Recyclable Checkers Board and Checkers Pieces
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Recyclable Checkers Board and Checkers Pieces
Have you ever wanted to play checkers but you don't have a checkers board? Here's how to make an easy checkers board and checkers pieces and the best part is it's recyclable.
Supplies
two different colors of paper of your choice
Scissors
A Marker any color
24 Bottle caps
And Glue {Optional}
Bottle Caps
using the marker you can color the bottle caps any color you want or just leave them the color they are. draw a crown on the inside of the bottle cap.
Weave
Fold the yellow piece of paper in half you can use a different color paper. I just use these colors to match the checker pieces.
Weave
Cut slits not all the way to the top but from the folded end almost all the way to the top but leave room.
Weave
Using the white paper cut slits all the way from the bottom to the top of the paper but the slips have to be big enough to have 12 White lines.
Weave
When you're done lay out all day pieces in front of you
Weave
Using the white slits weave them into the yellow spots going up and down on the second one you're wanting to do the opposite
Repeat
You're going to want to repeat until all of the white slips are gone and you have approximately 12 slots of white
Optional
{Optional} using the glue glue the pieces onto the yellow paper into place.
Done
Congratulations you have finished now you are ready to play and beat your opponent with this cool stylish checkers board and checkers pieces that is 100% recyclable.