Creating a warm and festive atmosphere in your home doesn’t always require a real fireplace.
Whether for Christmas, Halloween, or simply adding a cozy touch, a cardboard fireplace offers a budget-friendly and customizable alternative. In this roundup, we’ll explore creative cardboard fireplaces that you can make yourself.
These fireplaces bring the charm of a fireplace into your home without the expense or hassle of the real thing. From traditional holiday mantels to spooky Halloween setups, these ideas will inspire you to craft the perfect faux fireplace for any occasion.
Cardboard Fireplace Ideas
Marcie from @marciemakesalot shares tips on how to make a cardboard fireplace:
I made a cardboard play fireplace.
Both my kiddos have a love for cozy campfires, fireplaces, and cardboard boxes 😆 Recycled toys for the win!
This craft began after I got tired of looking at all the boxes littered around the living room and from going a little stir crazy from being at home all the time. Is this thing over yet?
I cut out the pieces of cardboard for the bricks and let my boys color them before hot gluing them in place. It was fun letting them be a part of it and created something for us all to do together.
This next one might be a little easier to put together…
This ‘Made in the USA’ faux fireplace for Christmas is for sale on Amazon.
You can make your own from cardboard boxes, or if you’re short on time and energy, ordering this one will likely be easier.
Crystal from @a.playful.day made this beautiful cardboard fireplace and shared:
This was created using cardboard boxes, some tape and paint! To create a more realistic look, I used the baking powder and paint technique. The baking powder reacts to the water content in the paint, causing it to foam up. When using it, it creates a lovely textured look.
This wonderful masterpiece is for sale on Etsy from MomsManufactureStore.
About this item
Create a cozy Christmas setting anywhere with this, cheery cardboard fireplace! Details include flames, Birchwood logs.
Easy to place anywhere in your house and make things cozy. You can order full size fireplace with chimney or with out chimney.
So cool!
Another stunning cardboard fireplace idea…
Susan from @susanstorck shared, “We made the fireplace so we would have something to hang our stockings on.”
This is another easy diy cardboard fireplace for sale on Amazon.
The seller states:
Great for home, school or office!
This life-size, three-dimensional fireplace is sturdy and easy to assemble. Perfect for creating a cozy, warm environment anywhere.
Recyclable. Measures 7″ x 30″ x 38″.
Jen from @studio_rosie made this wonderful DIY cardboard, stating:
We don’t have a fireplace in our house, so I wanted to make a cardboard version as a place for our stockings! My mom knit these stockings, and Rosie has been having so much fun playing Santa and filling them with gifts. 😊
The base of the fireplace is a pizza oven I made earlier in the year. I made a mantle that is detachable so we can turn it back into a pizza oven. The holly is paper and I painted some bells red as the berries. I’ll post in my stories and cardboard crafts highlights how I put it together!
She also has an Etsy store where she sells templates to make other things as well.
Here’s another cool find on Amazon—and it’s really cheap!
It’s called a ‘Brick Fireplace Stand-Up Party Accessory,’ and it will do the job if you need something really simple.
This account shared:
Don’t have a fireplace? No problem! Cardboard boxes and some red and white paper is all you need!! Genius. 😍
If you don’t have the time or desire to make your own fireplace out of boxes, the alternative is to buy one…
This is a different style of faux fireplace for Christmas… it’s an image printed on cardboard with stands at the back.
Etsy seller CutoutCreationsStore states:
Our collection of Christmas themed cardboard cutouts are perfect for festive parties and make fabulous eye-catching decorations. We’ve got Santas, nativity scenes and even a warming fireplace to jazz up your winter space.
You can almost feel the warmth of that fire!
Those are all the cardboard fireplaces we have time for today—hopefully you’ve found the perfect one to make or DIY yourself, or alternatively, buy and set up!
One final idea: check out these realistic electric fireplaces. One of these might be even better than a cardboard one!
