How to Build a Cornhole Game Set
By , This Old House online
Photo: Room 5 Films
- Time: 6 hours
- Cost: $72, including beanbags
- Difficulty: Easy
Shopping & Tool Lists
- Supplies You Will Need:
- ½-inch birch-veneer plywood
2x4s Get four 8-foot boards
⅜-by-3½-inch carriage bolts, washers, and nuts to attach the legs
1-inch trim-head screws to attach the top
3-inch deck screws to assemble the frame
Wood glue
6½-inch utility pulls Get two
Wood filler
Stain-blocking white primer
Spray paint
Painter's tape
Spray polyacrylic
220-grit sandpaper
6-by-6-inch 16-ounce beanbags Get eight
- Tools You Will Need:
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1. Jigsaw fitted with scroll blade (for plywood) and aggressive blade (for lumber)
2. Drill driver fitted with ¼-inch and ⅜-inch drill bits
3. Compass
4. Utility knife
5. Plastic putty knife to seal the painter's tape
Introduction
Cornhole is everywhere! The backyard beanbag-toss game that caught fire in the Midwest now boasts its own association, Wikipedia entry, and myriad online purveyors. It's easy to see why it's become such a barbeque favorite: You can hold a beverage in one hand and loft your beanbag with the other. But why pay hundreds of dollars for game boards adorned with your feeble alma mater when you can make ones to be proud of with plywood and 2x4s? This Old House's experts, aka Team Saturday, will walk you through the steps in a video tutorial. As for your poor aim? Nothing a few well-chosen teammates can't overcome.
Cut List
• ½-inch birch-veneer plywood: two at 24 by 48 inches
• 2x4 sides: four at 48 inches
• 2x4 ends: four at 21 inches
• 2x4 legs: four at 12 inches
Download rules and a scorecard for the game of cornhole.