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DIY Backgammon Board
When we're outside, the smartphone stays in the bag, and we play backgammon - on a DIY backgammon board with hand-painted tokens.
What we need:
- 2 plywood boards: 24.5 x 38 cm x 4 mm,
- 2 wax cloths: 24.5 x 38 cm
- patterned papers: 1 with black ground, 1 with white ground
- ruler
- scissors
- pencil
- 30 round tokens made of natural wood Ø 28 mm
- acrylic paint in white and black
- brush
- black satin ribbon: 2 x 45 cm x 8 mm
- dices
- tesa® Handicraft Tape 2.75 m x 38 mm
- tesa extra Power® PERFECT black 2.75 m x 38 mm (fabric tape)
- tesa Easy Stick ecoLogo®
- tesa® Masking Tape Perfect 50 m x 19 m
How we do it:
DIY Backgammon / Step 1
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Apply handicraft tape on one side around both wooden boards and peel off the protective films.
DIY Backgammon / Step 2
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Smoothly glue on the wax cloths.
DIY Backgammon / Step 3
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Border the short sides of the boards with fabric tape. Simply place the boards in the center of a previously cut piece of fabric tape …
DIY Backgammon / Step 4
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… and smooth it down on both sides of the edges. Cut off the remaining tape on the left and right sides.
DIY Backgammon / Step 5
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Now border one long side of each board, and insert a piece of satin ribbon in the center of the oil cloth side.
DIY Backgammon / Step 6
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Cut a narrow strip from the fabric tape, place the satin ribbon on the outside of the border and fix it with the fabric tape.
DIY Backgammon / Step 7
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Place the two wooden boards next to each other - along the non-bordered long sides, with the wooden side up - and apply a strip of fabric tape in the Center.
DIY Backgammon / Step 8
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Fold the board, and apply fabric tape in the center of the outer edge. Fold the exceeding tape over the sides.
DIY Backgammon / Step 9
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Cut 12 triangles - 3.5 cm wide and 15 cm high - from each of the patterned papers. Apply glue to the back side of each paper triangle …
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… and alternately apply 6 pieces on both sides of each wooden board.
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Mask off half of each wooden token with masking tape and color 15 tokens with white and 15 with black paint.
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After drying, remove the masking tape.
DIY Backgammon / Step 13
Related products
tesa® handicrafts tape
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tesa® extra Power Perfect
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- Indoors removable without residues within 14 days
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