How to Make Paper Fireplace Logs

You can use these easy-to-make decorative paper logs for starting fires in your fireplace. The more wax you add, the longer the logs will burn. Do not use these logs in wood-burning fireplaces as wax can make a mess of them.

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Newspapers
• Yarns
• Work Gloves

1. Open newspapers flat.

2. Start at one end with about five sheets of paper and roll into a log. Roll tightly for a longer burning log.

3. Continue adding newspaper to the log until it is about 3 to 4 inches in diameter.

4. Melt down old candle pieces by microwaving them on low power in a glass jar or by putting them in a coffee can in a pan of boiling water.

5. Dip strands of yarn into wax.

6. Wrap paper log with yarn dipped in candle wax.

Tips & Warnings

• The paper logs with colorful yarn look attractive in a basket next to the fireplace.

• It's best to melt wax in an old coffee can or other container you don't care about. Wax can be very difficult to remove.

• Melted wax is very hot. It can burn your skin and may catch fire if overheated.

• It is very dangerous to burn wax in wood burning stoves or other wood-burners.