Make A Fireplace Out Of Cardboard Boxes

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.

Make a fireplace out of cardboard boxes.

How to make a fake cardboard fireplace. Start with four cardboard display boards the kind students use for science projects. 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. Nov 30 2017 diy fireplace made out of cardboard boxes and painted contact paper using a sponge to press out the bricks.

It s beginning to look a lot like christmas especially now that my apartment has a fireplace. The width of the cardboard forms the height base and top of the box. You can find them at hobby or office supply stores and home centers. Reinforce your seams by scoring cardboard to create a right angle.

Cover the piece of cardboard you just cut with moving paper and use your sponge to paint a brick pattern on the paper. Tape into place with packing tape. Finished it off with black paper. You might want to make the bricks match up with the sides or create a decorative pattern.

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. In this video you will see how i diy faux cardboard fireplace. Roll out 130 of the craft paper and start sponge painting your faux bricks.

Tape all 4 18 18 boxes up leaving one flap open like this. Using cardboard babies crib box 3 boxes that i asked a nice employee from walmart in flo. Cut cardboard rectangles to fit the sides of the fireplace opening. 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.