How to Make a Match House

by Von Malegowski

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Intro: How to Make a Match House

I show how to make a house from matches. It is fairly simple to make and requires no tools. It can be made without using any glue or tape. It is a fun project when you are bored and can be used as a gift or just for fun. This requires a lot of matches and time. Similarly to the match cube I made, the match house does not really have any practical purpose just an interesting way to store or display your matches.

STEP 1: Materials

-Wooden Matches (About 300+)

-Time (It is rather time consuming)

STEP 2: Watch the Video


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And of course a video of the matchstick house burning.

19 Comments

audreyobscura 4 years ago

It looks like they are made out of 4" pine matches.

Cody_LH 8 years ago

What kind of coin and where may I purchase it?

John T14 6 years ago

it is a regular quarter just Canadian

paul the maker 8 years ago

i soo whant to burn the thing good photos by the way

CandyLove11 8 years ago

lol How Cool!!!

;D And Iv tried that with cards and it's not easy! Nice job!

jlambert 9 years ago

Is there text instructions? I am unable to watch video.

ejohnson26 9 years ago

I bet this project is gonna go up in flames...

ejohnson26 9 years ago

Nice house. I want to burn it

eeVee 9 years ago

im curious as to whether you started out looking for pink match heads? It really adds to the overall look. Ive admittedly only seen generic ones.
Its done exceptionally well.

overcomer8 9 years ago

That's cool when we were little we would burn the natches first!

99016669 9 years ago

Aw cool I finally found a good fire starter for when I go camping !

akashjoshi5 9 years ago

nice project realy apriciate it...
i think u should call it matchstick matrix house..(MMH). (^_^).

SparkySolar 9 years ago

Thank you for your nice Instructable.

Rima

JM1999 9 years ago

Went down like a house of cards

OR

Went up in flames like a house made of matchsticks!

Awesome project, I love it!

MsSweetSatisfaction 9 years ago

I had no idea that matches could look so pretty. Admittidley I like it best when it's on fire!