Summer vacay is right here and ‘tis time that you try and think of some intricate and creative ways to add sparks to their crafty hand. Make your children learn amazing art pieces through which you can also decorate your home. Put a smile on your loved ones face by giving a handmade gift from a matchbox. Take out the artist in you and make use of the empty matchboxes in your house. Before you start with this Artistic Ways To Reuse Empty Matchbox, make sure you have your art kit ready to make your own masterpieces.
Artistic Ways To Reuse Empty Matchbox
Birthday Gift
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For a special occasion of a birthday you can transform a simple matchbox to something so creative that will leave them in awe. You just need a golden wrapping paper, tape, scissors and sketch pens to start. Wrap the matchbox cover with golden wrapping paper and firm it by using tapes on all sides. Now inside the empty box of the matchbox you can write a sweet little birthday message and decorate it according to your choice. Close the matchbox and your gift is ready!
Children Letter Box
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A letterbox just for your child! In this letterbox you can put each day little notes and things you want to convey to your child. Cut one side of the matchbox, now a take a red color sheet and cut it according to the size of the matchbox cover, put glue on the cover and paste red color sheet on the bottom and top of the cover. Cut a small triangle from one side of the cover. Now put close the matchbox with its box and cover. Decorate your mailbox just according to your children’s preference. Your mailbox is ready for some love-filled notes by you to your child.Cardboard furniture has reached the advent of innovations in the most practical and playful forms. Like Furniture, you can also use them to create amazing Cardboard sculptures.
Mini Suitcases Showpiece
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For this take a brown color sheet and cover all the sides of the matchbox cover. Now take another sheet of brown paper and make four small equal circles on it, two lines of the length of the paper. Cut them carefully. Cut the circles in two halves. Paste the circle halves on the four sides of the cover, paste the two lines on each side of the cover for adding the suitcase effect to it. Close the matchbox and your mini suitcase is ready!
Color Holder
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Kids always misplace their crayons. To keep them in one place we can transform a matchbox to be their crayon holder. Make a cute little color holder for your child by covering the match box cover with a colored sheet of their favorite color and inside the box you can place the colors.There are many things that you will need additionally for your pet and that can be easily bought from a pet store. But the fact is that these things sometimes becomes a bit expensive. But for that, you can try your hand in making such things on your own at home with amazing reuse old furniture ideas for pet beds.
Beds for Toys
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Beds from matchboxes are the easiest to make as you just need to decorate the cover of the matchbox according to the toy, for a Barbie toy keep the cover pink and for a Lego toy paint the box in Lego style bricks. Place the toy inside the cover and your toy bed is ready. Lego is everywhere and of the biggest toy brands in the world. Find out about some of the amazing Lego sculpture hard to believe in.
Medicine Box
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Most of the times we misplace our medicines so why not create a cute box for it. You can make one by decorating the matchbox cover with white paint and a red cross on it. In the box you can now keep your medicines in it.
Earrings Holder
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For this you need an empty matchbox and paint the cover pink. Now take crystal stickers and place artistically on the box to create a pattern. After it is dried you can now place your favorite earrings in it and your jewelry box is ready.
Coin Holder
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Coin Collection is an interesting and educative hobby to try. A coin holder through which you can teach your kids how to save money and keep it safe. Decorate the matchbox cover in money designs and keep coins inside the box safely.
Wall Décor
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Make a fantastic wall décor piece made just with the use of matchboxes; you would need 25 boxes, paints and mirrors for it. According to the design you like and the color paint the 25 boxes in one color, put the mirrors on the center of the boxes and decorate the box by making beautiful designs alongside the mirror. If you like star shape or a circular shape according to that place the matchboxes, then with help of glue paste the matchboxes in the form of that design and your wall décor is ready.
Key Chain Holder
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A handmade cover for a beautiful key chain will be the perfect gift for your loved ones on their special day. For this you need an empty matchbox and paint the cover of the matchbox white, then with the green sketch pen make floral designs on it. Inside keep the key chain and your gift is ready.
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These were simple yet artistic ways to reuse matchboxes and make sure you try them all. Your kids will hone not just the creativity skills with these amazing best-out-of-waste crafts but also your home will be made a sweeter and most inspiring place to be.
