Play Noughts and Crosses

Get that summer feeling with a handmade board game

Whether on the beach or in the country – you can play Noughts and Crosses anywhere. You’ll enjoy the game even more using a handmade board, and the fun begins as soon as you start to design it! edding acrylic markers aren’t simply used to decorate your board, they’re also ideal for adding designs to your playing pieces. Simply look for suitable stones and pebbles on the beach or by the river, get yourself a wooden board and get started! The ink in the acrylic marker is opaque and, once dry, is also waterproof. This prevents the game from damage, even if it gets water on it.

Categories: Creative garden ideas
Summer
Products: Acrylic range
Materials: Concrete and stone
Wood
Difficulty: Easy peasy
Downloads: Images (ZIP)

Step-by-step

Step 1

The acrylic markers come in a wide choice of highly expressive colours, so choose your favourites. We’ve used the broad edding 5000 acrylic marker in traffic white for the board. We’ve marked the stones using the medium edding 5100 acrylic marker in opulent turquoise and pastel yellow.

Step 2

First, activate the markers as follows: shake the marker with the cap on until the mixing balls inside the pen can be clearly heard, then carefully pump the pen up and down until ink appears in the tip. Test the pen out on a piece of scrap paper. Now you can start to use the white acrylic marker and draw two vertical and two horizontal lines to divide the wooden board into 3x3 sections.

Step 3

Each player receives the same number of pebbles, with each set featuring different marks such as noughts or crosses. The medium acrylic markers are ideal for adding permanent, clearly visible markings to the pebbles.

Step 4

We recommend using clearly visible colours to mark the stones, such as pastel yellow and opulent turquoise. In total, 26 vibrant and pastel shades are available.