checkers alfresco
I thought I would show you the painting project my kids did with me this summer holiday in PEI.
We did it in an hour or two not including the walk on the beach to collect pebbles for one player and scallop shells for the other. Of course anything local and plentiful would do.
I had a little box left over from something else and it worked perfectly to keep the loose pieces in (don’t forget you need extras to make Kings!). We screwed it down so it stays in place and no doubt it will turn silver like the table by the end of the summer.
When I got home from the cottage I went on google to search for other versions of our table but found very little ~ amazing! I had no idea we were so original 
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Let me know if you’ve painted a checkerboard on anything and how it worked out. After we did this, I was thinking we could have painted the entire surface of the table in a checkerboard pattern and then participants could have set up a game on whichever squares they chose ~ one end of the table or the middle. it might even look a bit like a tablecloth. I know, I know…never satisfied.
Here’s the christening game on the table…’check’ it out…
Comments
Great idea.
I haven’t painted a checkerboard on anything, but we did buy a square pine card table that had a checker/chess board stained on the top. Perfect for the farm house!!
I like where you painted your board. IMO it would not be as charming, or have as much impact, if you had done the whole table. Remember, less is more:-))
Great idea….might try that at camp on the picnic tables…love the red rocks and the white shells! (and that wee box)
ps…wondering who won this game