DIY Lawn Game Ideas

Using a few tools and some creativity, you can make your own washer toss set in just a few hours.
This portable game can be used outside on crisp fall days, used indoors on a rainy day or kept in the car to make camping trips, tailgating and other outdoor adventures more fun.

Playing is also fairly simple, and can be played with two players or teams. Set up in a field with the boxes about 20 feet apart. Similar to cornhole, the first player or team to score 21 points wins. Points are scored by how close to the holes the washers are tossed. If you get a washer in the hole, you score three points. Any washer that lands in the box, but outside of the hole, is worth one point.

Cornhole is a classic backyard game that's fun for grownups and kids alike. With a small investment of time and materials, you can build your own DIY cornhole boards. You can also make this a family project, especially if you let kids have a hand in painting or picking out the design.

Understanding scoring is how to make a cornhole game competitive and even more fun. The first team to 21 points wins the game.

• Any pitch that lands and remains on the wood surface of the cornhole board is worth 1 point.
• Any pitch that passes through the hole in the board is worth 3 points.
• A bag that comes to rest touching the board and the ground does not count.

Perfect and safe for kids to play, this DIY tic-tac-toe game is easy to set up and store. The rules are simple and the materials are simple to work with, making it a win-win for everyone. Whether you break it out for a barbecue or outdoor movie night, this project provides hours of fun any time of year.

Tried-and-true, game play for tic-tac-toe is simple and easy to follow. It's all about strategy and fun.

Because it's challenging and entertaining for every member of the family, ring toss is an essential lawn game to have on-hand. Simple to play, with rules similar to cornhole, this DIY ring toss game can be built in a few hours, so you'll be ready to play during football season and beyond.

There are a few different ways to keep score in ring toss, but the most common is that the first player to score 15 points wins.

• Start by tossing rings at the target, trying to get them to land around the posts.
• The middle post is three points and each outer post is one point.
• Players alternate turns.
• Scoring is similar to cornhole in that the score is taken as the difference of points between players/teams.

From yardzee to twenty-one, lawn dice are large enough not to get lost on the lawn, but small enough to travel with or set up in your backyard. In fact, most ordinary dice games can be adapted for lawn dice, so kids and adults can enjoy the dice in different ways. Using wood and paint, in any color you choose, our lawn dice project can up the ante on your backyard fun.

A great way to entertain the kids or add excitement to a game day get together, ladder golf is a game played by throwing golf balls, or "bolas," over rungs. The object of the game is to toss the bolas so they
wrap around the rungs of the ladder. The game is played in rounds, with players tossing three bolas each.
While some ladder golf games are made of PVC, our project is built from sturdy wood so it will last season after season.

The object of this game is to toss the bolas so they wrap around the rungs and be the first player or team to score 21 points. The top rung is worth three points, the middle rung is worth two points and the bottom rung is worth one point. The game is played in rounds, with players tossing three bolas each. Ideally you should place ladders about 12 to 15 feet apart from each other.