![]() 4 Feet of 4×4 (the smallest size is 8 ft, so you will have extra- we chose cedar because we love it, but you could get traditional lumber if you prefer).Here’s what you’ll need to make your own DIY Yard Dice: Wipe them clean of any sawdust with a damp cloth. 1×6 Boards seem to be a bit smoother than 2x4s so this should be an easier job (plus there’s less of them!). Although they don’t need to slide (like the Jenga pieces) sanding is still good to have a smooth surface, and help the stain penetrate more evenly. The math here is that dominoes are twice as long as they are wide. Start by marking and cutting your 1×6 boards in 1 foot pieces. 3/4″ Spouncers (Circle foam ‘brushes’ or dabbers).Stain of Your Choosing, Rags to Apply, Rubber Gloves.Sanding Block and 100 or 120 Grit Sand Paper (told ya’ you’d need lots…).Chop Saw (preferably, if not- a skill saw or hand saw should work fine).28 Feet of 1×6 (Try to pick straight boards again!).So these should never get old! Here’s what you’ll need to make your own DIY giant dominoes: If you have never played ‘real’ dominoes either, you can find the Basic Rules here, but there are 101 games to play with them. They had only played that game where they stand the dominoes up and make a long trail that collapses (also fun). Next in the DIY yard games series? Dominoes! Before making these dominoes, my hubby (and his brothers) had never played an actual game of dominoes (have you?). When they’re all sanded, wipe them down with a damp cloth to get the sawdust off. Additionally, sanding helps the wood take the stain more evenly. The idea is to get the sides all smooth enough that the slide when you’re playing Jenga. You could use a palm sander, but we enjoyed chitchat while sanding by hand. It takes longer than you’d imagine since it’s nice to have them super smooth so they slide easily! We even invited some friends over for pizza to help us. Once they’re all cut, the fun part… sanding! I say the ‘fun’ part because this is what we did with the majority of our free time last week. You can set a block with a clamp to make cutting quick and skip measuring each individual piece. Make sure you have a sharp blade on your miter saw to cut down on the amount of splintering (and sanding!) you’ll have. When they’re all marked, go ahead and chop your 2×4 into 54 pieces! So the measurement is 10.5 but your saw blade will take off a bit too, so try mark just outside your 10.5″ measurement along the boards. The tricky part is that 2x4s are not actually 2″ wide, they’re only 1.5″ wide. ![]() Since there are three 2x4s wide, they need to be cut to that length. Jenga towers are square if you look straight down at them. Start by marking out your two by fours a hair over 10.5″. I also hope by putting it all in one spot for you that you’ll only need to take one trip to Home Depot to get everything you need (I may or may not have had to go back once or twice to get it right). And that’s an accomplishment when you have 100 Scrabble tiles to paint (yep, there’s 100!). All of these games are sealed (I’ll tell you which I chose and why), all of these tutorials have measurements, and I even managed to snap photos of some of the steps. That means we NEED to seal our wood if we want it to last. We are building shelves on the outside back of our shed and want to store our games outdoors. There’s about 100 tutorials on giant Jenga- but only one I found recommended a sealer for the wood. It took a lot of research to find all the information to make these games! If you’d like to have 13 DIY yard games all in one spot- I also have a book! You can find that here. ![]() I’m hoping by giving you all of the tutorials in these two posts, that you won’t have to do a ton of digging around the web to do the same. It’s safe to say we’re loving these DIY yard games! Since making them last week (*ahem, finishing them right before our barbecue*), Shane’s work has already called dibs on them for their summer work party. So far we’ve made five but we have plans to make a few more later this summer as well. ![]() I decided that it had to happen as soon as we possibly could and when I mentioned it to Shane, he not only loved the idea but suggested we make a whole suite of DIY yard games. I’ve been dealing with some serious Pinterest envy over massive Jenga games and other back yard games for a while now.
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