How to make your own outdoor Tic-Tac-Toe game

This homemade tic-tac-toe game is adorable and so easy to make. It will make a great addition to your garden this Spring.

What you’ll need:

10 small river rocks (find them or buy some)
Paint (colours you wish)
Wooden stump (or anything else you find you could use as the board)

Instructions:

Choose 2 colours or designs that you wish your rocks to be and paint 5 of each and leave to dry. If this game will be left outside make sure you use outdoor paint.
Draw, paint or scratch tic-tac-toe lines on your stump.
You’re ready to play!

This is such a simple game to make yourself and the kids can help paint the rocks with you. I think the game would make a fabulous homemade present to give someone special too.

Do your kids like playing tic-tac-toe?

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17 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 01 Oct 2021
    10:36 am
Now this is so very cute.

- - mom81879 said
  - 29 Nov 2019
    10:46 pm
So many fabulous ideas for outdoor games. I just don’t know which one to make first, but I will have a go at all of them I reckon

- - ella12 said
  - 20 Sep 2016
    2:43 pm
Love it, very cute and clever.

- - mom101628 said
  - 17 Sep 2016
    8:37 pm
Fabulous idea and a good game to teach the grandchildren.

- - cherz said
  - 15 Sep 2016
    12:35 pm
What a simply ingenious and very creative idea. LOVE Love love it. thanks.

- - rovermum said
  - 15 Sep 2016
    9:48 am
Whilst I have no little ones around anymore, I love this and would have loved this when my son was young. It’s creative, clever, easy to make … What a fab idea.

- - mom134803 said
  - 15 Sep 2016
    4:24 am
This is very cute ! My kids would love to create and play this game.

- - mom94125 said
  - 01 Sep 2016
    12:11 pm
it would be fun painting the rocks with the kids. fab idea, thanks

- - mom93821 said
  - 23 Aug 2016
    6:39 am
These are so cute – love the look of the rocks.

- - june11 said
  - 22 Aug 2016
    10:21 pm
You could also do a smaller version of this with large gravel such as that used on some building sites

- - tania_hardman said
  - 22 Aug 2016
    8:17 pm
So cute!! My boys are always collecting and painting rocks – now we can actually use them too!

- - mom90758 said
  - 22 Aug 2016
    1:42 pm
What a cute idea! I used to play this game a lot when I was a child!

- - mom112217 said
  - 22 Aug 2016
    9:51 am
So cute,they look fantastic!

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 22 Aug 2016
    9:49 am
super cute idea – great way to get the kids outside

- - mom160421 said
  - 21 Aug 2016
    10:23 pm
These ladybird and zebra stones are just so cute and decorative.