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DIY Dartboard Cabinet

December 13, 2019 by Cara 1 Comment

Project number 4 is here! This is one of my favorite projects out of my 25 days of a DIY Christmas! My boys have been wanting me to make this DIY dartboard cabinet forever and ever! Well, here they go, an early Christmas present! Lol!

DIY Dartboard Cabinet

DIY Dartboard Cabinet

 

The best part is, I didn’t have to make the dartboard, just the cabinet, so you can throw it together in a couple of hours! What a GREAT gift idea, ready in a couple of hours! Sweeeeetttt!

DIY Dartboard Cabinet

Want to see the other projects I’ve posted for the 25 Days of a DIY Christmas?

Let’s not waste any time getting started, if you are like me you are already a little behind so we don’t have much time…Christmas is in less than 2 weeks! What?! Yea, we better get ON IT, let’s go!

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DIY Dartboard Cabinet

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Materials:

–18″ dartboard

-1 – 1x4x8

-1 – 1x6x6 or a scrap piece of 1×6 ( you will only need 26 1/2″)

-1 – 1x2x6 or 2 scrap pieces of 1×2 ( you will only need 2 – 8″ pieces)

– 1 – 1/2″ 2’x4′ sheet of plywood

-12 ft of 1/4″ x 1 1/2″ lattice (from the molding section)

–2 knobs

–4 small hinges

–double magnetic latch

–chalkboard paint

–Kreg jig

–1″ Kreg screws

–brad nailer

–drill

–1/8″ drill bit

–wood glue

–saw

–white paint marker

Cut List:

-1 – 1/2″ piece of plywood @ 23″ x 23″ (back)

-2 – 1/2″ pieces of plywood @ 11 5/16″ x 22 7/8″(doors)

-2 – 1×4 @ 24 1/2″(frame)

-2 – 1×4 @ 23″ (frame)

-1 – 1×6 @ 26 1/2″ (top)

-4 – 1/4″ lattice strips @ 19 7/8″ (door molding)

-4 – 1/4″ lattice strips @ 11 5/16″ (door molding)

-2 – 1×2 @ 8″ (dart holders)

Building the DIY Dartboard Cabinet

To start I ripped down my plywood to 23″x 23″ so that I could get by with using one 1×4 instead of needing two! If you don’t have a table saw to rip the plywood you can use a clamp and a board as a guide, or the Kreg Rip-cut works really well! Or have Home Depot or Lowe’s do it for you when you purchase your plywood, just know that they won’t be the prettiest cuts!????

DIY Dartboard Cabinet

Next, cut the frame boards. To attach the frame boards, you will need to drill pocket holes in the back plywood. If you don’t have a Kreg jig, you could get by with using a brad nailer and wood glue, it is just really hard to shoot brad nails into 1/2″ plywood without any of them getting wonky and blowing out the side!

Using your Kreg jig, set your jig to 1/2″, then set your drill bit to 1/2″ and clamp your board into place. (sorry the pics are blurry, they are from the video)

Setting your kreg jig

DIY Dartboard Cabinet - setting the Kreg Jig

Drilling pocket holes with the Kreg Jig

Drill holes all around your plywood.

Pocket hole placement on the DIY dartboard cabinet

Using wood glue and 1″ pocket hole screws, attach the frame boards to the plywood.

DIY Dartboard Cabinet - attaching the frame

Glueing the frame on the DIY dartboard cabinet

Flip it over and brad nail the side so they don’t lean inward.

I love how that was JUST cut off from the frame of the camera! ???? Hopefully, you can still figure out what I am doing!

Add the 1×6 (ripped down to 4″) to the top of the frame. Center it, then use glue and brad nails to attach it!

Next, cut your lattice strips for the doors. Attach them with wood glue and 5/8″ brad nails. Make sure the depth of your brad nails is just right so they don’t come out on the other side!

DIY Dartboard Cabinet - framing the doors with molding

DIY Dartboard Cabinet

DIY Dartboard Cabinet

DIY Dartboard Cabinet

Once the doors are framed out on the front, you can dress them up on the back! To make your dart holders, you will need to drill holes in the center of your 1×2 at 2″, 4″, and 6″. They will be drilled into the 3/4″ side of the 1×2.

