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How to make a tic tac toe game

Three kids are holding their DIY tic tac toe game at the Bunnings Workshop.

Overview

Whip up this easy-peasy Tic Tac Toe game with just some coloured pebbles and a coaster board. A blast for kids of all ages!

Safety tip: Always wear the appropriate safety equipment (safety glasses, gloves, ear muffs and a mask, for example) and always follow the instructions for the product or equipment.

Steps

1Choose and decorate your pebbles

Check if your pebbles are the right size for your board by seeing if you can fit three across easily. When you’re choosing your pebbles, it’s best to use flat pebbles so they’re easier to play with and decorate. You’ll need 10 pebbles in total. Once you’re happy with your pebbles, it’s time to decorate. You’ll need to paint five pebbles one colour and the other five pebbles a different colour so each player knows which pieces are theirs. Use acrylic paints, textas, stickers, glitter, pompoms, googly eyes and anything else you’d like to make them extra special. Get crafty with your design, you can go with traditional “X”s and “O”s or switch it up by adding stars, hearts or a little critters like bumble bees and ladybugs.

A girl is colouring the pebbles purple and blue for the tic tac toe game.

2Draw a grid on the coaster

Next, you’re going to create your playing board! Take your ruler, greylead and mark your coaster into thirds vertically and horizontally. Then carefully connect these dots to create two horizontal lines and two vertical lines, leaving you with a nine square grid. 

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Tip: You can get an adult to help you with the measurements, but remember it doesn’t need to be perfect!
A boy is drawing vertical and horizontal blue lines with a ruler.

3Decorate your coaster

Now it’s time to make the coaster look just as fun as your playing pieces! Go over the lines with paint, coloured pencils or paint markers and add in some details with glitter pens, puffy paint, pencils or textas. Let your creativity shine!

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Tip: Decorate your coaster board in a different colour to your pebbles to make them really stand out!
A kid is applying glue to a coaster board with craft rhinestone stickers and alphabets on the table.

4Time to play!

Once all your decorative pebbles and board have fully dried, you’re all ready to grab a friend or a loved one to play tic tac toe all day!

Two kids are playing tic tac toe with yellow and blue pebbles on a decorated coaster board.

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Health & Safety

Please make sure you use all equipment appropriately and safely when following the advice in these D.I.Y. videos. You need to be familiar with how to use equipment safely and follow the instructions that came with the equipment. If you are unsure, you may feel it is safest to consult an expert, such as the manufacturer or an expert Bunnings Team Member.

Grave health hazards are linked to asbestos, which may be in homes built up to 1990. Health hazards may result from exposure to lead-based paints in older materials and copper chromium arsenic (CCA) treated timber. For information on the dangers of asbestos, lead-based paint and CCA treated timber and tips for dealing with these materials contact your local council's Environmental Health Officer. You can also use a simple test kit from Bunnings to indicate the presence of lead-based paint.