Make Your Own Fireplace Out Of Boxes

Christmas without a fireplace just doesn t feel complete.

Make your own fireplace out of boxes.

You can make your own out of some cardboard. Then tape the sides and back seams together. If your image of christmas includes stockings hanging on a fireplace but your home doesn t have one you can make a surprisingly realistic version from cardboard. 7 photos how to do it yourself.

When i was a child i heard the story in which santa claus comes down the chimney and enters through the fireplace on christmas eve. Roll out 130 inches of the brown craft paper. You can find them at hobby or office supply stores and home centers. In order to make the fireplace out of the boxes of this kind it is enough to glue it with a self adhesive film or wallpaper with a brick or stone print.

Start with four cardboard display boards the kind students use for science projects. On my box i cut off the flaps on the half i didn t use and hot glued them to the bottoms of my fireplace overlapping by a couple inches. Step by step instructions. Then start painting on your faux bricks using the sponge.

In the furnace must be put firewood.