- Fireplace or barbecue matches
- Wrapping paper tube or paper towel tubes
- Scissors
- Glue gun
- Decorative paper- I used wrapping paper
- Glue stick
- Clear tape
- 2 lids or caps big enough to fit perfectly in your tubes- I used prescription bottle lids
First, cut the tube to the height of the match, and save the other end.
Get your paper and cut it to the size of the tube, leaving a little extra to fold over the tube.
Glue it to the paper towel tube.
Then, cut little flaps all around the paper and glued them onto the inside of the tube. Do this to both sides.
With the extra piece of paper towel tube, first cut it down the middle, put it around the other tube, and tape it together to make it a bit bigger than the tube. This will be the cap to your holder. I forgot to di this step before wrapping it, so that's why mine looked weird. Then I covered it with paper so the tape didn't show.
This is how it looks so far:
Next, take your caps and wrap them with the decorative paper. Using the hot glue gun, glue the caps to the top of your holder lid, and the bottom of your holder.
Put your matches in, and you're done! This is how mine looks:
This DIY was so easy, and pretty fun to make. Sorry if my instructions weren't clear, this was kind of hard to explain, but I hope the pictures were clear enough. This is a great idea, and I love how you can customize it with any kind of paper, and upcycle something so simple as a paper towel roll and make it into something useful! I hope you try this one!
Until next week,
-Vasti
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