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How to make your own artificial Christmas fireplace

How to make your own artificial Christmas fireplace

In a blink of an eye, even Christmas is coming. It is truly the end of the year. Work is getting busier and busier, and the expectations in my heart are getting bigger and bigger. Share a tutorial on how to make a Christmas artificial fireplace. It can be completed with two upright cardboard boxes, and the width can be adjusted at will!~

How to make your own artificial Christmas fireplace

I have two large cardboard boxes with matching lids that were originally intended to ship the desk.

How to make your own artificial Christmas fireplace

Cut the middle part, then fold it inward and secure it with tape to create the shape of an oversized photo frame.

How to make your own artificial Christmas fireplace

White spray paint can then be used to hide the black tape and write on the carton. I use an old tarp to keep the spray from killing the grass.

How to make your own artificial Christmas fireplace

Template two bricks out of some thin foam packing material and hot glue them to a cardboard rectangle cut from scrap.

Use acrylic paint to create a deep red color, then dip a sponge into the paint and apply it to the fireplace to create a brick effect. The wood grain is light brown acrylic paint.

How to make your own artificial Christmas fireplace

Use a small red light bulb to create a flame effect.

How to make your own artificial Christmas fireplace

Add Christmas stockings, light strips, Christmas trees, etc., and also put some wood in the fireplace, and the super luxurious Christmas decoration is completed~