Glass Bottle Match Holder and Strike

Just a cute little way to hold your matches for use and retro decoration.

Only a few simple materials.
 - I found this lovely little green glass medicine bottle in an antiques shop for just £3, any small bottle will do why not try ebay for cheap options.
 - Matches and an old match box with the strike strip
 - Scissors
 - Rag (optional)
 - Glue 

Using your scissors cut out a strip of the striking paper bit of the match box, to the size you want. 

My bottle was hexagonal so cut a piece to fit one of the sides.

On another matchbox was a matching brand name so I just cut that out too.

   * It's not essential to have a multi-sided bottle, as long as the strike strip is paper you can bend it around any shape.

Using Pritt-Stick or PVA glue the reverse sides and apply to the glass. 

Wrap a rubber band around to keep tight and in place while the glue dries - about 5 minutes

The matches I had at hand were too short and didn't poke out the neck so I decided to fill the bottle half way with some material. This can also be done with sand or tissue/coloured crepe paper, but you could always just buy the extra long safety matches.

I just cut the material into strips and stuffed them into the bottle using a pencil, until a point where I was happy with the way they stuck out.

All you need to do now is fill with the remaining matches, remove or cut the rubber band and that's you finished :)

Adds a perfect touch of uniqueness to your house, thanks for reading and feel free to comment