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I love my local Goodwill store. It’s where I de-stash things when I purge my house. Of course, I only donate clean and unbroken items but more often then not, I find things that are slightly dented, worn, and torn. I cringe when I see the ‘quality’ of items that people donate but that’s ok because that’s what I buy to repurpose to make things with…like a Tic Tac Toe board game.
I had a brilliant idea of turning those non-recyclable plastic bottle caps - Yep, the same ones that I used to make these Birds Nest Magnets for Etsy - to magnetic Tic Tac Toe pieces for a travel-friendly magnetic Tic Tac Toe board game.
The game pieces were easy but short of buying a piece of sheet metal, cutting it and covering it myself, I didn’t know how to make the board. I contacted someone who made magnetic message boards and I could have used her already made, primed, and painted perfect boards. But that would go against my principle of reusing materials and repurposing them. So, I was on a mission to find a reclaimable sheet metal that can become the “board” part of the board game but I was stuck.
Sometimes, it’s the totally unexpected places where you’ll find that diamond in the rough. While dropping something off at a Goodwill store in the neighborhood, I spotted this slightly dented but clean white tin can with little green and red flowers painted on the outside, tossed up on a table. It was a perfect size for my board and it was in perfect condition for my purpose. You know my philosophy of repurposing a material only if it’s not so perfect in entirety. In fact, I wouldn’t buy something that’s perfectly fine only to turn it into something else for the sake of repurposing. In my opinion, it’s not recycling, when someone else could have used it as a whole item. That’s being irresponsible. Sorry, I digress…back to the tin can.
The bottom part of the tin can was a little dented but there was no smell or stain. I bought it – for 50 cents! – and started working on my game board right away. I covered the lid with vintage cotton linen and covered the bottom with a sheet of cork to make it into a non-skid surface. I even made its own drawstring bag.
The bottom part of what was a discardable tin can is now my fabric scrap collector. It found it a better purpose than sitting on a Goodwill store table, looking sad.
The Tic Tac Toe Game Board turned out better than expected and I was so thrilled to make a toy that kids of all ages can enjoy. In fact, I still play Tic Tac Toe with my kids and the time spent on trying to beat one another is one of the best memories we’ll have. Every time I play the game, it brings back fond memories of my own childhood. It beats any electronic games that are available today. This Tic Tac Toe board game is timeless; no electricity required, no battery required, no assembly required, will travel without losing pieces, and very “organic”.
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