DIY Dartboard Cabinet - drilling thr holes for the darts

Then glue the 1x2s onto the backside of one of the doors. Make sure to center them on the door.

DIY Dartboard Cabinet - gluing the dart holders to the door

Paint or stain your pieces at this point!

Then, using painter’s tape, tape off a section of the door that you did not place your dart holders on, and paint it with chalkboard paint. This will be your scorekeeper.

DIY Dartboard Cabinet - painting the chalkboard scorekeeper

DIY Dartboard Cabinet - painting the scorekeeper

Attach the doors to the frame with your small hinges. I used them flat since that is the simplest way you can use hinges! Lol! Also because it gives it a little character if you ask me! (no photo, sorry…my hubby did this for me while I was sleeping)

Attach the magnetic latch so that it will hold the doors steady while you drill your holes for your knobs! I just used a screwdriver for this part…and I had help from the best helper! Lol!

Adding the magnetic latch for the diy dartboard cabinet

Measure and drill your holes to attach your knobs!

DIY Dartboard Cabinet - adding the knobs

I like to use the yellow painter’s tape for marking and then drilling holes because I can see through it to see my mark! And yes, I COULD just mark on the tape but I NEVER remember to put the tape down first, and then I don’t want to go back and measure again! This is what works best for me!

DIY Dartboard Cabinet

Screw the knobs into place!DIY Dartboard Cabinet

Hang that sucker on the wall! I just screwed it into the studs from the front side before hanging the dartboard inside. Don’t mind that this is an incredibly blurry picture my little one took for me! ???? You can see the two black spots, those are the screws into the studs! You could use a hangman if you are giving it as a gift!

DIY Dartboard Cabinet

Then I put a screw to hang the dartboard inside the cabinet, that way we can change out the dartboard once it has too many holes!

And that is all there is to it! It is finito! ????

DIY Dartboard Cabinet

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Filed Under: Crafts, Furniture, Gift Ideas, Holidays, Wall Decor Tagged With: game room, games, kids gifts, wall games

DIY Ring Toss Game

April 29, 2019 by Cara 2 Comments

Hey, hey, hey!! I am happy to be partnering up with my blogging friends again to bring you DIY games this month for our DIY challenge! I created this cute little diy ring toss game that is a slight twist on the regular ring toss you know and love! You mount this one on the wall instead of throwing them on the ground! Check out my version!

DIY Ring Toss Game

Cute right?! I love the navy stain…I have had it forever and never tried it, but after finding it recently I knew this was just the project for a fun color!

We have had a blast playing all different ways with it this weekend. I do plan on ordering some other rings! Lol! I had these on hand for the pool and so we used them, but I would not buy them for it..you can get much cheaper options on Amazon!

This was one of the EASIEST projects I have ever done! The circle was purchased for a table I was building, and then it split…so to the scrap pile it went! I realized it was perfect for this project even with it’s small flaw! So ordinarily I would not purchase this round because I could easily glue one up and cut a circle with my router, but since I already had it, I was using it! Lol!

You ready to make one yourself?! Mother’s Day is just around the corner and you can make one to hang in the backyard and entertain the kids while mom is enjoying her brunch or breakfast in bed! The great thing is, it is similar to darts which my kiddos love, but I don’t have to worry about them stabbing one another…”on accident” of course!????????

DIY Ring Toss Game - A twist on the classic game where you throw the rings at the wall mounted pegs!

You ready to make yourself one?! Here we go!

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Materials:

-1 – 1x6x10 ( or you can purchase the wooden round I used HERE, what is really crazy is that I purchased this round only 4 months or so ago and I paid $15.97 for it…it is $21.72 now! ???? It seems EVERYTHING is going up so much in price lately! Ugh!)

-13 – straight peg board hooks (This package on Amazon was the same price for 25 as I paid in store for 13! You will have enough you can make one for a friend as well!????)

