Ten Two Studios

To make your matchbox ornaments, you’ll need:

• From Ten Two Studios, matchbox wrappers and a matchboxes. I used the Holly Bells matchbox wrapper set, which was designed to make these ornaments.

• Acrylic paint.
• A glue stick, and E6000.
• A craft knife.
• A tiny hole punch, and a needle with a large eye.
• A small piece of lightweight wire.
• Ribbons or fibers, and beads for hangers and tassels.

Slide trays from matchboxes, and paint them with acrylic paints.

Cut out the wrappers, side labels, words, liners and backs you’d like to use.

Apply glue to a wrapper, and wrap it around a matchbox, centering the focal image on the front of the box.

Trim any excess wrapper from the top and bottom.

Apply side labels and words to the boxes as desired.

Apply a back to the other side of the matchbox. The sheet I used has duplicate images to apply to the backs, so the ornaments will look the same on either side. The sheet also comes with a signature block if you’d prefer to use that.

Apply glue to the back of the inner liner, and press it into the back of the matchbox tray.

Punch two holes in the top of the tray using a tiny hole punch or large needle. If you wish, punch a hole or two on the bottom as well, to attach beads or tassels.

Thread a needle with the ribbon or fiber you’d like to use as a hanger, and run it down through one hole, across the inside of the tray, and out the other hole.

Pull the tails even, and tie them in a knot, then a bow, to create a hanger of the desired length.

Wrap a piece of wire around a few loops of ribbon, and twist it tightly. Thread the wire thorugh a bead, applying a tiny dot of glue to hold the bead over the ribbons.

Glue or wire the bead to the bottom of the matchbox.