How to make a pencil case from matchboxes
Inna Nikitina
Didactic manual “Mathematical pencil case”
Even when I was in elementary school, I remember: our teacher asked our parents to make mathematical pencil cases for their children , or rather for us. I remember my mother bought matchboxes, removed the matches from them and glued them together. Then I covered everything with colored paper. I pasted a picture on top that corresponded to the content. She put a certain number of pictures or counting sticks in each box. With the help of this pencil case, we students became familiar with counting from 1-10 and solved problems.
It’s not for nothing that they say: “The new is the long-forgotten, the old.” And so, while working in a kindergarten, I decided to use these pencil cases . You could, of course, buy transparent containers for needlework, divided into sections, but this would be expensive.
The first acquaintance with a pencil case can begin with children of the 1st junior group.
I asked my parents to make pencil cases from 5 matches . boxes for your children. They glued them together, and we did the rest together with our partner. In general, we have slowly “brought it to mind.” For children 1st ml. gr.: just covered them with colored self-adhesive. You can play with them in different ways, for example, in front of the children there are piles of different cereals, the children sort them out and put them in different cells (boxes, opening the boxes and closing them. This is a tool for developing hand motor skills
These pencil cases were very useful for us when introducing geometric shapes and colors to children 2 ml. groups.
We made these pencil cases ; they became mathematical . Different shapes of colored figures were glued to each box, there were 5 of them. The figures corresponding to the box were placed in each cell. Now you can play. For example, just like with cereals, you can divide them into cells. Or mix everything in the cells, let the children arrange them correctly, and also compare the number of figures: more and less, etc.
With children cf. pencil cases came in handy again . In each cell we add a certain number of colored figures corresponding to the one on the box. Let's start solving checkmate. puzzles.
With the help of these pencil cases , you can improve the ability to compare two equal groups of objects, denote the results of comparison with the words: equally, as many;. practice comparing two groups of objects, different in color, shape, etc. There are many options. pencil case can also by adding something new when working with older children. doshk. age
Children say. Our children very often delight us with their spontaneity. I have two daughters. I have always wanted to start a diary on the topic “Children Say.”
Caterpillar and seven-flowered flower.
Robot head out of the box
In the event that you don’t need a whole one, and the child really wants to feel like this particular character, you can limit yourself to one helmet. Make him a robot head out of a box with your own hands, and he will be incredibly happy. In order to make such a toy:
- Find a box that is the size of your child's head or slightly larger.
- Glue it well so that it does not open.
- Cut a hole to fit the head.
- Cut out a hole for the eyes.
- You can make ties at the bottom so that the helmet stays firmly on the baby’s head.
- Paint the box with water-based emulsion and tint it using a spray can.
- Add a grin or a grin, make antennas or ear locators, glue a couple of temperature sensors.
Ready! Your child will be captivated by playing robot for days.
Thus, you learned how to make a robot out of boxes with your own hands and realized that such an activity can be turned into a hobby for you and your child. Show a little imagination and even ordinary material can make your child happy.
At school, for the world around us, we had to make a car out of matchboxes, and we decided to make a robot. I always have matchboxes in stock, children love to make things out of them, and they also need them for work at school. To make the robot we needed: - matchboxes (10 pcs.) - colored paper (ours is self-adhesive, but it didn’t stick well; we glued it with PVA glue) - PVA glue - a toothpick for the antenna
And a good mood! We glue 3 boxes (one on top) to form a torso, make legs. Cover all the parts of the robot with colored paper or paint them. On one box we draw a face and glue the robot together. We make an antenna to the head; to do this, we pierce a hole with something sharp and glue a toothpick into it.
The cat really liked Robot and they became friends.
The ROBOT came out of the gate and went around the bend. There I saw the cat Murka. They played blind man's buff.
A ROBOT is not a car, It can drive without gasoline, It can fly into space, It can sing you a song. He is a very good friend and will help everyone around him! But where can I buy one? I can't find it anywhere!!!
To make our Robot more fun, let’s send him to visit the project
To make this miniature retro-style suitcase, you need thick brown paper (two shades), an empty matchbox and funny pictures (these will be “icons”). We cover the boxes with paper, make a handle, “straps” and decorate with retro “badges” - the suitcase is ready.
Miniature photo album
Do you want to surprise and please your loved ones? Then give them this miniature photo album as a gift. For this you will need: a matchbox, glue, paints, postcards or scrap paper, scissors, brushes and, of course, tiny photographs. Decorate the box and put a miniature screen of photographs inside it. You can always carry such an album close to your heart - in your breast pocket.
Screen book
Using the same principle, you can make a baby book. Print out short fairy tales, come up with illustrations, make a screen and stick it in a box. Perhaps such an unusual form will awaken an interest in reading in the child.
