Make a rustic checkerboard or dart board from a log slice

Perfect for a rainy day at the cabin.........

Make a checkers game board out of whatever type of wood you like, or a large slice of a log. If you have room to leave the board out, you could make a small board table by attaching some logs or branches for legs using a tenon cutter. Paint, burn, or stain the game squares onto the game board.  Use your imagination.  Just be sure that the squares fit your game pieces. There are a total of 64 squares on a checkerboard, 8 rows of 8 squares with alternate colored squares.  Click on the graphic above to see a larger version of a log slice checkerboard.