Decorating a matchbox-any ideas?

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My dd's (5 and 3) have to decorate a matchbox each for a sponsored school event. I am hopeless with art and craft. Anyone got any ideas for what on earth we might do? I have done lots of googlings and come up with nothing. I am hoping an arty mn'er can help me out here!

give it pipe cleaner legs and googley eyes and make it into a spider?

that is an idea! i did see a picture of one turned into a house but have no idea how that might be possible?

along the same lines
cover in cotton wool though and its a sheep

great idea bronze. would it have pipe cleaner legs too? or would it stand on straw legs? where would its face be?

It's not something I've ever made. Could you use matches for legs?
I would just stick loads of fluff on then stick eyes down one end. they're not going to be expecting masterpieces
(I will admit to having turned a potato into indiana jones complete with hat and whip though )

Lovely poink cars? www.tinkatolli.me/blog/?p=325

pink
or green, or whatever colour really

Or mobiles or tvs?
i love the cars

orange is dd1's favourite colour so that could work! oh these are great ideas! the matchbox has to be filled with stuff so i need to be able to put stuff into it. but all these ideas could work! the best i had was to paint it red with black spots and googly eyes for a ladybird but tehy rejected that idea!

I saw a camera made from matchbox and bits of painted clay and buttons which was impressive
and original.

You could just glue felt on it, cut out a piece to wrap around as background, then make a motif like a flower, star, heart to stick on top.

Or cover with glitter and stick-on gems.

Anything inspirational here?

Paint it one colour and stick old buttons on the top.

Stick a button on the small pull-out so that it can be pulled out like a drawer.

Fill with buttons. It's a button box.

wow. some amazing ideas. thank you all. I have been round the garden with them today collecting 'items from nature' which was our theme for filling them.