You can use 7 empty matchboxes to make this cute giraffe. You just need to make a frame, cover it with paper and decorate it. This is a great idea for sharing creativity with children.
Mini zoo
You can make not only a giraffe from matchboxes, but also an entire zoo. Take four boxes, paint them gray (hippo), orange (lion), light and dark brown (bear and donkey). Glue the corresponding faces on top. You will get a bright and original gift for your baby.
You can (and should!) confess your love not only on February 14, but all year round. Moreover, it’s so simple: take a matchbox, cover it with beautiful paper, attach a couple of hearts - and you’re done. You can (and should!) put something tasty inside - it will be a very sweet confession.
Garland surprise
For the New Year, as well as any other holiday, you can make such a bright garland with surprises. Cut out stars from glossy paper and glue matchboxes with sweets, nuts and other goodies to them.
Advent calendar
In America and Europe, on the eve of the New Year holidays, it is customary to make so-called Advent calendars. This is a kind of postcard consisting of 24 “pockets” (according to the number of days before Christmas). Inside these cases are sweets, small gifts, notes with biblical quotes or just kind words. One surprise is opened per day, thus recharging the pre-holiday mood. You too can make such a calendar. A simple but very beautiful way is a mosaic made from matchboxes.
Christmas decorations
Christmas decorations in the form of Christmas deer and Santa Claus are matchboxes covered with paper, with faces made of felt. If you show your imagination, the Snow Maiden, Snowman and other New Year's characters may also appear on your Christmas tree.
Gift wrap
In such an original box you can give a ring, earrings or other “little things”. And it is still unknown what will be more valuable - the box or its contents. After all, as you know, the best gift is one made with your own hands. To turn a matchbox into an original package, you need scrap paper and other decorative elements, as well as your imagination.
The boys will probably love the idea of making a plane with their own hands. For this you will need a matchbox and colored cardboard. You need to cut out blanks from cardboard: two wide strips, one long narrow strip and two narrow small ones. And then, as they say, it’s a matter of technique.
Robot
Another “male” toy is matchbox robots. In this case, the boxes are used as construction parts. To make a real Iron Man, the main thing is to glue and paint it correctly.
You can make chic doll furniture for girls. A little imagination, and gray matchboxes turn into exquisite bedside tables and desks. You can find a detailed master class by clicking on the link below.
No modern lady can do without a computer, so your daughter’s dollhouse simply needs a computer desk. Matchboxes will come to the rescue again. Glue them together to create a table with drawers and decorate it to your liking. A “computer,” by the way, can also be made from a box.
From matchboxes you can make not only doll furniture, but also the dolls themselves. To do this, you need to draw a little girl on the label or use scrapbooking techniques, with the matches sticking out of the open box playing the role of her legs.
Confetti boxes
Throwing a party is easy. One of the recipes for a great party is matchboxes + confetti. Decorate the boxes brighter and fill them with confetti - it will be convenient to store and use.
If you glue matchboxes (or rather their “pull-out” part) together, make cells of different sizes, paint them or decoupage them, stick photographs inside, decorate them with flowers and other decorative elements, you will get a very original and beautiful panel. You will find a detailed master class below. But remember: the point of any tutorial is not to repeat it, but to inspire your own creativity.
Print out a beautiful picture, stick it on a “canvas” of matchboxes, and then carefully cut along the contour of each box to create puzzle pieces. This way you can also make a photo puzzle - a great gift for loved ones.
Matchboxes can serve not only entertainment, but also educational purposes. So, if instead of labels you paste images of various animals with their names, you will get a kind of “cubes”. Of course, the theme can be anything - fruits, colors, professions, etc.
Another game that is useful for a child’s development is called “Who Lives Where?” And it can also be made at home using matchboxes. To do this, you need to stick a picture on the label with the habitat of a particular animal (for example, an aquarium), and inside the box - with the animal itself (a fish). Thanks to this, the baby will quickly and easily remember who lives where.
To help your child quickly learn numbers and the alphabet, try offering him the following “abacus” and “alphabet”. Write 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. on the matchboxes, and put as many matches inside as written on the box; or write the letters and stick pictures inside with words starting with these letters.
Dutch designer-illustrator Kim Velling is sure that one kind word or smile is enough to lift a person’s spirits. But what if no one is around? Make a “box of inspiration,” says Kim. This is an ordinary matchbox with an encouraging or parting note and a cute picture inside. You can carry it with you and at any time, take it out of your pocket, and improve your mood.
Using matchboxes and beautiful paper, you can make original place cards for wedding guests. All you need to do is print out the names of the invitees and tape the boxes. Guests will be able to take the matches with them; such a souvenir will remind them of your celebration for a long time.
A bonbonniere is such a beautiful box in which souvenirs and little surprises are placed for guests at weddings, anniversaries, name days or other celebrations. Initially, candies were used to fill such boxes (even the word “bonbonniere” comes from the French “bonbon” - “candy”). But now they put anything inside: from key rings to aromatic oils. Making a bonbonniere, as you can see, is simple; you can just decorate an ordinary matchbox.
