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Vintage Tailgate Toss DIY

football field looking wood with hole in it in grassfootball field looking wood with hole in it in grass
Supplies

Step-by-Step Instructions

Steps

1. Gather all of your supplies and get your workstation set up.

two wood pieces sitting on worktable with cutting saw

2. Power up your miter saw by loading a fully charged Worx 20v battery.

inserting worx battery into cutting saw for power

3. Measure the framing boards by matching them to the length and width of the plywood. Make cuts using the miter saw and double check by laying them out on top of the plywood board. We ended up with 2 4’ boards and 2 2’ boards for the frame.

marking wood boards with pencilmarking wood boards with pencil
lining up the wood board to cut with sawlining up the wood board to cut with saw
wood board laying on groundwood board laying on ground

4. Assemble the frame using 2 screws in each corner at a diagonal.

5. Next, measure and mark the center of each circle on your plywood board. We did an 8” circle and a 12” circle with the smaller one at the top. You can place your circles diagonally or even make more than 2 but we wanted to keep it simple.

using measuring tape to measure height of plywood board

6. Grab the hammer, nail, and pencil. Tack a nail in the center of your circle and tie the string onto the nail. Measure 4” out for the 8” circle and 6” out for the 12” circle. Now, tie the string to your pencil and make a circle. Repeat again for the second circle.

nailing a nail into middle of plywoodnailing a nail into middle of plywood
measuring from nail to edge of plywood boardmeasuring from nail to edge of plywood board

7. Once the circles have been marked, use the switchdriver to create a starting point for your jigsaw and then cut out the circles.

using drill to drill holes around circle drawn outline

8. Now, grab the MakerX angle grinder with the sanding wheel attachment and use it to smooth the edges of each circle. We also used it to smooth out any rough edges around the plywood and the frame.

grinder tool sanding the edges of the circle

9. Next, wipe down your boards and stain them using a clean rag. (we used Briarsmoke by Varathane for this project)

using a clean rag to wipe stain onto board

10. At this point, you could stop and attach the frame leaving the board blank, but we wanted to add some hash marks to create a more vintage football vibe.

stain board standing upright in front of stone wall

11. If you want to add the hash marks and lines, measure the center of the board for your “50 yard line” and mark with painters tape on either side of the line leaving a gap of about an inch. Then repeat with the “end zones.”

using measuring tape to measure from bottom of whole to edgeusing measuring tape to measure from bottom of whole to edge
laying down blue painter half way between hole and edgelaying down blue painter half way between hole and edge

12. Using the white acrylic paint, fill in the lines between the tape. Add a second coat and remove the tape before it dries completely.

painting the color white between blue painter tape

13. For the hash marks, I measured 4” from the edge and traced a piece of 2” painters tape across the board. After removing that tape, I was left with my guide. I used small pieces of 1” painters tape and starting from the bottom “end zone” applied tape added a space using a ½” board as a guide and marked with pencil on both sides before adding another piece of tape. Repeat this step until your entire “field” is marked with tape.

placing blue painters tape in stripe looking design onto stained plywood boardplacing blue painters tape in stripe looking design onto stained plywood board
placing two blue painters tape above and below stripe painters tape onto stained plywood boardplacing two blue painters tape above and below stripe painters tape onto stained plywood board

14. Then, fill in all the hash marks with the white acrylic paint. Apply a second coat before removing all the tape.

painting white between blue painters tapepainting white between blue painters tape
plywood board with blue painters tape and white paint on top of worktableplywood board with blue painters tape and white paint on top of worktable
plywood board while peeling up blue painters tape and white paint on top of worktableplywood board while peeling up blue painters tape and white paint on top of worktable

15. Since we wanted to create a vintage look to our board, we went over all of the white lines on the board with another layer of stain, even rubbing a little of the paint off in some areas.

using towel to apply stain over white painted stripesusing towel to apply stain over white painted stripes
using towel to apply stain over white painted stripeusing towel to apply stain over white painted stripe

16. Once the stain is dry, connect the hinges to the top of your board and the top of your frame.

using drill to screw hinges to top of your board

17. Now, all that’s left to do is set it up and see how sharp your aim is! It’s a great tailgate game and easier to transport than cornhole. We even had a blast playing with the kids in the front yard while we had football on in the garage. Happy tailgating!

final view for tailgate game in grass