Summer Craft: DIY Outdoor Tic Tac Toe Game (Video)

The best thing about summer is that we get to be outside for more time than in winter. But even in summer, everyone needs an activity to keep them occupied and what better way to do that than with fun outdoor games? To make the game even more fun, you can prepare them by yourself, like this Summer Craft: DIY Outdoor Tic Tac Toe Game. It’s really easy to prepare and you can use items that can be found in any garden. Here is how to do it.

Summer Craft: DIY Outdoor Tic Tac Toe Game (Video)

DIY tic tac toe

Image via: Me and My Guyz (Etsyshop)

Summer Craft: DIY Outdoor Tic Tac Toe Game (Video)

Supplies:

8 pebbles

Acrylic paints (colors black, yellow, red and white)

Black permanent marker (optional)

Pencil

Ruler

Square or round wooden base

Paintbrushes

Watch the video on how to make this fun tic tac toe game

You can find the link to the video here.

Directions

1. Wash the pebbles to remove any dirt and dust. Dry them thoroughly.
2. Paint four pebbles red and the other four yellow. Let the paint dry.
3. Paint one corner of the red pebbles black and continue by painting on the details, like the dots.
4. Paint one corner of the yellow pebbles black and paint on the details, like black lines.
5. When the black paint dries, you can continue by painting on the eyes. Let them dry and your pebble bugs are ready.
6. Now move on to make the game’s base. To do that, use the pencil and ruler to draw a tic tac toe’s grid on the base. Next, use the marker or black paint to paint over the lines that you have previously drawn. Let your base dry.

Tic tac toe game

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You can even use a tree stump with an even surface as your wooden game base, if you don’t plan to take the tic tac toe game with you sometimes. This Summer Craft is perfect to make with the children and it will provide hours of fun with this classic game. And if you like the idea, you even could take it one step further, by making more pebbles and paint a checker’s game grid on the wooden base. That way you will have another entertaining classic game to play with and which you will have made completely by yourself. Let your imagination be your guide in choosing other nature’s themes for your pebbles or base, like trying to paint your rocks to look like frogs and your base to look like a small pond. Everything is possible. This Summer Craft would be perfect to bring to a garden party as well and you could even offer it as a gift for your host, especially if there are small kids in the host’s family.

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