This was a project I’ve been meaning to make for a while now, and loved getting a chance to do it for the Out and About week at SYTYC. Now I just need to have a party so I can play!
I started off by sending Drew to Home Depot to buy lumber. Actually, he had to go himself since the wood boards wouldn’t fit in the car without removing the carseat. He asked me to make a note in my write-up that the wood had no knots, but then afterwards, told me I wrote it up wrong. He bought pine boards with no knots not just to make it pretty, but so that when you actually play Dominoes, you can’t use the knots on the back to figure out which pieces your opponents have. So thoughtful! There you go honey, I hope I explained it correctly!
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Anyways, I think he bought 2 10 foot 1x4s and 1 8 foot 1×4 board. A 1×4 board is actually about 3.5 inches wide, so I was aiming to create dominoes that were 3.5″x7″. There are 28 dominoes in a set, so 7″ times 28 = 196″, which is a little over 16 feet. With 18 feet of board, we gave ourselves a little extra in case we screwed up on the table saw.
Cut the boards down to 7″ lengths, using either a chop saw or a table saw.
Stain. I used some leftover Chestnut stain that we had for our floors. I didn’t mix the stain very well, so the first coat was a dull brown, with all the pigment down at the bottom. Then I had to remix and then add a heavily pigmented coat onto the wood, which made it a beautiful reddish color.
Here’s where things got crazy. I had bought a 3/8″ circle punch at Michaels for a $1, thinking I would make a stencil from some leftover cardboard and paint on the dots. And for $1, I was feeling pretty good. Fast forward to that evening when I made my stencil template and went to punch out the holes when I realized the punch wasn’t able to punch that far in to the cardboard. Anxiety ensues. (And maybe some yelling.) Of course, in the store, I had thought about buying little adhesive dots to use, but I couldn’t find dots in the size I wanted. Somehow, it never occurred to me to buy adhesive paper and punch my own holes. Silly, really. Eventually, though, I did figure that out, except it was now 9:30pm, and all the stores were closed, and I had no adhesive paper at home. So, I ended up punching holes around the edges of stamp sheets (the “green” stamp set), and sacrificed some white address labels as well. Let me tell ya, that’s a lot of little dots. Thank goodness I hadn’t cut my nails down to a nub, so I could sit there and peel the backing off of biiiillllions of little paper dots.
I did use the template I had made to mark where the dots would go on each piece of wood by poking holes in the template.
Start the domino assembly line. I sat peeling and placing little dots, and Drew started painting on a coat of clear acrylic sealer. I’m sure polyurethane would work great; we just had the water-based acrylic sealer left over from a different project.
Ugh, the 6-6 domino was a pain in my behind. When that one was finally done, I was so happy to be done with the peeling of dots. The dominoes sat in the basement to dry, and then they were finished! Actually, a couple of days later, we found them to be a bit tacky, since the sealer hadn’t had time to fully cure, so they are still resting, and will do so until I get around to inviting people over to play!
Anyone want to come over for a rousing game of Dominoes?
These are AWESOME! Our family always plays Mexican Train (a domino game) when we get together for holidays. These would be so much fun for barbecues!
What the what! These are so cool. I have been wanting to do an outdoor scrabble, but these might have to replace that. Great job!
You are so cute! These are totally awesome 🙂
You are a genius, I am so doing this!
What a great idea!!! 🙂
LOVE this idea!! Saw your link at Happy Hour! 🙂
Awesome! Really great idea!
I love dominos and I love these. Thank you for sharing. Visiting from Chicken Scratch. Would love it if you would share this at my Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2012/08/make-it-pretty-monday-week-9.html Hope to see you at the bash! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
I LOVE these! Not only is it a super cool idea, but your woodworking is just beautiful!
These are so neat–they are so classy looking!
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these are so cute, and FUN! i would love for you to come link this, or any other post you’d like to up to my weekend link party http://lovenotesbylauryn.blogspot.com/2012/08/spread-love-link-party-20.html
hope to see you there!
have a great weekend!
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What a fun project!
what a fun idea
WOW! These are so neat and so pretty!!! What a cool idea! You’re so creative, I love them! 🙂
REALLY love these! I made rock dominoes awhile back, but these are even better! I am glad you showed the picture with your hand, otherwise I would have thought they were much smaller. I love the fact that they are large! What a fun project! I definitely need to make some for my boys to play with in the backyard 🙂
So cute!
I’d love it if you shared this with the Fun Family Crafts audience.
FFC is similar to Craftgawker but it only features kid friendly tutorials.
Looking forward to seeing what fun crafts you submit!
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So cute!!
what a fun idea! i can see this going great at a family reunion!
What a great idea!!! So fun!
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What a a cute idea! Now I want to create a big life size game to play outside.
Very cute and a super fun idea!
What a great idea!! They are really cool. Megan
What an awesome idea! I am loving these! I’d love for you to come share this at our Pinteresting Party!
These are awesome!
Very cute and do-able, but just one question. Wouldn’t it have been easier to make a dot stencil and paint them on? Less dot peeling!
I couldn’t get the holes punched in the right places for a stencil and I don’t have a Silhouette. But yes, if you had a cutting machine, I’m sure a stencil would work!
Those are really cool! Dominoes are one of my favorite games, and those giant dominoes would definitely be fun to play at a party!
Just gave you a shout out..Happy National Craft Month!
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Like so many of your ideas, this is wonderful. I made a set recently using some leftover wood flooring scraps that I had. (I throw nothing away!!) Since it was finished on both sides, I didn’t have to stain it. My pieces were 12″ wide, so I cut my tiles 6 x 12″. I used a large round paint daubber and bright porch paint for the dots, so I didn’t have to cut the dots or seal the surface. They all fit into a spare tote bag we had, so the cost was minimal and the labor was reduced a great deal. Now where we go, they go too! Thanks for sharing all of your tutorials and recipes, they have been lifesavers a number of times.
Way to use leftovers and scraps Sue! Don’t you love a project that cost almost nothing but is fun and useful? Thanks for sharing your project with me, and enjoy your dominoes this summer!
This is such a fun idea! I shared it on Facebook the other day and it was a big hit! https://www.facebook.com/CraftsbyAmanda/photos/a.353593675216.349539.323548680216/10154284788490217/?type=1
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This is one fantastic idea! Reminds me so much of my Dad, who loved Dominoes. Thanks for sharing!
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