Chest of drawers - pincushion made from matchboxes

Do you keep losing needles? Are beads scattered throughout the apartment? Can't find beads? And the buttons got lost somewhere? There is an exit! Let's make a miniature chest of drawers - a pincushion for small things. Despite the large list of what we need, a miniature chest of drawers is easy and simple to make.

To create a chest of drawers - a pincushion we will need:

• - 6 empty matchboxes;
  
• - scissors;
  
• - masking tape;
  
• - gouache or acrylic paint in white and red (or only pink);
  
• - glue gun;
  
• - glue stick;
  
• - thick cardboard;
  
• - scrap paper;
  
• - beads;
  
• - brush and sponge;
  
• - padding polyester;
  
• - pencil;
  
• - a small piece of fabric.

Step 1. Take 6 matchboxes. Using glue - a pencil, glue them together, 2 boxes at a time, in total you should get 3 rows.

Step 2. For reliability, we will secure the boxes with masking tape (ordinary tape will not work, since we will paint later). From my own experience, I want to give advice: it is better to remove the retractable parts from the box before you glue them with masking tape, otherwise it will be difficult to remove them later.

Step 3. We begin to paint the chest of drawers. Mix white and red acrylic paint to create a soft pink tint.We paint with a sponge using patting movements. This method is faster and, thanks to the masking tape, the paint applies more evenly. We paint the entire chest of drawers on all sides, except for the pull-out parts.

Step 4. From scrap paper, cut out 2 rectangles 4 cm long and 3 cm wide. Next, cut out 6 rectangles 3.5 cm long and 1 cm wide.

Step 5. Glue the scrap paper blanks onto the chest of drawers. We glue 1 rectangle to each drawer, and in the same way we glue large rectangles to the sides of the chest of drawers.


Step 6. Cut out a rectangle 6.5 cm long and 4 cm wide from thick cardboard. Then we take the padding polyester and glue it onto the cut out rectangle. We cut off the padding polyester that extends beyond the edges of the cardboard.


Step 7. Cut out a small rectangle from the fabric, 10 cm long and 7 cm wide. Using a glue gun, glue the cardboard with padding polyester to the fabric.



Step 8. This is the pillow we got! This will be a pincushion. Glue it to the top of the chest of drawers using a glue gun. Next, we glue handles - beads - onto the drawers of the chest of drawers. They can be either the same or different colors.


A beautiful and miniature chest of drawers is made!


Thanks to this little thing, you will have everything at your fingertips. Also, such a chest of drawers can be used not only as an organizer for small items, but also as furniture for dolls. I wish you good luck in your creative endeavors! I will be glad to see your questions and comments!