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How to make dominos from cardboard

8/1/2010 12:01:55 AM
By: papersculpture
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This guide will show you how to make your own dominos game with materials you have at home.

Difficulty level: Beginners

Instructions:

Materials:
Thick cardboard
Colorful junk mail or scrap paper of 6 different colors
Dark colored junk mail or paper
Hole puncher
Glue
Scissors or utility knife
Ruler
Pencil or pen

Punch out with you hole puncher:
48 holes of 1 color,
40 holes of another color,
32 holes of another color,
24 holes of another color,
16 holes of another color,
8 holes of another color

Cut 28 rectangles of cardboard 2 1/2 inches X 1 1/4 inches.
You can make them larger ,as long as the length is twice the width.

Place the rectangles with the short ends at the sides. Measure and mark the middle as shown in picture.

To make the dividers on the dominos cut 28 strips of a dark colored paper 1/8 of an inch X 1 1/4 inches.

The 1 1/4 inches is the width of the cardboard
rectangles.

Glue the dark strips to the center of the cardboard rectangles. Use the marks you made for their placement.

Start to glue the colored holes you punched out .
See the next picture for a guide.

Result

Your domino game is ready to play with. Have fun!

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