Tonight is the great emptying ceremony of 400 matchboxes.
What is the best DIY thing I could do with the matches?
Suzanne
12,000 spare safety matches, any ideas what to do with them?
Mar 10, 2006
34 Replies
Bonfire...but keep one back to light it...lol
Re-tile the bathroom?
I've seen a small scale cathedral made of matches...they have a lot of time on their hands in the nick.
Why?
would make a hell of a firework.
NT
"Suz" wrote in news:4411bf03$0$4342$c3e8da3 @news.astraweb.com:
Have I missed something here?
Why on earth are you emptying 400 match boxes ???
Your answer may give me inspiration to answer YOUR question :-/
Terry
Not much on the telly.
Just said to hubby "can you imagine how long it would take to glue them on the wall?", to which he replied "I think he means in the spaces between the tiles..." Doh! I'm away to open a bottle of wine.
Suzanne
Alas, most of the fun stuff is in contravention of the Fireworks act, and probably terrorism legislation.
Playing cards with money is much better. ;-)
I just asked the local Fireman Sam and he recommends storing them outside the house in a bucket of water, and calling Environmental Health.
Doesn't sound like much fun : (
Suzanne
I refer the honourable gentleman/lady to my post of Jan 14:
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am now eagerly awaiting YOUR inspiration.
Suzanne
That would be my solution too - but then, I'm a bloke. It's probably a boy thing.
How about letting the competition winner light the fire?!
David
|Tonight is the great emptying ceremony of 400 matchboxes. | |What is the best DIY thing I could do with the matches?
Make a model of ????? in matches.
EBAY!
Shut up. It's what I wanna do.
That's what I want to do. But I'm secretary of the PTA and some numpty'd blow the eyebrows off the entire family and I'd be sued. Plus, see above.
1,000 points for the most creative answer so far!! But not very DIY...
I was thinking the same thing. If the use of the matchboxes had enough TV coverage, the matches would sell on eBay.
If you want DIY... no I can't.
I wonder how many years you'd get for sending ignitious materials through the postal service.
NT
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