Matchstick Castle

by vishalapr in Craft > Art

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Matchstick Castle

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You live in a small house?Do not have space to store big things that you make?
Then this is the perfect instructable for you.
I will show you how to make a castle out of matchsticks
Materials required
1-Lots of matchsticks(about 400)
2-strong glue or glue gun
3-working space
4-time

Preparing the Matches for the Project

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Take upto 200 matches and cut them into half( we will be only using the bottom cut pieces of the matches almost everywhere)

Making the Living Towers

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Put 3 matches on the ground as shown on picture 1 then put three mor matches on top as shown on picture 2 .

Making the Tops

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Take many matchsticks and stick them on top to cover the top completely
Then trim the edges to make a hexagonal shape.

Making the Castle's Living Quarters

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Keep adding layers of matchsticks as shown in step 2 until they reach a height upto 5 cm(max) then make 6 of them and stick them together as shown in the picture.

Completing the Castle

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Make another tower almost twice as big as the other 6 towers you just made. Then glue it in the centre.

Preparing the Materials for Making the Base

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Burn upto 300 matches.Light the match and then blow it off to make only the tip of the match black.

Making the Base

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Take 12 or more match boxes and stick them together with tape as shown in the picture
IMP-make sure your castle fits on the matchboxes as shown in picture 5.

Completing the Base

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Then keep adding matches on the top of the matchbox base and on the sides but not on the bottom.then you take a piece of paper and cover the bottom with it and you can write your name on the back of the castle.

Making the Door

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Take 3-5 matches and make a door of any kind you like.

Finishing Steps 4-9

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Then stick your castle on the base and stick the door on the castle.

Making the Defencive Towers

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Take 2 matches (with its nobs cut off and place them as shown in picture no1
Then take 2 more and place them and glue them as shown in picture no2 .


Then stick them on the 4 edges of your base(These will be the defensive towers for your castle.

Completing Steps 10 and 11

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Keep adding more layers of matchstick to make the towers upto 4 cms

Making the Sniper Tower

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Take some matches and cut their heads of and glue them on the main living tower of your castle and place them upwards(with the flaming part upwards) and then take a few matches and stick them on the top and trim the edges to make a circular shape

After all this your result should look like the picture.

Making the Fencing

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take 2 matches and cut their heads off then take 2 matches and cut them into small pieces as shown in picture 2(bottom part of picture 2).

Then stick them together as shown in picture 3
Make 12 sets of these as shown in picture 1

Finishing the Project

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Then  take your fence and attach them around the base as shown in the pictures.

And you are done
Best of luck on making your own matchstick castle.