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How to Draw a Matchbox

14 steps · Medium · about 11 min

Draw a matchbox in 14 easy steps, about 11 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.

Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: front of the sleeve.

Step 1: Front of the sleeve
Low on the left of your paper draw a long thin box.
Tip Leave room on the right for the drawer.
Step 2: Top of the sleeve
From its 2 top corners draw slanted lines up to the right. Join their ends with a long line.
Tip Keep the 2 slanted lines the same length and the same lean.
Step 3: The drawer
From the right end of the first box draw a shorter box sticking out, just as tall.
Step 4: Drawer top and end
Slant 2 lines up from the drawer's right corners, like before. Join them across the top and down the end.
Step 5: Inside the drawer
Inside the drawer's top draw a smaller slanted box. Start and stop on the sleeve's edge.
Tip This is the tray the matches lie in.
Step 6: Match sticks
Draw 3 lines along the tray, starting at the sleeve and stopping before the end. That makes 4 sticks.
Step 7: Match heads
At the end of each stick draw a little oval head. Count them: 4.
Step 8: Striking strip
On the front of the sleeve draw a long thin box, a little smaller than the front.
Tip You rub a match along this rough strip to light it.
Step 9: Label and flame
On top of the sleeve draw a slanted label box. Inside it draw a teardrop flame.
Step 10: The table
Draw a table line level with the bottom of the box, sticking out on both sides.
Step 11: Yellow and cream
Go over your lines. Colour the flame yellow. Colour the label and the drawer cream.
Step 12: Tan sticks
Colour the match sticks light brown, around the heads.
Step 13: Red heads
Colour the 4 match heads red.
Step 14: Blue and brown
Colour the sleeve blue around the label, and the striking strip brown. Your matchbox is ready!