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Cardboard Box Chimney

Get ready to hang your stockings

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/cardboard-box-chimney • Posted by Ashinezz

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

You will need

Project Budget
Cheap

Time

24 h 00

Difficulty

So-so
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Description

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

Instructions

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    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.

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    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.

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

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

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

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

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