What to make of matches?
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Even from the usual improvised material, you cancreate amazing things, and one such material is a simple match. With the help of matches you can discover incredible creative abilities, as well as spend time with benefit to the child or alone. From our article you will learn what to make of matches, and also we will give instructions on making an interesting craft.
Methods of making hand-made articles
In fact, with apparent simplicity,quality hand-made articles from matches is not any easier than to make something of glass, clay and other materials. Creativity using matches is a separate art form, which requires great patience. Matches are a wonderful material for creating all kinds of figures, houses, castles and even large architectural structures. There are two ways to make crafts from matches.
- At the first use glue, which greatly simplifies the process
- In the second method, the glue is not used, and because ofthis technique becomes more complicated. This technique is used by more experienced craftsmen, so if you are just starting to work with matches, try making crafts using glue. For this we can advise you to read our article How to glue matches.
To improve your crafts, use improvised tools, such as paper, fabric, thread, and you can paint ready-made crafts or cover them with varnish.
How to make crafts from matches
In order to make a small house with matches, you will need:
- 7 matchboxes;
- coin (the size of 2 rubles);
- stand (a dense cardboard or a box from a disk);
- glue.
First of all, we will model the foundation for our house. This is done so.
- Place two matches against each other, andperpendicular to them on top of a series of 8 matches. Try to place matches at the same distance, and the upper margins should be in the form of a square with the bottom. Make another row perpendicular to 8 matches. The foundation is ready, you can proceed to the walls.
- The walls are made of 7 rows of matches, neatly stacking their heads in a circle. Then from 8 matches make a flooring from above, on a flooring lay 6 more matches, and then lay a coin on the house.
- Now take the house in hand and set 4 matches in the corners: they must go through the top layer to the foundation. Do it carefully so that the house does not warp.
- Then stick the matches around the perimeter of the house. If you are not confident in your abilities, the design can be initially fixed with glue.
- With the help of a coin, it is necessary to squeeze the house, moving matches to the coin, after which it must be taken out.
- Next, make 2 rows of matches from all sideshouse. In the first row, it is necessary to place the matches head up vertically, then horizontally, so that the match heads alternate with the ends. After you have done everything, you need to squeeze the house again, so that the matches are better pressed against each other.
- Now proceed to the roof: To do this, pull the match from the very corner of the first frame of the house, then pull up the vertical matches, pulling them from below. After you do this, fill the roof with matches, laying them perpendicular to the upper deck (starting at the edge); so the roof will have a "chess" pattern.
To make the shingles, lay the matches with headsto the center from the top of the whole roof. After stacking both rows of matches for the roof, press them slightly to secure them. The house is ready, if you wish, you can decorate it or paint it.
If you are fascinated by this activity, try making a craft "Well" according to the following assembly scheme.
There are a lot of options for the flight of creative imagination; we suggest you read another interesting article about hand-made articles from matches: How to make snowflakes not from paper? Snowflakes from matches.
