Box for storing small things

Immediately you will not say that these elegant boxes in the form of drawers made of banal matchboxes. Nevertheless, it is. The technology of their creation on the one hand simple, on the other hand require a lot of imagination and perseverance. But, you see, the result is worth it - beautiful and functional. In such caskets can store jewelry, paper clips and other small items.

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