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After really enjoying our large scale painting we decided to go small this week and try out some tiny match box art.

I traced around the outside of the match box on a piece of paper to make lots of frames and then the children set to, creating all sorts of designs.

We had no particular plan in mind, other than using the matchbox as a frame, but when L drew a garden scene we decided to transform the matchbox into a window to peep through.

match box art

We added a window frame and used tissue paper to make some curtains. The girls like peeping through the fairy windows and have plans to make a whole skyscraper full of different views. I like the depth that the layers add to the picture.

Glue a little magnet on the back and you can create a match box gallery on the fridge.

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Comments

    • Cathy @ NurtureStore says

      Hi Jude, I wondered if the small scale would be too fiddly for L (4yr) but she loved it.

  3. Esther says

    oh, that’s a neat miniature art! I like the window with tissue paper screen. That can be created with big boxes too!

  4. Natalie says

    What a great idea. I have a hunch that my 4 year old will like mini-drawings much better than large scale. She is intimidated by vast expanses of white paper 🙂

    • Cathy @ NurtureStore says

      That’s interesting Natalie – I thought mine, especially the 4yr old, would be the opposite. She usually loves BIG but this worked out great.

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