You know that little feeling of fear you get when playing Jenga? “Is this the one? Will this piece topple the entire tower?” Let me tell you, with giant Jenga, the stakes are even higher. We found playing the old fashioned way thrilling enough. You could make the game more challenging by only being allowed to pull certain colours! Paint the blocks a variety of colours, or even just the ends. I chose to keep the lumber plain to mimic the original version, but you can certainly have lots of fun with some paint. The smoother the block, the easier it will be to play with.Ĥ) Assemble on a flat surface with three blocks alternating rotation per layer. (This is where safety glasses come into play!)ģ) Sand each piece thoroughly with your electric sander. You should get nine pieces from each 2×4.Ģ) Using your mitre saw, cut carefully along the pencil line. Safety glasses, cause ya know, safety firstġ) Measure your 2x4s into 10½” long pieces and mark with a pencil.Examine your lumber to ensure there are no curves. Of course, you’ll need the power tools to make this work, but if you or a friend have a mitre saw and an electric sander handy, you’re good to go! The total cost for this project was $20 for the lumber. This giant, outdoor version of the classic family game Jenga is cheap, easy to create, and a ton of laughs. Playing lawn games with friends is a great way to add extra fun and laughs to any outdoor event. Is your backyard ready for some serious lawn games? The smoother each block is, the less likely it is to affect adjacent blocks when moved.When the weather is good, what better way to spend your time that by having some good old fashioned fun. The goal of Jenga is to slide each block out of the stack without moving the others. The goal is to get all surfaces smooth to the touch.īeyond improving the safety of your DIY lawn game, this step will ensure the game works properly. You don’t need to make each edge completely rounded, but a little rounding is great.
If you have an electric sander, this step will go lightning fast. T’s important to have a smooth surface on your Jenga blocks because, let’s be honest, nobody wants splinters. You’ll need 44 to make a game, so this allows you one extra block in case of any mistakes during the DIY process. Five of these eight-foot long boards should make 45 blocks. Keep repeating this process until all of your boards are cut into Jenga blocks.
Once that first block is cut, set it on top of the rest of the board to use it like a stencil when making all future cuts. Then, use a table saw or circular saw to cut through the wooden board exactly at the 10.5-inch marking you made earlier. Make sure you’re wearing protective eyewear and noise-canceling headphones as this project does have some safety risks. If you’d like to stick to the classic three-block design, you’ll need to use different measurements for your cuts. The four-block design makes the game a little less challenging, increasing the length of time it takes to play a round and ensuring all ages and abilities will have fun. This will create a tower built for stacking rows of four blocks. You only need to make one mark-use that block to measure the rest as you cut to save time.
Measure this length with a tape measure and mark it with a pencil. Cut each 2 x 3-inch board at 10.5 inches. That’s to ensure that, when the blocks are stacked, you have a perfectly square tower.ĭon’t worry, we did the math for you. You must also make sure that the length of each block is equal to the width of four blocks lined up side by side. O make a solid Jenga game, all of your wood blocks must match. Gather Supplies For this DIY, you’ll need
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