Last week we told you about the Baseball Dice game. We were surprised by how much fun we had playing as we are not usually baseball fans. But we had so much fun that we thought we would make our own game. We’ve even made a game for a friend’s birthday. We’ve had so much fun that we thought that we’d share with you how to DIY your own baseball dice game. We’ll tell you what you need, where to get the rules and share with you our free files so you can share in all the fun.
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Supplies for DIY Baseball Game
First, I would like to share that you can get some really nice wooden boards on Amazon (Canadian). I would love to share with you how to make one of these, but that would mean we’d have a laser cutter. (I would love one but who can afford that?) So in this tutorial, we’ll tell you how to make one using everyday items.
So, what do you need? First, we you will need a piece of foam core. We get ours at our local dollar store. You could also get one at a stationary store or Amazon. A sturdy piece of card board would also work. Next, you will need some scissors, craft knife or box cutter, a ruler, glue, paper clips and our free game board PDF. You can get the PDF in our Fun Library. (See the black box below to get your password.)
How to DIY Baseball Dice
First, download and print both pages of the PDF for DIY Baseball Dice. Next, glue the page with the baseball diamond onto the foam core. I used a foam brush to evenly apply the glue. This isn’t necessary but it made the game board nice. Next, smooth out the page using a straight edge like a ruler. This will have the paper lying flat on the foam core so there are no bubbles. Set it aside to dry.
For the next step, you will use the second page. This page has the player movers, the score, outs and innings markers. To start, you can cut the pieces out or you can trim the paper to leave a small space around the cut lines. Make sure to cut out the back side of the player pieces and set them aside (do not glue these at this time.) The pieces are quite small as to fit on the game board. It might be easier to leave them in a large group rather than cutting them first.
Again, you glue these pieces onto the foam core. Once the glue is dry, use the craft knife and ruler to carefully cut along the lines. When you’re done you will have one game board, four blue player pieces, four red player pieces, two score markers, two inning markers, and three out markers in each colour.
For the next step, you’ll glue on the backsides of the player pieces. Be sure to put a blue back on a blue front and make sure to glue them right side up. Now to make the player pieces stand up, we’ll attach the paper clips.
To start, bend the small piece of the paper clip up so that it sits at a 90 degree angle. Next, push the small end of the paper clip up into a player piece. I used the knife to cut a small slit in the bottom to make it a little easier. Push the paper clip until it’s flat to the edge of the foam core. Now the piece will stand on its own. If you’re using card board, you could tape the paper clip to the back using clear tape.
Once everything is dried, cut, and assembled, you are ready to play with your very own DIY Baseball Dice game! You will need two dice. Our PDF also comes with a scoresheet if you’d prefer to keep track that way. You can also use this sheet to track games for the best of three or the best of the season.
For added fun, we love to keep the pieces in a baseball themed bag.
Baseball All Year
Now you can play baseball all year—when it’s too hot, raining, snowing or anytime you’d like.
For more summer sport dice games visit Tennis dice, Pickleball dice and our Big List of golf games. Visit our Family Game Shelf shop for dice games like Three Strikes and Whacky Putt the mini golf dice game!
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