checkbox doesn't work when add a div class

I want to change the look of the checknbox, but when I add the div with class the checkbox functionality doesnt work!

 <div class="checkbox checkbox-replace color-blue">

 <input onchange="filterme()" type="checkbox" name="type" value="check">CHECK
 </div>

but if I removed the div the checkbox will work, so my question is how to make the chechbox working and use the class in the div?