– Epoxy

– Angle grinder or Dremel tool to remove peg hooks

-Drill and drill bit

-paint or stain of your choice!

–Rings of some sort – you can even make some out of rope or plastic tubing you have laying around the house.

Cut List:

-4 – 1×6 @ 24″

-1 – 1×6 @ 12″

 

Since I used the wooden round, I just had to drill holes and stain the board! EASY!! If you are making your own round, you will just need to glue up the boards and then use a jig saw or router to cut a circle from the boards you glued up!

DIY Ring Toss Game

I drilled my holes pretty randomly and didn’t go all the way through the wood. I wanted the epoxy to have a little pocket to fill instead of running out of the back! I used a piece of painter’s tape as a guide to keep me from drilling too deep!

DIY Ring Toss Game

DIY Ring Toss Game

DIY Ring Toss Game - How to make a wall hanging ring toss game

After drilling the holes, I stained the board before adding the hooks.

DIY Ring Toss Game - Rustoleum Navy stain

My hubby cut the hooks for me while I was staining the board, so guess what…I didn’t get pictures of that process! Lol! But here’s what they started out as!

Peg board hook

He just cut that back piece right off and and made them straight hooks! Perfect! He also lightly ran the sander over the end that would be epoxied into the board to help the epoxy hold.

Using the epoxy, I just mixed it up, and smeared it onto the end of the hook that was going into the board. I put it on pretty thick and let it drip into the hole first so it would have a firm attachment, I don’t want any loose hooks!???? Epoxy came up around the pegs and I left the excess there to help hold them in!

DIY Ring Toss Game - epoxing the hooks

DIY Ring Toss Game

I gave a number to each peg in randomness! I just used a chalk marker to write them, then sealed the piece with outdoor polyurethane. I would suggest using a paint marker, not a chalk marker…but again I was all about using what I had on this project! Lol!

DIY Ring Toss Game

I made a french cleat like I have many times in the past to hang it! This has quickly become my favorite way to hang items because it is practically free…I always use scrap wood, and it is strong! I also love that I don’t have to measure precisely when hanging, as long as my board is level on the wall, I’m good to go!

DIY Ring Toss Game - French cleat how to

You basically just bevel a board at 45 degrees off square, the board above was a 1×6 scrap that I just cut into two pieces! French cleat is made! Hang one of the pieces on the wall, and the other on your piece!

DIY Ring Toss Game

Boom, DONE! That was so EASY! Now challenge the kids or friend to a game of ring toss! We played first one to 21 without going over, and then we would just take turns seeing who could get the highest score! You can come up with so many ways to play your new DIY ring toss games and have fun for hours!

Enjoy!

DIY Ring Toss Game

Now you will definitely want to go check out the other amazing DIY games of my fellow blogger friends!

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Hope you enjoyed the tutorial and found many wonderful games to play with your family with this month’s challenge! Make sure and sign up for email notifications of new posts so you won’t miss any of our challenges!

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DIY Ring Toss Game - This twist on the classic ring toss game is sure to be a hit with all ages! Safer than darts for the kiddos but yet just as fun! Many ways to play and simple to create! Hours of outdoor fun for the entire family and friends! #patiogames #outdoorgames #ringtoss

DIY Ring Toss Game - This game is fun for the whole family! It's a twist on the classic ring toss game only it's played on the wall instead of the ground! Perfect for all ages young to old, so many ways to play you'll never tire of playing! Build one today and enjoy with family and friends! #outdoorgames #patiogames #backyardgames #summerfun

DIY Ring Toss Game - Backyard games are always fun for family and friends! This diy ring toss game is no exception! There are so many ways to play and it is so easy to build! #outdoorgames #summerfun #familytime

DIY Ring Toss Game - This game is fun for the whole family! It's a twist on the classic ring toss game only it's played on the wall instead of the ground! Perfect for all ages young to old, so many ways to play you'll never tire of playing! Build one today and enjoy with family and friends! #outdoorgames #patiogames #backyardgames #summerfun

Filed Under: Crafts, Organization, Wall Decor Tagged With: games, outdoor fun, safe darts, wall games

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