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How to Make a Fall Tic Tac Toe Board Game

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This is a fun and easy way to make a fall tic tac toe board game!  Using a thrifted tray, paint, and craft pumpkins and pine cones, a plain tray is easily transformed into a fun board game for fall decor.

Orange Tic Tac Toe Game Board with pumpkins and pinecones

 

Welcome to the August Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop, hosted by My Pinterventures. The purpose of this Pinterest Challenge is to motivate all the participants of this hop (and you too) to not just pin, but to make it happen! This month, I made a fun Fall Tic Tac Toe Board Game.

My inspiration for this project came from a couple of different pins that I had saved. One of them was for an outdoor tic tac toe table  that is great, but not something I wanted to build, so I kept looking. The inspiration pin was from Thrifty Fun. 

 

How To Make a Fall Tic Tac Toe Board Game

Items Needed to make a fall tic tac toe game board:

  • Tray
  • Paint
  • Paint Brushes
  • Ruler
  • Wax or Spray Sealer
  • Lint Free Cloth
  • Small craft pumpkins
  • Small craft pinecones
  • Ribbon
  • Glue

I wanted to make my game board using a tray. I have quite a few thrift store find trays in my stash, so I sorted through them until I found one that I thought would be good for a game board. This tray is one that I had used as a mat for painting, so it looked even worse now than it did when I bought it at Goodwill.

old tray before painting

I gave it one coat of white chalk paint thinking that I was going to have this be the final color. But, after thinking about where I would be placing the game board in our sun room, I decided it needed to be a different color. It’s going to sit atop an off white coffee table, so I needed some contrast. I used Waverly Chalk paint in Pumpkin color. I gave it two coats of paint and followed that with Waverly Clear Wax. I used a sponge brush to apply it and a lint free cloth to wipe the excess wax off.

Tray painted orange with ribbon and glue on top

I found this cute pumpkin ribbon on sale at Micheal’s recently. I cut it in strips after measuring the dimensions of the tray. It’s attached with Gorilla Clear Grip Glue. 

Orange Tray with Pumpkin Ribbon for Fall Tic Tac Toe Game Board

I ran a piece of the ribbon around the outside of the tray, too. It’s attached in several spots with glue.

Pumpkin ribbon on tray of Fall Tic Tac Toe Game Board

I bought the small pumpkins and pine cones at Michael’s. The pine cones were in the flower pick section so they were pulled away from the stem before painting.

Small craft pumpkins and pine cones for Fall Tic Tac Toe Board Game

The pumpkins were spray painted with Rust-Oleum Serenity Blue Chalked spray paint. I used Rust-Oleum Metallic Copper spray paint for the pine cones.  

Painted craft pumpkins and pine cones for Fall Tic Tac Toe Board Game

This will make a fun piece to have on our coffee table in the sun room during fall. 

Fall Tic Tac Toe Game Board on coffee table with pumpkins and pine cones

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Fall Tic Tac Toe Game Board with painted pumpkins and pine cones

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  2. Love this and it would be a hit at my house especially when we have a crowd. I have the perfect thrifted tray right now! Just adding this to my to-do list! I really like the pumpkin and pinecones for the X’s and O’s!

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  3. I love repurposing Projects so much! And although I am not a big fan of Board Games I could see myself sitting together in fall, enjoying a Cup of coa coa and playing with this Darling upcycling Project.

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  4. What a great idea! You have me thinking about this with old brownie pans. I wonder if you could use velcro for the ribbon and that way you could swap it out depending on the season? Love it and pinned!

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  5. That is a really cute idea! Tic Tac Toe is one of those timeless games that is just so much fun to play too. Pinned.

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  9. Beverly, This is such a fun project! Using the thrift store frame was a great idea and the pumpkin color with the cute ribbon makes a nice game board. Using the mini pumpkins and pine cones makes this a cute tabletop decor item for fall! Love it. Pinned to share.

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  12. Seriously, this is way cute! I have two squares trays in the living room and I can easily pop in some fall fabric to make a tic-tac-toe tray. This was a great interpretation of the inspiration pin. Now off th view my fabric stash 🙂

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  17. How cute is this? I would love to make a couple for my mom’s retirement community. they have little sitting areas on each floor and these would be fun and decorative on the tables in those areas. Pinning! Thank you for a darling craft.

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    • Thank you, Leslie. That would be such a fun idea for the retirement community. Thanks for pinning and I’m delighted to have given you an idea.

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    • Thanks, Emily! It’s fun to think outside the box a little for non traditional game pieces. I’ll look forward to seeing what you guys come up with!

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  24. What an adorable idea! LOVE that it’s decorated for Fall. Thank you so much for sharing it with us at the Whimsical Wednesdays Link Party!

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