Make A Fireplace Out Of Cardboard Boxes

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.

Make a fireplace out of cardboard boxes.

All you need is a large cardboard box a box cutter scissors tape hot glue brown wrapping paper and a sharpie. It s beginning to look a lot like christmas especially now that my apartment has a fireplace. For example a 12 inch long piece of cardboard will make a 3 x 3 box. Cut a piece of cardboard for the front center piece of the fireplace.

Cover the piece of cardboard you just cut with moving paper and use your sponge to paint a brick pattern on the paper. In this video you will see how i diy faux cardboard fireplace. You can find them at hobby or office supply stores and home centers. It should fit tightly between the two wardrobe boxes.

Tape all 4 18 18 boxes up leaving one flap open like this. Start with four cardboard display boards the kind students use for science projects. Finished it off with black paper. Guide patterns craft 12 tutorials to make a cardboard fireplace 12 tutorials to make a cardboard fireplace with the chilling winters setting in soon you would desire to spend the cold evenings sitting by the fireplace enjoying the warmth while being engrossed in a joyous conversation with your near and dear ones.

For example if you want to make a 3 x 3 box out of a 12 x 9 piece of cardboard you ll use 3 of the width to form the base and top and the remaining 6 will form the height of the box. Cut cardboard rectangles to fit the sides of the fireplace opening. Reinforce your seams by scoring cardboard to create a right angle. Tape into place with packing tape.

You might want to make the bricks match up with the sides or create a decorative pattern. Using cardboard babies crib box 3 boxes that i asked a nice employee from walmart in flo. Flip the boxes on their sides and stack them to make the base of the fake fireplace and tape the sides and back seams together like this. Roll out 130 of the craft paper and start sponge painting your faux bricks.