{"id":2571,"date":"2011-06-14T05:38:56","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T10:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=2571"},"modified":"2015-05-12T10:09:59","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T15:09:59","slug":"its-game-time-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=2571","title":{"rendered":"How to make your own Cornhole board"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Yankee and I love games and today I am going to share how to make your own cornhole board. You can read about that <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2011\/02\/18\/let-the-games-begin\/\">here<\/a>. \u00a0Now that summer has finally arrived here in upstate New York, \u00a0we wanted to have some games we could play outside with our friends and neighbors.<\/h3>\n<h3>Cornhole gained its popularity as a pre-game game at football tail gate parties. \u00a0They are really popular in the south, as is tail gating. \u00a0Our northern neighbors have not played this before, but we are about to show them how it&#8217;s done.<\/h3>\n<h3>Our first step was to find directions on how to DIY our own game. \u00a0We love the website &#8220;This Old House.&#8221; \u00a0They have so many good tips and tutorials on how to do things. \u00a0We found a great video and tutorial on how to build the game there. \u00a0Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisoldhouse.com\/toh\/how-to\/intro\/0,,20397259,00.html\">here<\/a> for the link.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2011\/06\/14\/its-game-time-again\/olympus-digital-camera-62\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2577\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2577\" title=\"Cornhole supplies\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Corn-hole-supplies-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Corn-hole-supplies-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Corn-hole-supplies-430x323.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">These are the basic supplies that we picked up from the hardware store.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2011\/06\/14\/its-game-time-again\/olympus-digital-camera-64\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2579\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2579\" title=\"Cornhole legs\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Corn-hole-legs-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Corn-hole-legs-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Corn-hole-legs-430x323.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Yankee\u00a0is teaching me how to use the power tools, and I made the cuts for the legs.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2011\/06\/14\/its-game-time-again\/olympus-digital-camera-60\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2575\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2575\" title=\"Cornhole frame\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Cornhole-frame-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Cornhole-frame-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Cornhole-frame-430x323.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Sorry for the messy table, but this is our work table in the basement. \u00a0Here you can see the frame of the board.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2011\/06\/14\/its-game-time-again\/olympus-digital-camera-61\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2576\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2576\" title=\"Circle on Cornhole\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Cornhole-circle-on-board-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Cornhole-circle-on-board-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Cornhole-circle-on-board-430x323.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">We traced out the circle for the top of the board. \u00a0This is where the bean bag goes in so a player can score points.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2011\/06\/14\/its-game-time-again\/olympus-digital-camera-66\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2581\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2581\" title=\"Cornhole cutting hole\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Corn-hole-cutting-circle-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Corn-hole-cutting-circle-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Corn-hole-cutting-circle-430x323.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Here we are cutting the circle hole.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2011\/06\/14\/its-game-time-again\/olympus-digital-camera-67\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2582\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2582\" title=\"Cornhole before painting\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Corn-hole-before-painting-767x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"537\" height=\"517\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">This is what the board looked like before the paint went on.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2011\/06\/14\/its-game-time-again\/olympus-digital-camera-63\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2578\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2578\" title=\"Cornhole priming\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Corn-hole-priming-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Corn-hole-priming-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Corn-hole-priming-430x323.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">We decided to decorate \u00a0his and her boards. \u00a0Our theme was our colleges. \u00a0I graduated from the University of Georgia, and Yankee\u00a0graduated from the United States Naval Academy.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2011\/06\/14\/its-game-time-again\/olympus-digital-camera-65\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2580\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2580\" title=\"Cornhole Georgia\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Corn-Hole-Georgia-After-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"538\" height=\"517\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">This is my finished product. \u00a0Yankee still has to add the Navy star to his board, but that hasn&#8217;t stopped us from playing. \u00a0Anytime it is nice, we are out playing a good game of cornhole.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Do you have any summer games you like to play?<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Cheers!<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yankee and I love games and today I am going to share how to make your own cornhole board. You can read about that here. \u00a0Now that summer has finally arrived here in upstate New York, \u00a0we wanted to have some games we could play outside with our friends and neighbors. 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