I found this big, heavy, oval, old, crusty, wonderful coffee table last fall, and while trying to decide what to do with it over the winter, my kids commandeered it as a game table. Well, of course ~ make it a game table!
I actually used a ruler for this one, believe it or not, to (roughly) measure out the size & placement of the checker squares, which were made with a stamp from Club Scrap's Poetry kit. Around the edges, I used a stamp from Club Scrap's A Study in Red kit ~ it just looks like an odd chess piece to me, which I love. And of course I needed to put in a couple faces, complete with crowns.
Before stamping, I scraped on some red latex paint ~ scraped, not painted, to give it LOTS of texture. After stamping (with latex paint for the squares & edging, and StazOn for the faces & crowns), I gently rubbed some more StazOn over the very top, to make the texture pop. I applied many, many coats of sealant, and the addition of a couple old ball jars filled with vintage checkers, dominoes, and not-so-vintage scrabble pieces makes the table completely fun and accessible.
