Make Mine A Double…Word Score!
Story by:
Brooke Dowd Sacco
Drinks and Scrabble are a recipe for a good time. Though I wouldn’t recommend getting tipsy and playing Words With Friends on your phone. That’ll just make you look stupid.
This set of four Scrabble Drink Coasters features the familiar square letter pieces laid out to spell appropriate words dealing with wine, beer, coffee, and drinks on the rocks, like margaritas. There’s BREW, CORK, LIME, HOPS, and JAVA. Each coaster is backed with cork and sprayed with sealant to help protect it from drips and spills from your daily drink of choice.
They’re a pretty clever way to bring a little board game fun to your coffee table or home bar. Plus, you can finally put those Scrabble tiles to good use without someone arguing over whether your made-up word actually counts. Everybody wins!
What if you wanted to make these coasters yourself as a “DIY” project? Where would you find all scrabble tiles to do this project? Buying a complete scrabble game wouldn’t be cost effective, since it would cost more than making this project. Any suggestions?
I really like this idea. I ended up making something similar with some scrabble tiles left over from making scrabble hallway art (where you take all the names in your family and make them connect). So, because I was using leftover tiles, I didn’t have enough variety to have them make as many words as I would have liked – but did add a few verticals. This takes about 15 minutes so it might not really be worth spending $26 on it but then again if you don’t have the time (or desire to super glue your fingers together) then maybe it’s worth it!
If you’d like a step-by-step on how to make these, I’ve posted it here.
-Carly @ Createlive
Yeah, Joel is right. Kind of takes away from it. It’s a shame; I do like the idea. Perhaps I’ll come up with something on my own…
what a fun find Brooke! Thanks for sharing.
As a scrabble player, the first thing I notice is that these don’t make words in the vertical direction.