Heading on a road trip this summer? Or just love kicking it in the park with a couple of classic board games? If traveling light is not top of mind and you’d rather play a full-size board game than those miniature magnetic ones, follow our tutorial for how to turn lovely wooden checkers and chess sets into full-size travel games. The trick? VELCRO® Brand Sticky Back White Dots, of course!
Materials:
– wood chess set
– wood checkers set
– black spray paint
– dark brown spray paint
– cream spray paint
– VELCRO® Brand Sticky Back White Coins
If you choose a more colourful game, simply choose spray paint that matches all the tiles or squares in your game. We wanted a more rustic picnic-while-playing-board-games vibe, so we went with all wood.
EASY ON-THE-GO CHESS OR CHECKERS SET
1. Spray paint your VELCRO® Brand Sticky Back White Dots in colours that match your boards. For darker shades, you’ll probably need two coats. Let dry for 30 minutes.
![chess-board-velcro-spray-paint](https://s23775.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2021/06/5BC4E2A7CA8342ABA06E91306BA45F7D-300x300.jpg.optimal.jpg)
2. Now gather your pieces, boards, and VELCRO® Brand Sticky Back White Dots (now in different colors!) together on your workspace.
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3. Attach the “sharp” side (also known as the “hook”) of the coins to the board and the soft side (aka the “loop” side) to your pieces. You’re just about done!
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If you’d rather play a full size board game than those miniature magnetic ones, turn lovely wooden checkers and chess sets into full-size travel games.
![velcro-chess-board](https://s23775.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2021/06/4F925066FDF44D69A6D1CF7C11909161-300x300.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Doesn’t this look like a picnic you want to be part of?
![chess-boards-picnic-velcro](https://s23775.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2021/06/CD41FC62485442EAB99543DD8D0DA37C-300x300.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Now hit the closest park armed yourself with fizzy water, strawberries, pistachios, and the like. Whichever game you fancy, this is such a fun way to make full-size games travel-friendly!