Matchbox box
In addition to the material “Cabinet for small parts,” I would like to tell you how to make a casket from matchboxes. It is suitable for anything, in this case, it was created to store parts for practical reading activities for a preschooler.
1. Matchboxes are connected to each other with PVA glue.
2. Cut out a strip of paper (colored or just white) the width of a matchbox. The length should be selected based on the number of boxes that were glued together. And we glue our boxes.
3. Each box can be signed or labeled with what will be stored in it.
4. After the glue has dried, the entire structure can be carefully covered with tape (this will extend the life of your product).
5. Take buttons with legs and sew them to the retractable parts of the boxes.
Now it will be very convenient for your baby to take out the contents from this miracle casket. Good luck!
See also: “Miracle Casket-2” (improved version)
Comments on the article Miracle Casket
18.12.2005, 10:26 Denis 7 years old
25.02.2006, 17:29 Irina Zotova
Denis, as many boxes as you want :-) 05/13/2006, 17:39 Judif_perm
I remember from childhood, my dad made entire chests of drawers and shelves from these boxes. All sorts of small electrical parts were stored in them. You can also stylize this thing as a dressing table, cabinet or other furniture by pasting it with paper of the appropriate color and painting it - it will be doll furniture. 05/13/2006, 17:41 Judif_perm
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Simple ideas from matchboxes
Small toys from Kinder Surprises or cute dolls also need a cozy home. It’s easy to build furniture for a house by folding several matchboxes and covering them with colored paper. From matchboxes you can easily and simply put together a chair, table, sofa or wardrobe. Try it and you will definitely succeed!
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Doll furniture made from matchboxes
Perhaps the most necessary piece of furniture in a dollhouse is the bed. We suggest you make a bed with drawers, on which a small doll can comfortably sit. So, we need two matchboxes, glue, paint, 2 beads.
- We take two matchboxes and glue them together, this will be the base of the bed. We place the boxes on a flat surface, outline them with a pencil, leave space for the ends and draw the backs of any desired shape.
- We cut out along the contours what we have outlined in duplicate and glue the boxes on both sides.
- We paint the crib any color and attach handles to the drawers using wire.
- The finished crib can be decorated with a mattress, blanket and pillow.
Mini chest of drawers made from matchboxes
With school-age girls, it will be interesting to make a chest of drawers for storing jewelry and hairpins. To make a chest of drawers, we will need 3 matchboxes, glue, toothpicks, wire, pieces of rod or beads for handles.
- First you need to glue the base for the chest of drawers. We don’t just cover it with paper on top, but create a cardboard frame. You can cover it with unnecessary plastic cards. We must have sides, a bottom, a table top, and dividers between the drawers.
- Then we insert the matchboxes into the frame of the chest of drawers and measure the width of the chest of drawers in order to correctly measure the front of the drawers. For this we will need toothpicks, a pencil and a stationery knife.
- Glue toothpicks to the front of the drawers, and then cut off the excess. Dresser handles can be made from an old microcircuit, pieces of rod or small beads.
- All that remains is to paint our craft and fill it with small “treasures”.
And here is another option for making a stylish chest of drawers from matchboxes
Crafts from matchboxes will not take you much time, but such furniture, made with your own hands, will certainly be one of your daughter’s favorite toys.
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Progress:
You need to take matchboxes, remove the matches from them, and glue them together.
Then cover it with any sheet of paper, cut out geometric shapes and stick it on top of the boxes.
Cut ten shapes into each box.
We cut out a card from white cardboard, divide it in half by drawing a stripe with a marker.
Master class on making pencil cases for handouts
Tatiana Morozova
Master class on making pencil cases for handouts
Universal pencil cases for dispensing materials.
these pencil cases very often both when organizing educational activities and during individual work and in didactic games. The filling of pencil cases can be varied; in our case, these are geometric shapes.
To make pencil cases you will need (for one child)
:
- 5 empty boxes of matches;
— colored self-adhesive film;
- scissors, colored cardboard (for geometric shapes)
;
1. Prepare empty matchboxes.
2. Using a glue stick, glue them together on the sides.
3. Measure out the required amount of color film and cover the boxes with it.
4. On top of each part, stick an icon indicating the item that will be located in this particular “box”
- in our case, a geometric figure
(circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval)
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5. Fill each cell with geometric shapes in accordance with the designation above (for example: 10 shapes each)
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The figures must be made in different colors on each side. The universal pencil case is ready .
Using a pencil case.
— didactic games to develop children’s ability to navigate on a plane (“Decorate the Carpet”, “Treasure Hunters”, etc.)
- practice counting, the composition of numbers from units, from two smaller numbers; in comparison of sets.
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