For my nephews this Christmas, I made Personalized Yahtzee and Checkers. The idea comes from
here. I had so much fun doing it! The back side of my Chess board was covered with chalkboard vinyl and a little bag of chalk and an eraser was placed in the container. I also added instructions for games like tic-tac-toe, hangman, capture and a few others to give variety. The chess pieces will come in handy for when they get older, but for now the checker pieces are appropriate for their ages.
I bought a cheap chess board that had a plexiglass covered wooden box so that all of the accessories would fit. I then bought some small wooden chips by AMY's CRAFTS at Hobby Lobby. I printed pictures on my photopaper in sepia, mod podged them to the chips, and then antique glazed them for some more oomph. On the backs of the acrylic-painted chips I did the same thing with pictures of crowns (for when there's a king).
Then I just put everything in the box for safe keeping, not forgetting the instructions!
Next I made Personalized Yahtzee. I bought 5 small wooden blocks off of a friend; painted, sanded, added scrapbook paper to each. 5 of the same pictures are needed for 6 faces of the dice. Mine had only 5 (because my sister is expecting; and I wanted to leave her an empty spot for the baby that is on the way). I used an old shoe box to house the game and added lettering to the outside and pictures of the family (on a ribbon) to the inside (leaving space for the little one joining the family). I printed the instructions from
here. Then I rolled up the printed scorecards (from
here) and tied them off with a ribbon. Then put everything in the box!
It ended up stinkin ADORABLE if I do say so myself!
And there you have it: about $5 and a little bit of time for an AMAZING gift!
For my nephews this Christmas, I made Personalized Yahtzee and Checkers. The idea comes from here. I had so much fun doing it! The back side of my Chess board was covered with chalkboard vinyl and a little bag of chalk and an eraser was placed in the container. I also added instructions for games like tic-tac-toe, hangman, capture and a few others to give variety. The chess pieces will come in handy for when they get older, but for now the checker pieces are appropriate for their ages.
I bought a cheap chess board that had a plexiglass covered wooden box so that all of the accessories would fit. I then bought some small wooden chips by AMY's CRAFTS at Hobby Lobby. I printed pictures on my photopaper in sepia, mod podged them to the chips, and then antique glazed them for some more oomph. On the backs of the acrylic-painted chips I did the same thing with pictures of crowns (for when there's a king).
Next I made Personalized Yahtzee. I bought 5 small wooden blocks off of a friend; painted, sanded, added scrapbook paper to each. 5 of the same pictures are needed for 6 faces of the dice. Mine had only 5 (because my sister is expecting; and I wanted to leave her an empty spot for the baby that is on the way). I used an old shoe box to house the game and added lettering to the outside and pictures of the family (on a ribbon) to the inside (leaving space for the little one joining the family). I printed the instructions from here. Then I rolled up the printed scorecards (from here) and tied them off with a ribbon. Then put everything in the box!
It ended up stinkin ADORABLE if I do say so myself!
And there you have it: about $5 and a little bit of time for an AMAZING gift!
