So above is Shanks' version, and here's mine!
First step was to track down my supplies. I headed to the nearby Michael's and picked up some 12x12 inch wooden tiles for $1.99 a piece. They had a border around the edges, but I figured I could flip the boards over and use the back as my clean surface. Plus I really loved them cause they had an awesome wood grain pattern that made them look like actual Scrabble tiles! I decided to pre-treat them with a clear coat of polyurethane to give them a little bit of a shine and hard coating.
Next I found some sticky back chalkboard paper in a roll. I've never used this stuff before, but thought it was worth a shot for $5 a roll.
Now to get down to business! I looked up Scrabble tiles online to make sure I got the right point value matched with the right letter. I then printed them out on normal printer paper. I cut the letters and numbers out with scissors, then used those as my template for the chalk board paper. Yes, I'm sure there was an easier way, but I couldn't find my exacto knife anywhere! So alas, scissors and tracing will have to do!
When all of the letters were cut out, I peeled the back label off and stuck them to the boards. They're repositionable so it's pretty easy not to screw this part up! I just made sure to press it down hard when I was happy with the position to lock it into place.
Final costs: $6 total for the 3 tiles and $5 for the chalkboard paper (which I probably used only 5% of the entire roll!). Not too shabby of a project for $11. Well here's the finished piece again!
If you want some of these cool tiles for your home, visit Shanks - Est. 2009 or you can buy them from her Etsy page by clicking here.
Love them. I like that they are 'over-sized'. Just makes them that much more fun.
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