Froglet Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Time for a little trivia? One of my summer projects has been a major sorting out of my dining room which is my work room/dumping ground and rarely gets eaten in. It's almost a thing of beauty. In the course of my sorting I have discovered a little collection of empty matchboxes. Clearly I was saving them for a very important reason but it's not as obvious to me as the reason for saving toilet roll tubes or teabag boxes. So, your challenge...help me come up with 101 uses for a matchbox. My family once did this for a white carrier bag - whiled away a very dull car journey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Furniture for 'little people'? :1b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Fund raising - sponsored 'how many items can you get into a matchbox' :1b 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louby loo Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 An emergency box - plaster, needle cotton, safety pin etc............ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melba Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Scale model of the Olympic park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 Scale model of the Olympic park Excellent plan - I'll send you one to get start will I? Loving the ideas so far - I might actually do some of these. Only 97 to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Furniture for 'little people'? :1b aww i remember doing this - with split pins for the drawer handles; memories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 (edited) motivational maths set accessory - on the cheap; just the way i like it! Edited August 29, 2012 by gingerbreadman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 (edited) favour boxes for a party an early start to making an advent calendar popping necklaces inside and then in to the jewellery box - grrr when my necklaces get tangled up! spare button holders memory card and USB storage empire state building model - watched a programme last night on how it was made - no health & safety in sight! oooh this is way better than doing the SEF!!! I thank you! Edited August 29, 2012 by gingerbreadman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Children take them home and fill with pound coins and then bring them to you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Children take them home and fill with pound coins and then bring them to you! Oh that's a cunning plan! :1b A plan so cunning you could pin a tail on it and call it a fox! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lashes2508 Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 send me one over , i can put my brain in it for safe keeping - theres not much left of it now !! :rolleyes: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 send me one over , i can put my brain in it for safe keeping - theres not much left of it now !! :rolleyes: Great idea - my few remaining brain cells would not require anything as big as a matchbox! :blink: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inge Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Hiding a secret ?? ( anyone else remember Comp and his match box .. never did know what was in it ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 (edited) send me one over , i can put my brain in it for safe keeping - theres not much left of it now !! :rolleyes: You and me both and with Sunnyday's reply there's clearly a market for this option - I could decorate them and everything! Oh that's a cunning plan! :1b A plan so cunning you could pin a tail on it and call it a fox! Methinks I hear Baldrick on the loose! popping necklaces inside and then in to the jewellery box - grrr when my necklaces get tangled up! oooh this is way better than doing the SEF!!! I thank you! I have little bags for some of my necklaces but matchboxes would work for the rest. As for the SEF... you're welcome! 87 to go... Edited August 29, 2012 by HelenD26 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louby loo Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Had a rethink... If you can get enough... you could use them to build a dividing wall in your dinning room to hide all the paperwork!!! I saw a programme where a man built a wall out of video tapes, and another built a shed and used the outer boxes to make the roof. xxx 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Had a rethink... If you can get enough... you could use them to build a dividing wall in your dinning room to hide all the paperwork!!! I saw a programme where a man built a wall out of video tapes, and another built a shed and used the outer boxes to make the roof. xxx some people have way too much time on their hands!! Obviously don't work in early years! :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 some people have way too much time on their hands!! Obviously don't work in early years! :rolleyes: I don't know... sounds like a pretty cool construction project for my children - we're always in need of more storage space - why not build our own! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacquieL Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Little box to leave for the tooth fairy and/or a box to give to the tooth fairy to keep the teeth in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 House for a spider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 House for a spider My spiders seem happiest with having the run of my entire house - Bill has the living room and Bert the dining room! I'm liking the idea of a whole range of fairy accessories and 'bug boxes'! 84 left... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miacat3 Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Use to keep a beetle in, like in the story Billy's Beetle or for making boxes of love that the children take home at mother's day, xmas etc. There is a poem to go with the box that you wrap in wrapping paper but i can't remember how it goes. I'm sure someone will have it on their hard drive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 I just happen to have my box here! This is a very special gift That you can never see, The reason it's so special It's just to you from me You never can unwrap it Please leave the ribbon tied, Just hold this box close to your heart It's filled with love inside Whenever you are lonely Or even feeling blue, You only have to hold this gift To know I think of you. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Oh that's lovely........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 thanks for sharing that Cait - it's beautiful :wub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Helen - would my balaclava fit into a matchbox :blink: oh no I suppose not......... You have finished it haven't you - wedding is this Saturday :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 Helen - would my balaclava fit into a matchbox :blink: oh no I suppose not......... You have finished it haven't you - wedding is this Saturday :lol: Surely that depends on how big your head is?! Yes, it's finished apart from the sparkly purple fluffy pipe cleaners I found (thought they'd match your shoes). I'm going to sew them on in concentric circles so it has a sort of sea anemone effect - is that ok? Will be in the post this evening (not in a matchbox though!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Surely that depends on how big your head is?! Yes, it's finished apart from the sparkly purple fluffy pipe cleaners I found (thought they'd match your shoes). I'm going to sew them on in concentric circles so it has a sort of sea anemone effect - is that ok? Will be in the post this evening (not in a matchbox though!) WOW! Sounds just perfect to me - thanks - I will look a treat in the photos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lashes2508 Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 I just happen to have my box here! This is a very special gift That you can never see, The reason it's so special It's just to you from me You never can unwrap it Please leave the ribbon tied, Just hold this box close to your heart It's filled with love inside Whenever you are lonely Or even feeling blue, You only have to hold this gift To know I think of you. I once bought one of these little boxes for ex husband - fiance at the time - he did not take time to read the words but instead tried desperately to undo it - i was alittle upset and he was a little redfaced :rolleyes: :wub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 I once bought one of these little boxes for ex husband - fiance at the time - he did not take time to read the words but instead tried desperately to undo it - i was alittle upset and he was a little redfaced :rolleyes: :wub: :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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