Cardboard Box Chimney

Get ready to hang your stockings

Posted by Ashinezz

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We don’t have a fireplace to hand our stockings so we decided to make one so our babies could at least enjoy it.

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You Will Need (10 things)

  • String Lights
  • Paints
  • Sponge
  • Paper Towel Roll
  • Packing Box
  • Duck Tape
  • Paint Brushes
  • Paint sprayer
  • Cardboard

  • Worset Dk Yarn

Steps (7 steps, 1440 minutes)

  1. 1

    You want to make a not so complete square with packing boxes. We got these from work. Use as much duck tape as you need to make sure it does not move whatsoever.

  2. 2

    Do a light coat of white spray paint outside, once dried bring back inside and use a sponge and rustic colored acrylic paint to make the bricks in the pattern of the fireplace.

  3. 3

    We ran out of paint so we used brown for the top and black for the side to do like if its chalk board.

  4. 4

    On a blank cardboard, dethread orange and yellow yarn to make the look for fire and use paper towels rolls as your log.

  5. 5

    Paint with brown acrylic paint and use a sharpie to make swirls and diamond like figures to make your log .

  6. 6

    We used small led light found at the dollar store, they are battery operated. They make the fire pop! Hot glue it all together.

  7. 7

    And if you want you have your naughty or nice list like chalkboard and your done. Enjoy and hang your stockings!