Upcycle Your Old Scrabble Game To Make Game Board Table
After spending an entirely beautiful Sunday in October with the family on our front porch playing hangman with my daughter, a few games of bags, and listening to music, I came up with this idea to build a Scrabble board game table. We had two Scrabble game boards; one in a pretty collector’s wooden set and one regular style bought probably twenty years ago.
I, of course, didn’t want to use the collector’s edition, so I pulled out and dusted off the older version that we didn’t play with much. We had been purging the house of unused items these past months, so this was a great way to remove another item from the closet and put it into use for the family.
I also had a beaten up table that has sat on our front porch with no good use. I saved the table from being thrown away with my Scrabble board idea. All it needed was a little bit of clean up with some weak bleach water and elbow grease. I wanted to get off all the dirt before repainting the table.
How to put it all together.
Next, I decided to attach the wooden tile racks which hold the Scrabble letter tiles to each side of the table. Each frame was hot glued and pressed onto the middle of each side. I used C-clamps to hold the racks in place while the glue dried. I glued the racks at the bottom of the side so your opponents can’t see the letters. But you can choose your best positions for yourself.
Then comes the painting. I had a whole can of outdoor white spray paint, so I used that. You can use any kind of paint or color you wish. The spray paint was much faster at drying and when on faster than brushing it on. Make sure to give a few coats of paint if you need to make it look fabulous.
When the table is dry, then it is time to glue down the Scrabble board. Our table had raised edges, about 1/2 inch high, which made it great for the tiles to be stored underneath the board in a Ziploc bag. If your table doesn’t have this, then you can glue pieces of wood around the edge of the table. Do this before painting so all your table is the same color.
Lastly, seal the table and glued down the board. I like to use Krylon Acrylic Crystal Clear Spray Paint. It is useful for any surface, including wood, paper, and plastic. Krylon Clear Coating UV-Resistant Spray 
Tips and Tricks
Our table sits on our front porch and is completely undercover on the wrap-around covered porch. It does not get rained on or has any time in the sum. If you would like to have your table in more harsher elements, than maybe having a piece of glass over the game board would be more appropriate. Glass would be a great idea so that way you can set drinks on and the board won’t get destroyed.
