Everyone tried to make something in childhood.It turned out not at all, but the process was liked by many. The ability to do something with one's own hands can bring joy and pleasure to a person. A modern environmental life strategy prescribes nothing to throw away, but to use to make original and comfortable household items. For example, the manufacture of crafts made from matchboxes will help to reveal the creative principle that is dormant in each of us and will make it possible to store small things in a convenient place: buttons, beads for needlework or jewelry. For each container, you can paste an icon to indicate what is stored there.
To create crafts from matchboxesyou need to take twenty boxes and put them in four pieces in five piles. Thin scotch need to carefully pull each of the five piles, then collect them all together and also connect, carefully trimming.
Then you need to cut a strip of paper bythe width is equal to the length of the matchbox, and the length is the volume of five stacked glued ones. Now you need to stick a paper strip on a stack of boxes, attaching it to places not covered with scotch tape. The second such strip must be pasted on the opposite side.
Paper stripes can be decorated with ornaments.The pattern is best applied with gouache with a fine brush. You can decorate the box with the help of decoupage technique. The short sides of the sliding parts of the boxes can be equipped with sewing pins with shiny heads, then they will look like tiny boxes. It is not only beautiful, but also convenient.
To make crafts from matchboxes,need to use new containers, the shape of which has not yet been violated by intensive use. If you intend to use the product for a long time, then it is better to take thick paper, in some cases it is better to even use cardboard. In compartments reinforced with cardboard, you can store heavier items, such as hardware or rare coins. Since paper is afraid of moisture, it is better to keep the craft in a dry place or cover it with a protective varnish.
In addition to caskets, you can also make crafts frommatchboxes for children. For example, if you decide to give a baby child jewelry for Christmas, you can put it in a matchbox decorated in the style of gift wrapping. To do this, it is enough to paste over it with colored paper with an elegant pattern and beads, and then tie it with a silk ribbon of a suitable color, making a beautiful bow out of it.
Crafts from matchboxes, photos of whichthere are in the article, not very complicated in execution. They can be made together with the child. This lesson will help develop the fine motor skills of the baby’s hands, as well as provide an opportunity to train accuracy and patience. If the box or gift box turns out beautiful, the child can give it to his peer on his birthday.
