![]() We even invited some friends over for pizza to help us. Once they’re all cut, the fun part… sanding! I say the ‘fun’ part because this is what we did with the majority of our free time last week. You can set a block with a clamp to make cutting quick and skip measuring each individual piece. Make sure you have a sharp blade on your miter saw to cut down on the amount of splintering (and sanding!) you’ll have. When they’re all marked, go ahead and chop your 2×4 into 54 pieces! So the measurement is 10.5 but your saw blade will take off a bit too, so try mark just outside your 10.5″ measurement along the boards. The tricky part is that 2x4s are not actually 2″ wide, they’re only 1.5″ wide. Since there are three 2x4s wide, they need to be cut to that length. Jenga towers are square if you look straight down at them. Start by marking out your two by fours a hair over 10.5″. I also hope by putting it all in one spot for you that you’ll only need to take one trip to Home Depot to get everything you need (I may or may not have had to go back once or twice to get it right). And that’s an accomplishment when you have 100 Scrabble tiles to paint (yep, there’s 100!). All of these games are sealed (I’ll tell you which I chose and why), all of these tutorials have measurements, and I even managed to snap photos of some of the steps. ![]() That means we NEED to seal our wood if we want it to last. ![]() We are building shelves on the outside back of our shed and want to store our games outdoors. There’s about 100 tutorials on giant Jenga- but only one I found recommended a sealer for the wood. It took a lot of research to find all the information to make these games! If you’d like to have 13 DIY yard games all in one spot- I also have a book! You can find that here. I’m hoping by giving you all of the tutorials in these two posts, that you won’t have to do a ton of digging around the web to do the same. It’s safe to say we’re loving these DIY yard games! Since making them last week (*ahem, finishing them right before our barbecue*), Shane’s work has already called dibs on them for their summer work party. So far we’ve made five but we have plans to make a few more later this summer as well. I decided that it had to happen as soon as we possibly could and when I mentioned it to Shane, he not only loved the idea but suggested we make a whole suite of DIY yard games. Make it your own with paint colors of your choice and the dimensions can be easily adjusted to fit your family.I’ve been dealing with some serious Pinterest envy over massive Jenga games and other back yard games for a while now. $55 (We already had the tools so your cost could be more or less depending on what you have on hand and what items you choose to purchase.) ConclusionĪs you can see, this is an easy project for you and your kids to tackle in an afternoon and there’s something for everyone to do. With the wear and tear of normal play, the pieces will need to be touched up after a while, but that would be the case for any finish. We used finishing wax and have found it does the job perfectly. Yard Jenga is played the same as regular Jenga which you can get a refresher here. If you can get something larger, maybe 15x15x15, you should be good! What are yard Jenga rules? We used a milk crate to cart ours around in, but it wasn’t quite big enough. A little goes a long way so one can of wax lasts you quite a while. Over time, you will want to recoat the pieces. This is a combination of thorough sanding and a couple of coats of wax that has been efficiently buffed. Can you paint Jenga blocks?Ībsolutely! Or you can just stain the wood so they’re more authentic looking like we did for our second, smaller set below: In this post, we cut 2x4s into 54 pieces with a dimension of 10 and 1/4 inches. Plus, when it topples, you aren’t going to want little ones underfoot. This might be worth considering if you have smaller children as it might be too high for them to reach once you start stacking. But you can always make yours smaller by reducing the dimensions to whatever size you’d like. If you use the dimensions in this post, your Giant Jenga Game is going to be three feet tall. *According to Jenga Wikipedia What size is Giant Jenga? Jenga is played with 54 pieces, each piece three times as long as it is wide and 1/5th as thick as its length. How many pieces are in a Giant Jenga set? If you can get 7 straight 8′ boards then you would have enough. Commonly Asked Questions: How many 2x4s does it take to make a Giant Jenga game?
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